Sunday Evening June-14 Domenica Sera 14-Giugno
We are up early and on the road by 7:15. I want to see the town of Lynden as it has a windmill. It was once a Dutch community and many of the buildings in town are done up like the buildings in Holland. It’s a very clean looking town, the store fronts are indeed Dutch looking right down to the mother-in-law hooks at the top which in Holland are used to lift furniture up and through the upstairs window into the house. I see a car wash and it is named De Wagen Wasseri. We are headed up to the Mount Baker ski area. Naturally it is a fun road and at the top we are greeted with snowy ski slopes although the ski resort is shut down. There is not enough snow for any serious skiing. Then it’s back down the mountain and east through the Cascade mountains and National Park. We stop for lots of looking at the great scenery. It’s cold on the west side but when we get to the eastern side of the fist group of mountains it gets sunny. We find our campground and set up the tents. I get the stove ready for Charleen to use and then the heavens open up with rain. This goes on for an hour and finally we can eat. Now it’s dark and I will have to finish posting this from inside my tent. We have a woodpecker here that keeps coming to the tree that our tents are next to. We will see if he wakes us up in the morning. 255 miles today.
Lynden Windmill
Mt. Baker ski area
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