Peshastin Pinnacles State Park
Wednesday, June 5
Up
at 7am packed a lunch of small grill, salad in a jar.
It's so cool in
the mornings here. 60 degrees. Hot by 1pm and starts cooling down again
after 4pm. I could get use to that!
Our region is known as the North Central area. Our first stop was
Peshastin Pinnacles State Park, This park is a 34-acre desert park
featuring a group of sandstone slabs and spires called "the pinnacles."
Climbable spires reach 200 feet into the air. Rocks and trails
provide views of surrounding orchards, the Enchantment Mountain Range,
and the Wenatchee River valley. We purchased our honor system Discover
Pass and started on the trail.
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| Views while climbing |
Our hike was short as the trail ended being an "easy climb" and
looked a little more "difficult" and not much more of a beaten
path....so we head back down the trail and traveled north and wanted to
have lunch in Lake Wenachee State Park, our next stop.
Yeah, I wondered about snakes too...it is a desert area.
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| Wait, the iPhone turned the lens on me!!! |
Lake
Wenatchee State Park is a 489-acre camping park with 12,623 feet of
waterfront on glacier-fed Lake Wenatchee and the Wenatchee River. The
park is bisected by the Wenatchee River, creating two distinct areas –
south park, which features areas for camping, swimming and horseback
riding, and north park, which is in a less developed, forested section
of the park and a quarter-mile walk from the lake. The park is a natural
wildlife area, and visitors are warned to be aware of the presence of
bears and other natural dangers. eh!
The park is huge. We stayed in the more developed areas
We took a trail walking starting to walk around the lake. The wind
coming off the lake was very chilling and the water was ICE cold. Jim
stuck his hand in the water and the water was so cold that his hand
started to hurt.
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| Jim taking a walk on the shores of Lake Wenatchee |
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| Water is ICE cold and lake is fed from the mountains |
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| Found our picnic area |
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| With our small propane grill we made chicken and Salad in a jar! |
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| Everyone showed up! |
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| It was a beautiful day! |
...and a view of emerald island too! Our next stop on our way back to the suite was Leavenworth
(my favorite), for some freshly made coffee.
