Cascade of Favs
As usual, Dad both knew what one of us was craving and then delivered with a perfectly matched restaurant. This time: Mom wanted eggs benedict. We went to a cute little place nearby, and there happened to be a table for four that opened up as we got there! Me and Gideon got some amazing chocky milk, and Mom's benedict delivered. It even had more hollandaise than she expected, which she was very happy about. I had some cornbread pancakes which were pretty alright too.
We then made our way to North Cascades National Park. We took our trademark sign picture on the way in, and the people there were already way nicer than other parks. They were kind and patient and actually acted like tourists too. They stopped for pictures, smiled and offered to take our picture.
It's a good thing the people were patient because this park was beautiful. The road followed a stream cutting it's way through tall, green mountains. The water was a spectrum of navy to turquoise. It was absolutely stunning and probably my favorite park. Because of this and the fact that the park had a whole ton of hiking and not a whole ton of roads, we decided to go on a hike. It was probably listed as the easiest of the hikes: 3.2 miles with little height changes. Mom's hip had been bothering her a little, so we figured a nice easy walk might stretch her legs and make her feel better. Boy were we wrong . . . we later found out from another couple of hikers that we likely accidentally took an offshoot of the path instead of the actual path. Good information to know considering we hiked .7 miles and didn't even manage to get to the side of the mountain the trail was supposed to be on. Not to mention the elevation changed a lot. It was certainly not the trail we were advertised.
After a longer hike than we expected, we were pretty wiped and decided to head out of the park. It was about lunchtime, and we found an A&W that was actually open this time! Thank goodness, the rootbeer was excellent. Not long after that, we arrived in a small Bavarian village. It consisted mostly of pubs and breweries, so we didn't get out, but we drove through the place and it was pretty cool looking!
From then it was just a drive back to the hotel we'd stayed at the night before. Again, this was a while ago now, but I'm willing to guess there was some reading and sleeping involved sometime around then.
Dad had been ragging us about trying teriyaki while we were in the Seattle area because apparently they're famous for it. He picked out a place and we ordered over the phone for pick up on the way to the hotel. It was a cute little Ma and Pop place and the service was pretty nice. I got chicken and gyoza which were pretty good, and I even tried bubble tea. Guys, I didn't understand the obsession. I really didn't. Like fine, drink your tea with weird gummies in it. Be eccentric. But oh my gosh, I was so wrong. It was so good. The little gummi things were absolutely amazing . . . an all in all 10/10 experience. Not to mention the egg roll--so buttery . . . delicious.
Previous Day Next Day