I really don’t know how to put into words how I feel about my trip to the Central Cascades, but to say OMG!! It was an amazing trip out into nature. From September 14th to the 21st, Ali and I went to Wenatchee National Forest in the Central part of Washington State. This is an area where west and east Washington meet. For those who aren’t familiar with Washington State, it is divided in the middle by the Cascade Mountains. This creates different climates between the two sides. Most people know Western Washington as green and wet. Eastern Washington is different, the Cascade Curtain makes the differences. The weather is dryer, with hot summers and very cold winters.Where Western Washington stays very mild all year around. The central section of Washington is were the two climates meet. This makes it colorful, lush, warm and full of life.
For a week we hiked and explored the area. From dry dusty pathways to lush river bends. I found myself full of inspiration around every corner. While we were up there though we ran into a few limitations. One being Table Mountain was on fire due to 60 days without rain, making it very dry. The wildfires forced us to stay in areas away from mountain. This kept us to only a portion of the area. On one of our last days we drove up a gravel road to a ridge across the way to Table Mountain. WHAT A SIGHT! You couldn’t see the mountain. Just smoke overtaking the sky. This was the ugly beauty of nature. Even though animals were being moved from their home, trees where on fire and the ground was being blackened. There was still this eire beauty. It wasn’t like someone set the forest on fire. It is something that a forest needs every once in a while. It helps with growth of a forest, like getting a hair trim. I wish I could have gotten closer. None of the roads going to the mountain were open and I doubt my lungs would have been able to handle being closer.
That was our next problem. The living and hiking in the hazy of the fires caused me to get sick. I began to have a hard time breathing and developed a cough. I was very unhappy about this. I tried my hardest to keep going and to keep on doing what we set out to do. I thank Ali though for making the decision to come back a day early. She was right, I would have pushed myself beyond what is healthy, so I could just stay in a land of beauty.
I can’t wait to show the images I got on this trip. I looked for that great shots and I feel I got them. I can’t for another trip, to be in that world again.
- Heather
For a week we hiked and explored the area. From dry dusty pathways to lush river bends. I found myself full of inspiration around every corner. While we were up there though we ran into a few limitations. One being Table Mountain was on fire due to 60 days without rain, making it very dry. The wildfires forced us to stay in areas away from mountain. This kept us to only a portion of the area. On one of our last days we drove up a gravel road to a ridge across the way to Table Mountain. WHAT A SIGHT! You couldn’t see the mountain. Just smoke overtaking the sky. This was the ugly beauty of nature. Even though animals were being moved from their home, trees where on fire and the ground was being blackened. There was still this eire beauty. It wasn’t like someone set the forest on fire. It is something that a forest needs every once in a while. It helps with growth of a forest, like getting a hair trim. I wish I could have gotten closer. None of the roads going to the mountain were open and I doubt my lungs would have been able to handle being closer.
That was our next problem. The living and hiking in the hazy of the fires caused me to get sick. I began to have a hard time breathing and developed a cough. I was very unhappy about this. I tried my hardest to keep going and to keep on doing what we set out to do. I thank Ali though for making the decision to come back a day early. She was right, I would have pushed myself beyond what is healthy, so I could just stay in a land of beauty.
I can’t wait to show the images I got on this trip. I looked for that great shots and I feel I got them. I can’t for another trip, to be in that world again.
- Heather
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