Our caravan is indeed clippin’ through the green … under tree covered roads, leaves flying, the countryside beauty is breathtaking!  It’s a good thing we have a wagonmaster, or we’d all be wandering off, like a herd of cats … there is simply too much to see!  We skirt the Skagit River on up to Marblemount – the Gateway to the American Alps!

Every turn, every climb presents a new and different view … a person could (and should) spend days here.  Our caravan stopped …

This is the view from the top … or near the top anyway.

The Thunder Creek watershed is fed by the Klawatti and Little Klawatti glaciers … and an amazing sight it is.

On the east side, trees give way to rocky pinnacles – with a special beauty of its own.

Next stop – Winthrop, and the Methow Valley.