My North Cascades Story
A Kaleidoscope of Red, Yellow and Orange
By Eric Zamora, Photographer
When I got there I didn’t want to leave. When I left, I wanted to go back.
It was the perfect time of year. No mosquitoes or black flies. Temps were in the 30s at night, 60s during the day. And, despite being late September, almost everything, even the high peaks stabbing skyward, were nearly snow free. A kaleidoscope of red, yellow and orange radiated forth. Evergreens interrupted the leafy fire.
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North Cascades National Park contains 260 identified prehistoric sites, some dating older than 8,500 years.
