Day 9: North Cascades Highway - War Creek
geology lecture Diable Lake

We follow WA20 across the North cascades and trade the rainforest for the semi-desert.  The Cascades shroud themselves in haze from forest fires we learn are hundreds of miles north, somewhere in Canada.  Nevertheless, we stop several times along the road to study metamorphic rocks and look at the blue waters of Diablo Lake.  We have lunch at Washington Pass, where we do our best to feed the jays.
It's Magee's birthday, so we stop in Twisp to buy ice cream, a birthday pie, and Mark finds a bunch of birthday candles. We camp at War Creek, a forest service campground nearby. Jeff and Mark explore the vicinity and return impressive sketches of bear scat.
morning lecture Diablo Lake
smoky North Cascades CEG on Washington Pass
smoke from forest fires in Canada Prof. Geiss on Washington Pass
lecture, Washington Pass Magee videotaping students, Washington Pass
lecture on Washington Pass Magee videotaping students enjoying the hazy view
camp at war Creek
Emily keying out plants filling water bottles setting up tents
Emily keying out plants getting water at war Creek setting up tents
Dan keeping his fieldnotes Magee's birthday pie desert
Dan keeping field notes Magee's birthday pie desert!
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