We just took a quick road trip from Seattle up to the North Cascades highway. The scenery was breathtaking and the weather was great.
The North Cascades Institute is near Diablo, WA and is on Ross Lake. We wandered around the beautiful campus and dreamed of attending some classes.
![North Cascade Highway trip 4-20-15-3](https://i0.wp.com/www.urbanfarmhub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/North-Cascade-Highway-trip-4-20-15-3.jpg?resize=240%2C300)
Native plants and snowy peaks at the Institute
![Trees were just beginning to leaf out as we climbed higher in elevation.](https://i0.wp.com/www.urbanfarmhub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/North-Cascade-Highway-trip-4-20-15-4.jpg?resize=300%2C240)
Trees were just beginning to leaf out as we climbed higher in elevation.
![Ross Lake is one of the power generating lakes of Seattle City Light.](https://i0.wp.com/www.urbanfarmhub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/North-Cascade-Highway-trip-4-20-15-5.jpg?resize=201%2C300)
Ross Lake is one of the power generating lakes of Seattle City Light.
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There’s a small museum and waterfall garden built by City Light that’s open to the public.
![North Cascade Highway trip 4-20-15-8](https://i0.wp.com/www.urbanfarmhub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/North-Cascade-Highway-trip-4-20-15-8.jpg?resize=201%2C300)
Near the top of Washington Pass we met a group of people planning to hike to the top of this peak then paraglide down.
![The road leads ever on.](https://i0.wp.com/www.urbanfarmhub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/North-Cascade-Highway-trip-4-20-15-33.jpg?resize=300%2C259)
The road leads ever on.
![North Cascade Highway trip 4-20-15](https://i0.wp.com/www.urbanfarmhub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/North-Cascade-Highway-trip-4-20-15.jpg?resize=201%2C300)
Waterfalls are everywhere.
![North Cascade Highway trip 4-20-15-12](https://i0.wp.com/www.urbanfarmhub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/North-Cascade-Highway-trip-4-20-15-12.jpg?resize=300%2C201)
There’s a great museum in Winthrop.
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With bones and…
![North Cascade Highway trip 4-20-15-22](https://i0.wp.com/www.urbanfarmhub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/North-Cascade-Highway-trip-4-20-15-22.jpg?resize=300%2C201)
old farm machinery
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The town of Winthrop is a trip back in time with great food.
![Dropping down into the valley Bitter Root blooms everywhere.](https://i0.wp.com/www.urbanfarmhub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/North-Cascade-Highway-trip-4-20-15-29.jpg?resize=300%2C201)
Dropping down into the valley Bitter Root blooms everywhere.
![The apple, pear and cherry orchards near Omak are in full bloom.](https://i0.wp.com/www.urbanfarmhub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/North-Cascade-Highway-trip-4-20-15-28.jpg?resize=300%2C221)
The apple, pear and cherry orchards near Omak are in full bloom.
![Returning home we saw one more magnificent peak near Darrington.](https://i0.wp.com/www.urbanfarmhub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/North-Cascade-Highway-trip-4-20-15-43.jpg?resize=300%2C226)
Returning home we saw one more magnificent peak near Darrington.
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