My husband and I visited the Pacific Northwest for 11 wonderful days. We saw 5 National Parks in Washington, Oregon and California, and went on 2 excursion train rides, one of them a dinner train along the Oregon coast. It was another of our favorite vacations, and I'm sure we missed a lot even though we saw a lot. I had some advice from the good people of the PNW forum for sights to see, and we certainly did see some gorgeous sights.
This was North Cascades NP, Lake Diablo.
another view
It was a little windy and chilly at the top
below the dam
This really shows the color of the glacier fed lakes and rivers.
Very nice....love the color of the water! How was the weather generally?
This was on the way there
and this
This also was, I thought it looked like Dr Seuss land.
they are rebuilding the gardens here, would love to go back to see it, thought of Bill
One of the switchbacks
along the way
Lake Chelan
On the way to Mt Rainier NP.
painter
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Wow.
Mt Rainier
the road
Wow is right Robin!!
I don't remember what this was offhand, should go get the park map...
it is deeper than it looks
It was the only cloudy rainy day of our vacation, so Mt Rainier wasn't out. This is a picture of a picture of Reflection Lakes.
Falls...
This was the Mt Hood railroad trip.
We are now in Oregon, in Parkdale at the end of the train line. Passed lots of apple, pear and cherry orchards.
The Columbia River Gorge, wish we had more time here, missed a great falls.
On to Crater Lake NP, my favorite of the trip.
The color was really intense blue.
There were over 30 overlooks
The boat tours were all booked, and taking reservations for 8/11.
It was so pretty
Sorry Robin, missed your first post, it was great weather, mostly in the 60-70's, it was in the 90's but we were on the coast that day so only 60-70 there. I just noticed not all of my pics have posted, not sure why.
This was Phantom Ship, if I got out the park maps I could have written more detail.
one of the best views
there really wasn't a bad view
this bird was loud
2 of them
another favorite
this is a merged shot, hope it works
Into CA and Redwood NP
looking up
The coast redwoods are taller and thinner than the Sequoias, which are only found in Sequoia NP, which we missed due to a flat tire and bent rim on a Sunday afternoon a few years ago.
