Dates: June 20th, 2020 to June 21st 2020 and July 6th, 2020 to July 8th, 2020
We actually had a chance to head to the Cascades before, but weren’t feeling the trip, so put it off until the pandemic was in full swing. Like so much in Washington, this is just beautiful and the colors are unreal. We ended up booking a campground two weeks later and walking around a little more.
This is much closer to Seattle than the Olympics—maybe a ninety minute drive total. And heading to Colonial Creek Campground, you drive through Newhalem, a company town run by Seattle City Light with a very Wes Anderson-esque power station. During the pandemic, many parts of the park were closed down, such as the visitors center and a lot of stores. But that allowed us to spend more time on the camping.
The second time we stayed here, we got a campsite on the water (this is right next to Diablo Lake), but the water levels were really low, so we weren’t that water adjacent.
All told, this was a good pair of trips.