good morning everybody check out this view no not the rest area right off the
Cascade highway but the river on the other side we're in Central Washington
right now I am going over the Cascade Mountains as I take a little detour
under this incredibly beautiful cedar tree this is this is quite an
interesting tree let me stand out here a little farther so you can see that's a
cedar tree one that I've never seen one quite like that with the Ivy going up
the trunk on all sides that's really neat huh look at all the moss on top of
that roof Moss crazy Skagit Wild and Scenic River system okay here we are
mile post 100 there's concrete climbin sedro woolley marble Creek see this
right here it's National Park day-to-day been a while since I've been to a new
National Park here we got the North Cascades National Park coming up I don't
think I'm gonna be able to get camping but we'll just have to wait and see in
the hardest summer it's not hot it's not even very sunny so we might get lucky on
one of the drop-in sites but either way we're going to the park right now - at
least park and go experience it hang on hang on
we'll go into the chapel and we're looking for the free beer and bottomless
whiskey and steak and burgers I have seen quite a lot of tiniest chapels in
the country right this one's super I mean this is like the size of a u-haul
storage unit it's about eight foot by five foot Wildwood Chapel yeah you can
get married here if you're into that sort of thing I mean I ain't hatin like
I said you do what you got to do but this one is right on the other side of
the Skagit River although it's a little green and lush
here the Skagit River is over there somewhere
believe me okay let's keep on trucking all right so here we are in marble Mount
Washington starting to get into the woods and this neighbor here has quite
an imagination with the smiling Bigfoot waving at us and the American Eagle
their totem pole yeah lots of food options for you there's the
Buffalo run restaurant across the street on that side and in front of me over
here barbecue at mando restaurant it's kind of like a biker bar yeah and the
Buffalo run in they look a little rundown to me I'd like to go straight
cuz that bridge looks cool but we got to turn left here north cascades highway
and North Cascades National Park here we are at the official unofficial start of
the North Cascades National Park it's a massive park there are a lot of
campgrounds each campground has a certain select number of sites that are
available for that day walk in only so reserving a site you got to do it like
six months out but I'm gonna give it a shot because I really want to see this
National Park and Jackson's like I just want you to park dad so I can go back to
sleep you working on your beauty sleep Larry man it's a massive park here
check out the visitor center here first look for my magnet gets some park
information see if there's any kind of shuttle or anything and he's very scary
yes finally got a magnet on the Cascade loop here let me show you I also got my
postcards for all my patreon people and they get those addressed and sent out
and by the end of the month here here's the magnet I got in North Cascades
National Park there are first-come first-serve
campsites available I see a couple other RVs in this lot so we're gonna jet over
to the campground and see if we can't get lucky hey I am thankful and happy to
it even have gotten the site these first come first serve basis ones you only get
them for one night but still and no hookups or anything it's just a spot to
park and then take your car or your bicycle or you get your walking stick
and go explore the park which is uh what I'm gonna do for the rest of the
afternoon so make sure Jax is all taken care of
and we'll go for a little ride and see we can find and a friendly reminder to
watch out for bears and other wild animals
definitely tie up all your garbage oh my gosh there's a puma oh no it's just my
Jax he looks like a big Puma he does yeah hims does what do you think of this
Park Jax man it works huh you know sniff we can sniff everything
okay get a nuzzle stuff too okay go go nozzle that that branch over there get
your scent on it you'll attract all the Cougars yeah I
think he likes it where we going why you shit on his cap
but we don't need that no we just don't need that huh
you happy boy now all right man I do like that they had this nice walking and
bicycle trail that runs parallel to the Cascade highway over here it's just a
little more safer it's a little prettier than looking at concrete and worrying
about every single car that passes yeah I'm not going too fast through here just
in case I run into a pedestrian or I don't know somebody on horseback or
something you never know remember I was talking about
blackberries starting to show up later in August here's what they look like now
on those thorny branches they're kind of green and you don't want to hit those on
your knee going through here that's for sure it's a little unpleasant prickly I
mean look at this place it's gorgeous I don't see any snow on
any of the mountains that's probably a good thing but that water looks inviting
huh pretty nice it's my kind of national park cuz like nobody here kid everything
to you look at the color of the water down there I love that color and this is
not a driving suspended bridge just as a walking only it says trail of the Cedars
well let's go check it out oh man that water looks inviting though
look at that green
both sides of course it's not sunny today it's overcast but the water still
looks green and I never knew how big biggest cables really are in person
that's a lot of cable for just a walking bridge whoo no drones in national parks
oh hey wait there's a little mysterious narrow walking trail down here too where
does it lead to nowhere a dead end high voltage whoa no the moss entire wall the
door everything is covered in moss I know I made a turquoise green watercolor
reference in my last video related to the Skagit River this is the Skagit
River here it's not really glacier-fed but it is Cascade Mountains fed so all
of this is still runoff from last winter and it's still really really pretty and
green this is definitely the south side that does not get any Sun though and
speaking of the trail of the Cedars lots of gorgeous cedar trees
gosh look at those raging waters
this looks like it was recently burned unfortunately there must have been a
fire recently that pool quick side is recovering dam George no it's it's the
George Dam I'm just walking my bike here because I don't trust the narrow walkway
and want to click my handlebars and die
ok then now that George Dam is still producing power obviously it's a working
plant but this weird tunnel that's carved into the side of the mountain
they're closed off I really want to know maybe it was like an old train access or
just for the workers I don't really know they've rerouted the way things go they
got the brother bridge closed down so I'm trying to find the where you go in
publicly yes I found a secret way over since they got the the bridge closed
I found a legal safe way over here here's a better look at the front of the
dams they're kind of a neglected park here though the pool has seen better
days I guess the pond look at all that moss
though let's walk along the edge here and see if I can find out what all this
water sound is oh yeah it's the creek
so for some reason this Creek goes around the dam like whatever man I
carved my own path yeah but I want to know what's up there let's go
oh my gosh look at that pool of water there
North Cascades National Park you're getting bumped in to my top three still
gonna keep a katie is number one but Zion you just got bumped
not that you're not beautiful you got bumped to three because North Cascades
National Park is my favorite scenically Oh
end of the line well that sucks I guess there's nowhere to really go
they had quite a rock fall there alright I don't want to be out all afternoon
guys because like I said I feel a little uncomfortable leaving Jax I mean it
doesn't make sense right but I want to go check out one more destination on the
ebike it's about ten miles east of here and then we'll start making my trek back
to the RV for the evening I definitely don't want to say oh it all looks the
same after a while cuz no it's still very very different but and this little
stretch right here they have signs that say we can't enter the water because
they're gonna open floodgates without warning or something so there's no
access to the water at this point but like it's almost looks like wynoochee or
something really oh I really want to just sit on that rock right there and
just think about stuffs looking at all this Thank You nature for all this
beauty oh and plus let's just point out that ebike is absolutely the best
possible tool for navigating something like a national park like this because I
guarantee you no car has ever stopped here to look at what I'm showing you
right now okay it's 50 miles an hour barely a shoulder nowhere for anybody to
stop and show you this this is a little unique me showing you this right now
however now I now I instantly regret this slightly cuz
we had to go through a tunnel and it's a very narrow tunnel I'm not worried about
riding it I'm just worried about okay there's no traffic
see it says tunnel turn on lights wait a minute bike push button ahead push what
button I get to push a button well that's kind of cool
see that's what we got across not it's not a big tunnel oh here's my spot they
say push the button and it's flashing bikes in tunnel speed 30 I do have my
headlight on oh yeah we're tunneling man we're tunneling oh yeah yeah did I
mention we've been going nonstop uphill the Cascade Mountains this entire trip
since I left the campground yeah I'm feeling the burn I mean I got pedal
assist on level 1 so it's helping me but still look at these views geez such a
massive national park okay I'm gonna put the camera away concentrate on my
pedaling I'll get to die a blue lake I'm starting to get a bit of a chest ache
today no don't know maybe this is a little more biking than I'm used to and
I'm feeling I'm feeling you know what we are up high in elevation that could be
it actually just walking the trails man just walking the trails you see that
little mini waterfall the other side going down
oh my gosh and died a blow Lake everyone and all its magical glory out there man
that's gorgeous so right now I'm about 15 miles up and
east of where Miranda and Jax are at at the campground so this being the North
Cascade highway here we are gonna drive this stretch again when when we leave
the campground so not gonna go any farther well I just had a breath I'm
working on it man we're working on it anyway ah go back to
my nice little camp campsite and we're back I don't think I really mind the
whole no hookups at national parks cuz it's nearly every single one I've been
to has been that way no power there is a dump station on the way out with some
water but the campsites themselves are very natural and I think that's a good
thing for the national parks whoo these are these are huckleberries guys I don't
know if these are found other places but these are huckleberries
Oh sour oh but edible yeah no flashbacks to the movie into the wild
kind of out here by myself and this campsites huge like there's a big huge
backyard it's quiet it's peaceful it's not a Walmart parking lot or a rest area
and I kind of like it for one night good I want true Nomad guys it's hard
for me to sit still but that's how like that's how I enjoy life and there's so
many different ways to do it you know that's why some people buy the RV and
then booked three months at a resort and then three months at another resort
that's the way they like it who cares let people do it their way I like moving
if I move too fast for you just don't just skip a couple videos anyway gonna
you know chill here with my little kitty cat and then Jackson I'll see you in a
few more days from the cascade loop as we head on east wards over the mountains
good night guys