Mountain Lodges and Washington State

Here are some pictures and web sites of commercial mountain lodges, as well as descriptions of what they offer to the public. There are many lodges in the Cascades and Olympics of WA State. Some are privately owned by families who use them as their own retreats. I have dreamed of our combined family (my immediate and all of my cousins) owning something like this, or a ranch built on our family's homestead land near Wenatchee on the Columbia River.

Also, included are web sites where you can view pictures of Washington State; some include live "cams".


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http://vrbo.com/vrbo/6799.htm Mt. Rainier private lodge rental

http://www.ohwy.com/wa/m/mtrainnp.htm Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park Inn

http://www.ohwy.com/wa/p/paradiin.htm Paradise Inn, Mt. Rainier

http://www.ohwy.com/wa/j/jasmers.htm

http://www.jasmers.com/ Jasmer's at Mt. Rainier

http://www.ohwy.com/wa/s/stokicsp.htm Stormking's at Mr. Rainier

http://www.mt-rainier.com/overland/ Rainier Overland


http://www.sunmountainlodge.com/ The Methow Valley in North Cascades, WA

http://www.uswelcome.com/washstat/sunmoun.htm More on Sun Mountain Lodge






Sheep Mountain Lodge, Alaska  
http://www.alaska.net/~sheepmtl/                                                



http://www.telusplanet.net/public/overland/ - Here's a nice little lodge, near Edmonton. Perhaps we could all get together with Fr. Andrew and Met. Vitaly there (in the warmer months?). This looks like a wonderful place to be.

http://www.mvsta.com/viewpic.html The Methow Valley in the north central Cascades, WA


http://www.methownet.com/ The Methow Page. Click on "virtual cam" of the "old western" town of Winthrop in the foothills of the North Cascades. Geo and I have thought this may be a nice place to retire, except for lots of snow in the winter. This is near the Methow Valley, Eastern Washington Cascades. (off the North Cascades Hwy.)

http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/us_national_park/wa_north.htm North Cascades Nat'l Park Info

http://www.wenworld.com/webcam/methow.html (live cam) links to other live cams in WA

http://www.wenworld.com/webcam/lakechelan.html (live cam) of Lake Chelan, WA

http://www.wenworld.com/WebCam/dennycreek.html (Snoqualmie Pass, Western WA)

http://www.rsn.com/cams/image_display/1,1047,1500858,00.html?party_id=1284&segment_type=mtn - YUP! Snoqualmie Summit Ski area, Western WA, near Seattle. I have gone cross country skiing in this place.

http://www.skicrystal.com/main.cfm Spectacular Crystal Mountain, Western WA Cascade Mountains

http://www.skiwhitepass.com/lodging.html White Pass near Yakima (Central Eastern WA) - The Village Inn is one of my favorite places to stay on a summer trip across the Cascades.

http://www.skiwhitepass.com/ More pics of White Pass ski area-mountains in Eastern WA

http://www.skiwhitepass.com/conditions/current.shtml - web cam at White Pass ski lodge







THE MOUNTAIN
RAINIER




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                                                                             Alta Crystal Resort - Mt. Rainier
 



Bobcats at Mt. Rainier



Lynx at Mt. Rainier



Alpine Meadow near Mt. Rainier (foggy)



http://www.cityspin.com/seattle/daytrips/daytrips.htm Day trips from Seattle

http://www.mount.rainier.national-park.com/camping.htm Camping at Mt. Rainier

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Rainier/description_rainier.html Our volcanic mountain (click on pics to enlarge)

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Rainier/ArmchairTour/Tour/paradise_info.html Sunset on Paradise side (Western)

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Rainier/ArmchairTour/Tour/ptarmigan_ridge_info.html Northwest slopes

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Rainier/ArmchairTour/Tour/cowlitz_park_info.html Southeast slopes (Sunrise side)

http://www.mount.rainier.national-park.com/info.htm#flow


http://www.ci.olympia.wa.us/information/gallery/photos.asp?name=gov03 Washington State Capitol Building and Olympia, WA

http://www.ci.olympia.wa.us/information/sites.asp#views More on Olympia













Seattle


http://www.cityspin.com/seattle/index.htm

http://www.cityspin.com/seattle/sights/sights.htm

http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/html/visitor/points.htm#scenter

http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/tour/intro.htm

http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/tour/seamap.htm Virtual tour of Seattle

http://www.kitsap.net/tour/seattle/gullfeed.html Feeding the seagulls from the dock (Ivar's Restaurant)


Russian Decorative Arts: The Plestcheeff Collection
Seattle Art Museum, downtown, ongoing
SAM’s first important collection of 19th-century decorative arts features Russian porcelain, glass, and metalwork, which wonderfully illustrate the most striking design elements of Russian decorative arts: surface decoration and color.




Seattle Art Museum, downtown, featuring "Hammering Man". His arm moves up and down





http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/tour/uw.htm
University of Washington campus



CASCADE MOUNTAINS - VOLCANOES

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Rainier/Locale/framework.html THE MOUNTAIN (As we Washingtonians call it; one of my most favorite places)

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Cascades/volcanoes_cascade_range.html#glacier_peak
Glacier Peak - Northwestern Cascades Mountain Range - looking northeast. It WAS the highest mountain in Washington State, before it blew its top off. I have been in the surrounding hills and have seen a view of the Peak and Cascade Mountains, similar to this picture (above), but from a lower elevation.





Mount Baker, situated Northeast of Everett, WA, near where Geo and I live

 



Mount St. Helens, which blew its top in 1980; I experienced the volcanic ash and gas fallout in Eastern WA, when I was living in the Tri-Cities, where I grew up.


EASTERN WASHINGTON TOWNS


LEAVENWORTH

http://www.mtsprings.com/ Near the Bavarian-styled Leavenworth on the East side of the Cascades









Leavenworth in the Cascade foothills of Eastern WA, north of Wenatchee; west of Lake Chelan

http://www.leavenworth.org/MiracleTown.htm

http://www.kkringl.com/

TRI-CITIES

http://tri-city.com/Main/Photo.html Tri-Cities, WA in Eastern WA where I grew up (Richland, a scientific government town)

http://www.tcfn.org/tctour/tourism/local.html

http://www.tcfn.org/tctour/ more on Tri-Cities, WA

http://www.tcfn.org/tctour/tourism/attractions.html Things to see in Southeast WA


LAKE CHELAN

http://www.campbellsresort.com/conf.htm Campbell's Resort on Lake Chelan, Eastern WA, where my cousin has his retirement "job" during the summer.







http://www.lakechelan.com/

WALLA WALLA

http://vrbo.com/vrbo/2256.htm Strawberry Canyon Lodge near Walla Walla, Southeastern WA Blue Mountains http://vrbo.com/global/siteframe.asp?mainurl=http://www.mountainretreats.com&returnurl=/vrbo/2256.htm Top of the Mountain, Blue Mountains near Walla Walla


EASTERN WASHINGTON MOUNTAINS AND FORESTS

http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/us_national_forest/wa_wenat.htm About Wenatchee Nat'l Forest and bike trails

http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/us_national_forest/wa/wa_okano_2.htm About Okanagan Nat'l Forest and bike trails

http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/US_National_Park/wa_mount.HTM THE MOUNTAIN


SNOQUALMIE FALLS

http://www.coastalhotel.com/washington/snoqualmie/salish_photographs1.html The town of Snoqualmie in the County of Snoqualmie is on the East side of the Puget Sound region, near Seattle. The huge water falls are a real spectacular view which can be seen and photographed from the top. http://www.coastalhotel.com/washington/snoqualmie/salish_photographs4.html





PUGET SOUND AND THE ISLANDS


http://www.semiahmoo.com/ A resort (lodge) on the Puget Sound Shores






You say you want to get away to an island? How's this? (Also, check out the sites below)

http://www.sanjuanweb.com/Orcas/PhotoOrcas.html

http://www.sanjuanweb.com/Orcas/Photo/PhotoOrcas1.html

http://www.sanjuanweb.com/

http://www.deerharbor.org/


Miscellaneous photos:

http://www.kitsap.net/tour/scenic.html Not real great photos; however, they do show some aerial views of the Cascades and Mt. Rainier and other scenic shots of WA State.


 THE RIVER


http://www.cgriversidelodge.com/ Located near the mouth of the Columbia River in Southwestern WA State

http://w3.gorge.net/serenitys/ For those who don't mind having a gas fireplace (instead of a real fireplace with real wood logs to burn). You don't really have to worry too much about "camping out" here.


NORTHERN LIGHTS

http://members.aol.com/astrokeith/images/hershman1.jpg Aurora - Northern lights over Washington State - Rainier National Park - August 2000


 
MORE PICS
http://members.aol.com/astrokeith/bigaurora.htm



MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/wa1.html About Washington State

http://www.gonorthwest.com/Washington/Washington.htm Washington State travel maps

http://www.videotravelogues.com/washington.htm Video tours you can order

http://whs.wsd.wednet.edu/Ski.html  More WA State ski areas web site - You can also visit these in the summer and take a chair lift ride on some of them to view the beautiful scenery, if you don't ski.

http://www.everettmountaineers.org/links.html Everett Mountaineers Club, if you would like to learn to hike or climb in the Cascades

 So, when do you want to come to Washington State?!


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