North Cascade Day Trip

Took advantage of a normal Northwest beautiful fall day. We packed up our overnight supplies incase we wanted to keep heading east. Headed out around 10 am. The drive was great. Especially passing thru all the small towns and farm areas on the back roads. The one big observation I made especially in the Skagit valley to Rockport (the last town before entering the North Cascade highway (20) was the amount of properties for sale. It seemed like every other property was for sale. But I think conservetly  I bet 20% for sale. Really sad and a sign of the economy. We arrived at Washington Pass. The weather was perfect. And the State has expanded and made many improvements to the overlook area. If you ever have the chance to drive the north cascade highway. DO NOT pass this over look without checking it out. It was now about 3pm and we had to make the decision to go east and spend the night somewhere. Or head back the way we came. We decided the latter. Just after heading back we hit rain. Still the drive was good. Especially with Anita at the wheel.
Made it home around 8pm. All in All a GREAT day!