North Cascades Institute

Mommy was at the North Cascades Institute for a grant meeting August 3-7, so we went to visit her for a couple of days. It was a lot of fun. Have you ever been to this place? If not, you have to check it out! We stayed at the Learning Center which is situated on Diablo Lake. Our first night there we took a walk out on the dam. Wow!







The second day we were there, we went for a hike on the Sourdough Creek Trail. I was excited to get up and get going. Do you like my SWEET purple PJ's? I'm still growing into them.


I can't believe they make me wear this giant, pink hat. Ugh! Riding in the backpack is fun though.



The forest was gorgeous!




There are 2 shelters like this along the trail. NCI uses them during some of their classes and workshops. Nice shot, Daddy.



A gold finch (I think) came to visit us on our hike. He hung around singing and chirping for quite a while.



Okay, seriously, how cute am I?


When we got to the overlook, there were some really beautiful views.



My favorite was Pyramid Peak. Check it out!