Wanda and I rode our bikes down to to the lake again this morning. Our third musketeer, Debi, from the last ride was working today and we had to leave her behind.
The main excitement on the way down was a bear sighting. We of course stopped to let the bear and her cub have all the room they wanted. We also took the opportunity to take pictures. Here is a picture that Wanda took of me taking a picture of the bears.
Here is the picture I was taking at the time. It was so cool because it's my first fairly close up bear sighting in the more than two years that I have been here.
If you read my last entry about our bike ride to the lake, you will remember that we only rode to the top of the switchbacks and waited for the bus to take us down those last two miles (which is about a 1000 foot drop in elevation down nine switchbacks.)
Today we rode down the whole way....more to the point we braked those last two miles. It was a little hard on the hands, but other than that it was a lot of fun. We left the village at 9:35 a.m. and got to the lake at 11:10 a.m.
Here I am at the top of the switchbacks getting my picture taken before the ride down.
At Lucerne, the boat landing, we boarded the ferry going uplake to Stehekin. Stehekin is the end of the lake going north. (Chelan is at the south end of the 55 mile long Lake Chelan.) Stehekin is mostly National Park Service land, but has about 80 year long residents. It's a popular place in the summer for visitors. The boat stays in Stehekin for an hour and a half before heading back "downlake." This was just enough time to eat a scrumptious hamburger and fries lunch, visit the craft shop and head back to board the boat. When we got back to Lucerne we got a ride back up to Holden on the bus......didn't see any bears on the way back.
Here is the picture I was taking at the time. It was so cool because it's my first fairly close up bear sighting in the more than two years that I have been here.If you read my last entry about our bike ride to the lake, you will remember that we only rode to the top of the switchbacks and waited for the bus to take us down those last two miles (which is about a 1000 foot drop in elevation down nine switchbacks.)
Today we rode down the whole way....more to the point we braked those last two miles. It was a little hard on the hands, but other than that it was a lot of fun. We left the village at 9:35 a.m. and got to the lake at 11:10 a.m.Here I am at the top of the switchbacks getting my picture taken before the ride down.
At Lucerne, the boat landing, we boarded the ferry going uplake to Stehekin. Stehekin is the end of the lake going north. (Chelan is at the south end of the 55 mile long Lake Chelan.) Stehekin is mostly National Park Service land, but has about 80 year long residents. It's a popular place in the summer for visitors. The boat stays in Stehekin for an hour and a half before heading back "downlake." This was just enough time to eat a scrumptious hamburger and fries lunch, visit the craft shop and head back to board the boat. When we got back to Lucerne we got a ride back up to Holden on the bus......didn't see any bears on the way back.
1 comment:
Hi Gail,
I am so jealous of you seeing a bear and a cub. It is a great picture. You are just experiencing Holden to the fullest, aren't you.
It sounds like Jubilee was a success once again. That was a very thoughtful entry of yours.
In 3 weeks we will be in Holden, Yiphee.
Gundula
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