Twas a beautiful spring day, the North Cascades highway had only been open a week or so and the overlook was closed so I hiked in. Wasn't the only person there, a few people hiked in to catch the view, some international tourists from Germany were very impressed with the splendor of it.

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Have seen very few places that rival this viewpoint, whose trail leads out to a cliff a few hundred feet directly above the highway, it seems like a thousand. I think the birds are camp robbers or grey jays, you tell me. The highway wends its way over the Cascade crest from Sedro Wooley to Pateros before it enters the desert areas of northeastern Washington. Along the way one passes myriad waterfalls and high peaks, the crests are most stupendous traveling the return route, Ross and Diablo lake are turquoise jewels, hundreds of bald eagles congregate along the Skagit river in the wintertime and the rural towns of Winthrop and Twisp are wonderful layover spots.