June 20, 2015. Island-hopping!

CAMPGROUND: Newhalem  Creek inside North Cascades National Park. Like most national parks, no hook-ups.  Very woodsy, private, paved sites.  Good grill and picnic tables. Nice bathroom, no showers.  4 stars. $8/night

LOCATION: North Casacades National Park. Nearest town is Concrete, WA.  About 100 miles northeast of Seattle

WEATHER: Nice. Highs in 70s

We packed up from Fort Flagler.  Our neighbor, another AirStreamer, had recommended the ferry back to the mainland.  We looked into it, and decided it was the better option since we are pretty far north already.  If we drove, we would have to go south to Tacoma, them back up northeast, all around Puget Sound, with busy traffic.  Instead, we drove to nearby Port Townsend.  We caught the ferry there to Whidby Island.  We arrived at the terminal just as the ferry docked.

 

Here we are in line at the ferry terminal.

We loaded the ferry.  We were front and center!

We  disembarked about 35 minutes later on Whidby Island, mostly rural and undeveloped.  We stopped for lunch there and had locally harvested steamed mussels and clams.  Yum!

From Whidby Island, we crossed back into mainland Washington via a bridge.  Then we drove about 50 more miles east to the national park.  This is called the American Alps.  We'll spend a few days here hiking and exploring.

DINNER:  Grilled chicken, baked potato baked in the coals, and peas.