Vancover

July 6^th From Foggy Dew to Vancouver

Awakened by the roaring creek at 56 degrees F. and got on my bike to ride the 4 miles to the main road. Met the Casita and off we went to Canada via the North Cascades Scenic Highway. Stopped in the town of Twisp for coffee. Believe it or not for this small town with one main street they have a coffee roaster and café along with a bakery called the Cinnamon Twisp!

On thru the town of Winthrop, a relatively new town made to look like the old West. .Has all the usual tourist attractions. This is also the area where the Smokejumpers Base is where fire fighters are trained to parachute into remote areas to fight fires. Twisp is becoming an arts town but the main street looked very quiet.

There is a 125 mile trail Methow Community trail that connects all these towns in the Methow Valley. As you drive along – winery, orchard of apples and cherries span the view. At some points the brown hills rising up from the green river beds almost look like a western Grandma Moses.

All along the Scenic Highway are trails including the Pacific Crest Trail and the road weaves between Ross Lake, Diablo Lake and Gorge lakes- all dammed to feed Seattle and environs power. At a look out with binocs, I could see the fire station that Jack Kerouac stayed at many years ago. Desolation Point.

At the visitor center fro the Northern Cascades National Park, I picked up Encounters with the Arch druid. John McPhee is the best. The first chapter is about David Brower’s

hike here with the miner from Kennecott Cooper. Another summer re read.

On to Canada – and traffic all the way to Vancouver. Staying in N. Vancouver and just had time after dinner to take a tour of Stanley Park. Folks here are lucky to have this – bikers, hikers, swimmers walkers – every one seems to be taking advantage of this verdant park with beaches and playgrounds and marinas.

Its nearly 10 PM and still light out.

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