6-12-05 If you look close you can see Chuck's fishing pole .....it had been raining and he went ahead and cast out & rested his pole on the winch while we ate lunch! This is at Chain of Lakes, we had gone up to fish at Taklaka Lake. I had read about how nice the reflection of Mt Adams in the water is but will have to wait on another day to see if it's true or not!! It was actually snowing up there when we got there so we just drove around and visited all the little lakes in the area. I can't wait to go back!! 

6-12-05 Mt of lava rock in a beautiful meadow on FR2239 in Gifford Pinchot Nat'l Forest between Taklaka lake & Horseshoe lake. We were amazed at how nice the forest roads were up there, most were paved!! 

6-12-05 Wildflowers near Cougar, Wa It still amazes me that these grow wild around here!! 

5-29-05 We got up early & I convinced Chuck that a more senic coffee spot could be found...I was right!! 

5-29-05 Coffee anyone??? Waterfalls at The Gorge Overlook. 

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5-29-05 Vista from the Diablo Lake overlook 

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This was the highlight of the day for me!! The bear stopped and gave us a good looking over but I got to excited to get a good picture....I love bears!!! 

getting up early has it's advantages...just us and the critters out on the road!! 

we hiked down to check out a creek... 

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5-29-05 Rainy Lake, this beauty was carved out and created by glaciers. 

5-29-05 Rainy Lake waterfall 

5-29-05 The hike to Rainy Lake took us thru some interesting terrain!! 

5-29-05 Driving to the eastern side of the park....the dry side!! 

5-29-05 From the Washington Pass Overlook, this used to be prime Grizzly habitat till Hwy 20 was put right thru the middle of it back in the 70's. I felt guilty for using a road that caused them so much grief but was thankful to see the sights all at the same time. 

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5-29-05 Trail to Cutthroat Lake, I think this is the most beautiful hike I've ever taken!! 

5-29-05 Cutthroat Lake, this was the destination of the hike.....it was awesome!! 

5-29-05 Cutthroat Creek, we hiked 4 miles roundtrip and these are some photos from the hike. The snow in one of the pictures actually came in handy as it was really a hot day...we used to to cool off!! 

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