North Cascades 2006 - Bike Tour

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The Bike Tour, page 1 of 3
 
Our starting point on Puget Sound at Bay View State Park
 
Scenes along the Skagit River
 
Crossing the Skagit River near Concrete
 
Concrete, formerly Cement City, where concrete was produced for dam construction Old schoolhouse being converted to hotel -- note the odd turrets
 
The city fathers have a good sense of humor
 
One of many funky roadside attractions Only bald eagle we saw was made of concrete
 
Crossing Shannon River near Concrete
 
Historic bridge over Shannon River Summer to fall is salmon migration season
 
View of Sauk Mt, which we climbed the next day Mt Baker (10,775') comes into view
on our ride to Baker Lake
 
Quiet meandering road leads to Mt Baker Mt Shuskan (9,127') lies north of Baker Lake
 
Baker Lake, our destination for the day We did a 58-mile out-and-back ride
from Rockport to Baker Lake
 
This is as close as we got to Mt Baker
 
Start of our longest day, a 70-mile ride
from Diablo Lake to Winthrop
Ride faster guys. . . Bigfoot is on your tail!!

The Bike Tour, pg 2


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