Amazing Little Isolated Community of Stehekin on Lake Chelan, Washington
2:20PM Cruising back down Lake Chelan on the Lady of the Lake, a 350 passenger boat.
I covered a lot of ground yesterday. The North Cascades were great. I nearly stuck the car in a snow drift. Washington Pass was a good stop. The terrain can change so quick here. An hour later I was in dry barren sage brush country. Spent 4-5 hours at Grand Coulee Dam. Gave Mom a call from Chelan at 8:00PM (11:00PM her time).
Yesterday afternoon was great. The terrain kept changing, weather crystal clear and little traffic. I bought 2 1/2 pounds of fresh cherries and I had a ball cruising down a long, straight and lonely road at 80 MPH on cruise control, radio on loud, dressed in shorts only, eating cherries and spitting the pits up through the open sun roof while driving west of Grand Coulee in the late day golden sunlight.
Camped finally at 25 Mile Campground above Chelan on Lake Chelan. I was lucky. I got their last site. Got there at 10:30 PM so I slept in the car. I slept until 4:30AM then the wine wore off from the wine and cheese dinner I had at 11:00PM the night before so I got very little sleep.
Got on this boat at Field's Point at 9:45 this morning. It cruises at 16 MPH and the view is terrific. Met a 25 year old 6th grade teacher, Carla, who was going to Holden Village for a month. We talked for about half an hour until she got off the boat at Lucerne. It is a 12 mile bus ride from there to Holden. Holden seems to be a Lutheran retreat. She volunteered to work as faculty free. I met another lady who once lived in Chapel Hill.
Lake Chelan is a beautiful place. The boat ride was to Stehekin at the far end of the lake. Stehekin is only accessible by boat, plane or hiking. There is no phone service and there were less than 100 people that lived there year round. I liked it so much I returned a couple of years later.
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