Spada Lake Washington
In 2008 Kathleen and I did one of those fun things that we do from time to time. We look at the map, try to find a road that looks like it would make a fun drive, and then we just take off to see where it will go. If it seems to dead end on the map and has a unique feature (like a lake), at the end of the road, even better. Such was our 28 mile ride from the Thousand Trails RV Park in Washington. At the end of this little blog I will repost a link to the pictures and our blog of 2008, but for now lets talk about our return trip to Spada Lake a couple days ago.
Back in 2008 when we reached Spada Lake we were surprised to see the lake nearly empty with stumps showing everywhere (as you will see if you check out the link), but the drive to the lake and the area itself was very pretty. (The lake had been drawn down to repair the dam.)
Now here we are in 2011, with an opportunity to again make the drive to Spada Lake to hopefully see what the lake might look like when full. There has been a tremendous amount of snow in this part of the Cascades over the winter and we knew that the lake would be near the snow line but figured with the jeep we could make it.
Staying near us here in the RV Park are CoCo and Bob Giacolino also full-time RV'ers and close friends. We asked them to join us on the trip and away we went. Now, 28 miles is not a long ways but when it is virtually a steady climb up in to the mountains from the altitude we are camped at it makes for a fun and strikingly beautiful drive. We followed the Olney River at times, crossing several bridges and witnessed numerous water falls as the melting snow above us flowed toward the lake. Stopping for pictures was the plan and we did plenty of that.
The following is a little slide show I have put together as all the pictures tell the story and I hated to tease you with only a few. Click on the link and enjoy.
I hope you have returned to the blog and will take a look at what Spada Lake looked like when just Kathleen and I visited it in 2008. Click on the following link to check it out. To get the pictures from 2008 you may have to click another link found there.
We had a great trip with CoCo and Bob. On our return to the RV Park Kathleen and I were treated to a fabulous dinner at their motor home.
