| WESTERN TRAVEL
Here are a few wonderfully short Western U.S. road trips recommended by Douglas Orton, a Seattle based photographer and author. Please scroll down to the adventure below or follow the blue links for more.
*ASTORIA, OREGON
*FIVE FERRY LOOP: SEATTLE, OLYMPIC PENINSULA, VICTORIA, SAN JUAN ISLANDS.
*NORTH CASCADES LOOP, WA
*PALOUSE COUNTRY, WA
*HELLS CANYON SCENIC BYWAY, ELKHORN DRIVE NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY LOOP, OREGON.
*OREGON SPRING LOOP, TULIPS! WATERFALLS! BEACHES!
*HIGH LAKES ROAD, WA, MOUNTAIN PEAKS AND LAKES.
*NORTH CASCADES LOOP, WA
*PALOUSE COUNTRY, WA
*COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE; OREGON, WASHINGTON LOOP.
*OLYMPIC PENINSULA LOOP, WA.
*VANCOUVER ISLAND, B.C., CANADA.
*OKANOGAN LOOP DRIVE.
*CURRENT EXHIBIT, ASSIGNMENT
North Cascades Loop
Travel this route beginning mid July, wonderful through October. From Seattle follow I-5 N. through Bellingham to Mt. Baker National Recreation Area, where snow often lingers into July then suddenly yields to wildflowers. Backtrack to the North Cascades HIghway and follow over Rainy Pass through North Cascades National Park to Winthrop and the Chewuk River. Next it's down the Methow and up the Twisp River before heading south along the Columbia River. Finally up U.S. 2 for a last day in Leavenworth before heading back over Stevens Pass to Seattle. Four days.
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