Stehekin, Bears, Boats, Bikes, Hikes, Eating & Lake Chelan

Looking through old webpages today I've come to the realization I don't do anything new, different, fun and adventurous anymore. This must come to an end. Soon.

I'd forgotten about the fun of Stehekin. That's an isolated town, deep in the Washington North Cascades and the north end of Lake Chelan. Accessed only by boat or hiking or plane.

The summer before I moved to Texas. Or was it the summer before that, a group of 7 or 8 took the Lady of the Lake up Lake Chelan, to stay at the Stehekin Lodge. We took our bikes along. We were barely off the boat when we were greeted by our first of what was to be dozens of bears. Like the one you see in the photo.

Below is an excerpt from one of my 3 webpages about the trip to Stehekin. Go here to read the whole thing.

"The Way to Stehekin is definitely over the Road Less Traveled. Stehekin is situated at the end of 55 mile long Lake Chelan, deep in the North Cascades of Washington, accessible only by boat or foot or floatplane. No phones, no TV, no radio. Very likely the most remote, isolated location in the Lower 48 of the United States. None of your companions on this little adventure had been to Stehekin before. It was to be 4 days of discovering the delights of a world far removed from our usual Urban Madness..."