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Snowshoeing......North Cascades

20 Degrees and the snow was blowing....There is a nice pullout at the entrance to the Cedar Creek Falls Trail head.....Plenty of room for a couple of cars to park....After strapping on our snowshoes and packs....We headed up the snow covered road that leads to the official trail head and restroom....nice slightly uphill road in...easy grade and makes for a pleasant snowshoe trek in for kids or a short day hike...lots of activity on the trail....looked like other snowshoers had been in and possibly cross country skiers....Didn't take long and the 20 degree weather felt pretty good....snowshoeing gets you warmed up real quick.....Lovely hike in...saw some different tracks in the snow...possible bunny rabbit and maybe a deer....the Ponderosa pine trunks show up very nicely with all the white snow...spent sometime at the trail head goofing off in the snow....sliding down the snow covered sand pile on the back of our snowshoes....making all kinds of tracks in the snow...Fun, easy hike....look forward to returning and actually hiking all the way to the falls when we have a little more time........Back down into Twisp to eat lunch at the Cinnamon Twisp Bakery....they have really good pizza and the soup is always interesting and very tasty with fresh bread...large variety of baked goods to take on the road to enjoy...one last stop for a Blue Star Coffee to help with the drive down the Methow Valley.....Snow has finally come to the lower Okanogan Valley floor......We received a foot by Sunday night...more snow falling today.....Should be a good weekend to get out in the snow again to play.
















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