Day 5: North Cascades National Park

What a beautiful place in the world! North Cascades National Park.

So, we all hate paying taxes, right? I just figure my tax dollars are being allocated to our National Park System - I don’t feel so bad come April 15th each year.

We are really doing a 10-day whirlwind adventure - two states - four major National Parks - other points on interest as well. The North Cascades is a place to come back to and camp. We were limited to how far we could drive because of the forest fires. Nevertheless we got a nice taste of the beauty this park offers, and much more important …

… we earned our Junior Ranger badge for the North Cascades! It really is fun doing the Junior Ranger badge booklet - we actually learn stuff. Also, watching the introduction to the park video’s are always enlightening. You see stuff you would never get to see unless you hiked or were in a plane.

One of the points of interest in the park was driving over a dam to get to the other side. A bit scary.

We stayed at the Alexander Hotel which was right outside the National Park entrance. We got a reservation to enter the park at 1:00 PM — but the Ranger let us in early, we got into the park shortly after 11:00 AM. So, if you do get a late entrance time - it is worth it to ask if you can enter early.Read more