15 August 2006
Stehekin
Last week I went on my first vacation in over two years. I, along with my parents and some friends of theirs, went to Stehekin for a couple of days.
My parents and I drove over to Chelan, Washinton and then took the seaplane to Stehekin. My dad sat in the front seat with the pilot. They seemed to enjoy chatting about the plane and all its various gauges and doohickeys:
Here's Lake Chelan (or rather, part of it, since it's 50 miles long) from the air. It was kind of hazy that day -- maybe smoke from the forest fires?
If I recall correctly, the pilot told us that Lake Chelan has the cleanest water in the "lower 48". It certainly was very clear!
This is the Stehekin River a few miles before it feeds into Lake Chelan. My mom and I biked almost ten miles down the road along the river. We survived by taking many, many photo breaks!
One of our other stops was at Stehekin's "old school". It's a one-room schoolhouse that was used from 1920 to 1988! They have it open; we were allowed to walk around. Very cool!
Sunrise at Stehekin...
Stehekin was fun, but it was awfully hot and sunny. When we drove over the pass, the clouds were waiting for me to welcome me home...
My parents and I drove over to Chelan, Washinton and then took the seaplane to Stehekin. My dad sat in the front seat with the pilot. They seemed to enjoy chatting about the plane and all its various gauges and doohickeys:
Here's Lake Chelan (or rather, part of it, since it's 50 miles long) from the air. It was kind of hazy that day -- maybe smoke from the forest fires?
If I recall correctly, the pilot told us that Lake Chelan has the cleanest water in the "lower 48". It certainly was very clear!
This is the Stehekin River a few miles before it feeds into Lake Chelan. My mom and I biked almost ten miles down the road along the river. We survived by taking many, many photo breaks!
One of our other stops was at Stehekin's "old school". It's a one-room schoolhouse that was used from 1920 to 1988! They have it open; we were allowed to walk around. Very cool!
Sunrise at Stehekin...
Stehekin was fun, but it was awfully hot and sunny. When we drove over the pass, the clouds were waiting for me to welcome me home...
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