Discover North Cascades National Park, Bald Eagles, astonishing 242-foot Gorge Creek Falls, hiking, exhibits on mining, logging, and farming, and great views.
This 4-hour trip, without breaks for eating and shopping, is from Sedro Woolley to Winthrop, and takes you through the truly breathtaking North Cascades National Park and surrounding national forest lands.
Begin the drive at the National Park Information Office in Sedro Woolley. Route Twenty runs east from here to the Lower Skagit River Valley. Twenty-four miles later, you go into the Read more . . .
This 101-mile, 2-hour drive is only accessible spring through fall, and bends through forested mountains in Idaho’s panhandle, skirting the shoreline of Lake Coeur d’Alene and over the hills to Potlatch. East of Coeur d’Alene, get off I-90 at the Route 97 Exit and go south. The path hugs Wolf Lodge Bay, an arm of Lake Coeur d’Alene. Here, fall salmon runs draw about 60 Bald Eagles to the Bay daily.
Trying to see Alaska by motor vehicle definitely has its limitations. When looking at a map of the state, only a relatively small portion is accessible by road. Nevertheless, the panorama of Alaska can still be experienced from the highways, and Route 1 is considered as one of the best. Driving into Alaska, Tok is the first major crossroads and where you pick up Route1, better known as the Tok Cut-Off. As a freeway, Route 1 is as well maintained as can be for one that experiences such extremes of temperature. The pavement is just about glassy but the underlying ground bucks the road into a mild roller coaster effect. If you’ve driven up the Alaska Highway to get here, it’ll be the smoothest road you’ve seen in days. As Route1 rolls through the magnificent forests of Alaska, the first thing you begin to notice is how big everything is.