24 Jan 13.  The last leg of our Highway 20 trip last Tuesday saw us driving up to the Baker Lake area. Formed by a dam, Baker Lake offers some nice scenic areas in which to ply the art. Below Baker Lake proper there is another very small mud dam that forms another lake, but it is very small and I have not been able to find the name of it yet. There is a nice park associated with this small dam and plenty of camping area for those so inclined. You can also drive right out to the end of the dam, and from what I can tell the roadway across the top of the dam is open seasonally, or at least that is my perspective as I've only been there late in the year and both times it was closed. But you can walk out there if desired or just remain at the campground end and shoot, which is what I did on this last trip. Looking out over the lake you can see Mt Baker to your left, or at least it topmost portion, and directly across from your lake viewpoint,  Sloan Peak in the Henry M. Jackson Wilderness. At 7835 feet it is by far not the most impressive peak in the Cascade range, but in as much as it looks a lot like the Matterhorn it will get your attention, even from a distance. And even though most of its sides present a difficult ascent, on one side is a scrambling trail all the way to the summit. While we were there it was playing a very active game of peek-a-boo with several layers of clouds, such that I thought of originally naming this image, layers. The temp was about 28ºF with a small amount of wind, so it was a bit chilly, but well worth being there. Nikon D300s; 18 - 200; Aperture priority; ISO 200; 1/640 sec @ f / 8.
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