clear skys

Hello bloggeratti, I do hope you'll take pleasure,

in this photo I snapped while riding North in fine leisure.

"The weather's darn nice," I say with a scuffle,

And should do quite nice to set hair a fluffle!

drop the mouse, drop the cell phone, all those papers and books,

they can't bring you much, save high blood pressure and skooks.

Nothing compares to breathing deep from outside,

but I would recommend, reaching out, far and wide.

Destination Spotlight: Mt. Erie

48°27'14" N, 122°37'37" W

Mount Erie

1273 feet

Fidalgo Island

Skagit County

Washington State

USA

Mt. Erie's location in relation to Bellingham


The climb from Heart Lake Road to the top of Mount Erie is not very long, about one and a half miles. While the climb only gains 800 feet from the bottom of Erie Mountain Drive to the top, there are some incredibly steep sections. Around half of that elevation is gained in the last half mile, where the grade kicks up to well over 20%. I'd argue the energy to get to the top is well worth it, the view from the top can be quite silencing.

Mt. Erie is the pointy one, seen here just behind Samish Island

A Cat keeping watch over the corn field, Skagit Flats

Comin' round the mountain

The photo above this one was taken from the road at the bottom of this photo

Looking South

Mt. Baker and the Twin Sisters blend together from the view at the top

Trippin up

The first pitch

With the tide out a bit, the oyster beds reveal their man-made structure

Finish it up with a Chuckanut ride, San Juan twilight tide