In Search of Bald Eagles

The Cascades not only have many volcanic peaks marking the boundary of the plates which run up and down the Pacific coast, the local area is also dotted with beautiful natural lakes marked by the Cascade Lakes Trail. The scenic route took us through mountain meadows of grasses and wildflowers while we wound our way between the dormant peaks along roads which the signs warned would be free from snows only in these summer months.

Our afternoon ended, strangely enough, at the largest unnatural lake in the area - Wikiup Reservoir - in search of some of the dozens of bald eagles which nest along the shores of this favorite hot summer weekend hangout of the locals. We must be continuing to live right - we saw some in flight as well as nesting fledgling in the tops of the 150-foot pines.