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CONTENTS
FEATURES
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Skis and snowboards have long been put away. How about getting on a horse and do a little exploring around the Mt. Baker area?
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Thanks to the generosity of Jake Steiner, Whatcom Land Trust is able to preserve land the way it used to be all over the region.
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Ride 542 continues to grow in size, prizes and excitement. If you’re looking for a challenge or an exciting spectacle to watch, Ride 542 is your ticket to ride.
12 Down to the sea in ships Semiahmoo is the departure point for a close up look at local sealife from porpoises to Steller sea lions to orcas to grey whales.
The Skagit Valley has gained a well-deserved reputation for fine food and victuals. Here are some of our favorites.
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Baker Experience here, and find all the archives as well. www.mtbakerchamber.org: Discover the area’s businesses.
Rafting the Nooksack
www.weather.com: Get all the weather you need. www.mtbaker.us: Find the latest information about the Mt. Baker Ski Area, including snow amounts, events and trails.
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Welcome to the Mount Baker Experience, the newspaper for and about the Mt. Baker area, published by Point Roberts Press, Inc. Locally owned and operated, the company also publishes The Northern Light, All Point Bulletin, Pacific Coast Weddings and Waterside in Blaine, Washington. Point Roberts Press is a member of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, chambers of commerce in Whatcom County and the Bellingham/Mt. Baker Convention and Visitors Bureau. The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and are offered for the general interest of readers. We welcome your letters; however, the opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the editor. For circulation and rate information, or to send your letters, please address to: Mount Baker Experience, 225 Marine Drive, Blaine, WA 98230, fax them to 360/332-2777 or email info@mountbakerexperience.com. Publisher/Managing Editor Patrick Grubb Associate Publisher/Advertising Manager Louise Mugar Editor/Layout Pat Grubb Advertising Design Karena Crotto Reporters Jack Kintner, Tara Nelson,
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Horsing around the Mt. Baker area Story & photos by Jack Kintner “There is a delight in the hardy life of the open. There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.” – Theodore Roosevelt Camping is one of the most popular ways to enjoy the Mt. Baker area. It’s usually done with friends, of course, but if your friend has four legs and likes to eat hay and oats, so much the better! Just like there’s nothing like a long, leisurely walk with your dog, spending time in the backcountry with a good trail horse leads to the kind of bonding and closeness that comes from not only doing things together but successfully meeting the challenges of wilderness travel. “I went on my first pack trip in the mountains when I was 10-years old,” said Jackie Hector of Point Roberts, a life-long rider, “and when I’m in the backcountry with my horse I feel that young and free all over again.” Bellingham chiropractor Rocky Leavitt, a life-time horseman himself who now prefers to use mules, talks about winter camping “where there’s really no one else around. It could be a hundred years ago.” The Backcountry Horsemen of America (BCHA) is the best source for information on both where to ride and how. The local Whatcom County chapter meets monthly and has a full calendar of rides, trail maintenance outings and informational meetings. The group’s mission statement, which appears on their letterhead, says a lot about their approach to practicing what’s essentially a 19th-century pioneer skill in the 21st century, traveling easily and safely through the mountain wilderness. It says in part that the BCHA’s purpose is to “perpetuate the common sense use and enjoyment of horses in America’s backcountry and wilderness…To educate, encourage and solicit active participation in the wise use of the backcountry resource by horsemen and the general public…” Much of their efforts are directed at volunteering to help agencies such as the United States Forest Service (USFS) maintain the backcountry infrastructure of trails and bridges that allow access for everyone. It’s important to note that their intention is to benefit all backcountry users, because riders use some trails that are shared with hikers, such as the popular Skyline Divide trail off Glacier Creek Road. There are basically two kinds of horse camping experiences. Pack trips can last a week or longer. The rule of thumb is one extra pack animal for every two riders to carry the gear and food. Other horse campers trailer their mounts to a stationary camp, such as Silver Lake County Park, and go out for day rides, returning at night to a tent or RV. That’s the kind of camping that’s illustrated with this story.
Novice riders, including people without their own horses, are welcome at BCHA meetings. It’s a good way to get involved and benefit from the wisdom of more experienced rides, some of whom have been doing this for several decades, and to get help finding your way into what can be an exciting sport. “We’re not about the nose-to-tail slow boring stuff you find with rented horses,” said Erin Duncan of Point Roberts, who added that she expects to spend at least some time cantering and even running if conditions are right. “There’s nothing like flying down a country road or rambling around in a meadow. You find the best areas to do that, the best ground and the most room in the backcountry,” she said. Horse camping is not for loafers. One trainer estimated that “it takes about six to eight hours of work for each hour of riding.” Others say you can get by with less, but there’s no doubt that going with a group eases the burden on everyone, plus gives those new to the activity the benefit of shared experience. Work sharing on BCHA group rides begins when the first person out of bed feeds and waters the stock, generally tossing a briefcase-sized “flake” from a bale of hay to each horse. Feeding all the stock at once keeps them calmer and is a traditional way to begin the day in a horse camp. Once the horses are fed then it’s the riders’ turn to eat, and eat they do, for there’s nothing like a meal cooked in the outdoors. “We like to assign each meal in a weekend to one of maybe fifteen or so campsites in a stationary camp,” said Debbie Lagerwey, wife of Lynden dairy farmer LeRoy Lagerwey, “so that all you have to do is show up to eat, other than prepare the meal you signed up to cook for the group.” After breakfast riders prepare for their morning ride as they would anywhere by brushing their horses and tacking them up. If they’re not gone all day with lunch on the trail the morning ride may last two to three hours with a lunch back at camp, especially if a horse is being shared. After each day’s ride the horses are unsaddled and brushed, and then corralled or tied to a high line that allows for some movement. Some people stay out longer because they like to ride at night, especially in the high country. Down lower “it’s often so dark I can’t see anything and really have to trust the horse,” said Mick Blakely of Blaine, “and it’s then I really appreciate just how well they can see and smell. Horses have the biggest eyes of any land animal.” Trail riding is a specific equine skill, of course, for both riders and mounts. What kind of horse is best? “The best horse for trail riding is one you can trust,” said Leavitt, “because there will always be situations where you must depend on the horse to negotiate a difficult obstacle or piece of trail rather than directing him around it.” Continued on next page
Mount Baker Experience - Summer 2009 Horses should load and haul easily but also need to have some skills specific to riding in unprepared areas, such as crossing muddy areas, puddles and streams, and not spooking at unusual sights and sounds. Horses ridden only in arenas and prepared pastures may need additional training, as these skills do not come naturally. “Horses should be steady enough to be what we call bomb proof but intelligent and capable of finding their own way,” said Leavitt. He likes mules because they’re intelligent, “what some people see as stubbornness. Mules are more surefooted and last longer than a horse, and will not put you in danger as often because their urge for self-preservation is so strong.” A pack trip headed into the deep backcountry will often include both horses and mules. Leavitt said he takes a horse along to keep the mules together at night,
an old packer’s trick. “Mules are herd-bound, especially when there’s a horse around. If you take just one horse along you only have that one animal to tie up at night and the mules won’t wander off.” Leavitt’s been riding since he was a child in rural Whatcom county but began using mules a few years ago for deep backcountry camping where he and his friends might be out for a week or longer. Since they need to carry all their supplies these trips normally use one pack animal for every two riders. Backcountry Horsemen, like most outdoor organizations, stress camping in accordance with the National Outdoor Leadership Schools Leave No Trace Behind (LNT) principles to make sure that their impact on the wilderness is minimized. Properly dealing with manure is emphasized. At Silver Lake it’s composted in specially prepared bins and used by park staff in
rehabilitating vegetation. On pack trips where horses are hobbled or tethered to a high line it’s scattered as much as possible well off trails and away from campsites to decompose more quickly. The reason people do this is for the love of being outdoors and the freedom to ride independently in
some impressive country. Riders do the work required, be it letter writing or physical labor, to make sure the trails stay open for horses. “It’s a constant battle,” said Melinda Hardin, an active member of the local BCHA chapter. “As with those
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Horsing around.. who pursue other outdoor activities, we have to be politically active and vigilant to make sure that we don’t lose what we consider to be our right to have reasonable access to public land.” The local chapter’s guidebook, “Horse Trails of Whatcom County,” lists more than 30 trails and areas to ride in the western Whatcom County foothills. As budgets decline for maintaining these networks that provide back country access, agencies such as the United States Forest Service (USFS) increasingly rely upon volunteers whose hours of work can be used to generate grant money to support other programs. At a recent meeting of the local group, members agreed to donate at least 500 hours of volunteer work this coming summer and fall riding season at the request of the forest service. “We can do things other groups can’t simply because we can carry more than a man walking into places you can’t go with wheels,” said Leavitt. The group’s scrapbooks contain years of snapshots of members building bridges, repairing switchbacks with heavy timbers, lugging in outhouses to remote locations and so on.
Backcountry Horsemen of Washington – Whatcom Chapter Susan Sebastian, chapter president P.O. Box 28607 Bellingham, WA 98228 www.whatcom-bch.com 360/391-2965 Meetings are held the second Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. Summer meetings (June, July and August) are at the Herman Miller 4-H park, 1385 East Hemmi Road, Everson, WA 98247; meetings from September through May are at the Laurel Grange (near Meridian High School), 6172 Guide Meridian, Lynden, WA 98264.
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We’ll raise a stein to that! Jake Steiner’s backyard looks out on one of the last stands of Sitka Spruce left on the north fork of the Nooksack River. Steiner, 91, and living in Bellingham, decided to sell the property intact to the Whatcom Land Trust to preserve it because “I want people to be able to enjoy what it was once like here,” he said. According to the land trust, the 230-acre Steiner property is probably the largest, most important functioning salmon habitat still in private ownership on the North Fork. It includes 170 acres of flood plain forest bisected with several side channels and supports a mix of hardwoods and conifers, about 12 acres of which are very large, old growth Spruce trees. The other 60 acres is upland forest habitat and includes a 25 acre wetland and almost five miles of river and stream (riparian) habitat along two spawning streams and the north fork of the Nooksack itself. As a remnant of the kind of habitat that was once characteristic of the North Fork valley, it’s as abundant a place for fish as any on the
river. Eight species of salmon and trout – spring Chinook, pink, chum, Coho, sockeye, wild winter run steelhead, sea run cutthroat, and native char – have been found on the property by Doug Huddle, who works for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) as a principal stock assessment investigator for salmon and steelhead. It’s the farthest upstream spawning site for Chum on the entire North Fork. Its size and complexity, with a variety of tree species and other vegetation, make it an ideal place for salmon enhancement projects as well. Steiner’s parents homesteaded there nearly 100 years ago at Warnick, a site marked now only by the Nooksack River Bridge on the Mt. Baker Highway about two miles west of Glacier. The property can be seen when crossing the bridge off to the south, or right as you’re heading toward Glacier, on the east side of the river. The acreage includes about four miles of river frontage that begins below the bridge and continues downstream.
Steiner was the third son born to Herman and Lina Steiner. He attended primary school in Glacier and grade school and high school in Maple Falls. Steiner graduated from the old Maple Falls Union High School in 1936 and spent his adult life logging on his own property and for other companies. The land trust, using grant money from the Salmon Recovery Funding Board paid Steiner and his family just under $1 million two years ago for the property. Land trust board member Eric Carabba said that the site is not open to public and instead preserved as habitat, both because of its fragile balance and also because it’s blocked from access by property the Steiner family still owns. Guided tours are occasionally offered by the land trust, a nonprofit that began in 1983. It has acquired or assisted governmental agencies to acquire over 100 parcels since then totaling nearly 10,000 acres. For more information, go to their website at www.whatcom landtrust.org, or call 360/650-9470 .
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Ride 542 rides and runs in 2009
This year’s seventh annual running of Ride 542 and its main event, the Mt. Baker Hill Climb from Glacier 24.5 miles to Artist Point, comes up on September 12 and 13. Last year’s crowd of more than 500 spectators watched 768 registered participants ride in bright sunshine to the finish at the top in the snowencircled parking lot at the end of the road. Pro riders Ian McKissick of Everett and Leah Goldstein of Vancouver set new records in winning the competitive division of last year’s hill climb. McKissick, 29, finished in one hour, 16 minutes and 32 seconds, less time than it took some entrants to ride the same route back downhill to their cars. Goldstein, 39, finished about ten minutes behind. Both are second-time winners, the first the event has known, Goldstein having won last year and McKissick in 2006. As with winter’s Legendary Banked Slalom, this is an event that started small about ten years ago – no one’s sure when – but has now attracted some top competitors. Goldstein, tough enough to have put in nine years as a commando in the Israeli secret police, nearly died in an early season racing accident four years ago in Oregon when another rider swept her front wheel, putting her face down on the blacktop at nearly 50 mph. She lost five teeth, most of her lips, broke an arm, several ribs and shattered her pelvis. The timetable of her road back to competitive bicycling was remarkably short considering the hour and a half she spent on the pavement waiting for an air ambulance followed by five weeks in a Portland hospital. She got back to Vancouver able to move only her left arm and leg but two months later she got out of her wheelchair, and six weeks after that started to ride again. By the following February she was training for the new racing season. She won the Mt. Baker Hill Climb the following year, 2007, in record time, breaking that record last year. McKissick rode for the Swiss BMC team in Europe and is just a very small notch below the top international riders who populate such races as the Tour de France. “Ian could have gone faster with some team support. As it is he was simply much better than everyone else,” said race organizer Charlie Heggem, who called McKissick one of the best riders in North America. This year also includes the third annual Cross 542 on Saturday, September 12. A specialized kind of offroad race, it developed out of a partnership with the Bellingham cyclo-cross club Cyclocrazed. The course has pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles requiring the rider to quickly dismount, carry the bike while navigating the
obstruction and remount in one motion. The third main event is Run 542, a cross-country event that began last year. It will also be Saturday, September 12, beginning at 2 p.m. The 7.2 mile course runs uphill from the White Salmon Lodge to Artist Point, a more than 3,000 foot elevation gain all on trails. Other details for participants and spectators: Carpooling is encouraged, as is a reasonable attempt to be quiet early Sunday morning for the many townspeople who will still be asleep. Highway 542 will be closed just past Glacier at Canyon Creek Road by 7:45 a.m. Though there will be several ‘event’ vehicles on the road at all times, and spectators are welcome to park alongside the road and cheer riders on, do not drive on the road once the first rider comes by until the road is re-opened about noon by the Washington State Patrol. The best area for watching will be the last 3 miles of the ride. Limited parking is available at Artist Point but dress warmly – it can be chilly. And if you want to write something on the road, use chalk but please don’t paint the roads. A required pre-race staging and meeting will be held 15 minutes prior to the start-times for each division in front of the Glacier Ski Shop. If you miss it you will be politely but firmly disqualified. Helmets are required. Be aware that the weather can be dicey. For five of the six races held so far it’s been sunny and warm but in 2004 it was pouring down rain, 40 degrees, and miserable. Two years later an inch of snow fell on the road just three days after the event. For more information go to www.norkarecreation.com.
Divisions & St art s The D.U.M.B. (Down and Up Mt. Baker) Century Ride, 6:30 a.m. start; to get in 100 miles cyclists will ride from Glacier to Artist Point, back down, back up and back down a second time. Summit Ride, 7:30 a.m. start, for riders who want or need extra time to get up to the top and for younger riders. Recreational Ride, 8 a.m. start, noncompetitive with no maximum cut-off times. Recreational Fast Ride, 8:30 a.m. start, as fast as you can get without being competitive, for riders capable of times between 1.5 and 2 hours. Tandem Ride, 9 a.m. start, for competitive tandems only. Other tandems should be in the summit or recreational rides. Competitive Ride, 9:30 a.m. start, for competitors including professional riders who can do this in an hour and a half or less. Prizes will be awarded by age group in men’s and women’s and heavyweight (Athena for women, Clydesdale for men) divisions. In the competitive tandem race prizes will be in men’s, women’s and mixed categories by cumulative age through 120 years.
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Wineries South of the border... Dakota Creek Winery 3575 Haynie Rd Blaine, WA 360/820-4752 www. dakotacreekwinery.com Hours: Open 1-5 p.m. most days. Call ahead to confirm 360/820-4752
We may not be Yakima but great wineries are popping up all over the place. Here are some within driving distance of Mt. Baker.
Fort Wine Company Estate Winery 26151 84th Avenue Fort Langley 604/857-1101 866/921-WINE Hours: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily, except Christmas, Boxing Day & New Year's Day
Glacial Lake Missoula Wine Company 1625 Boblett Street (east of airport) Blaine, WA 360/332-2097 Hours: Open every Saturday 12-6 p.m. for tasting and sales Samson Estate Winery 1861 Van Dyk Road Everson, WA 360/966-7787 www.samsonestates.com Hours: October 1 to May 31 with the exception of holiday hours. Friday, Saturday & Sunday 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. June 1 to September 30 Daily, 7 days a week 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mount Baker Vineyards 4298 Mount Baker Highway, Deming, WA 360/592-2300 Hours: Tasting room: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; closed Mondays during winter. Tours by appointment Chuckanut Ridge Wine Company 1017 North State Street (tasting room) Bellingham, WA 360/527-0900 Hours: 12-6 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday. 2 p.m.-10 p.m., Thursday, Friday and Saturday or call 360/527-0900 for an appointment Carpenter Creek Winery 20376 E. Hickox Road Mount Vernon, WA www.carpentercreek.com Hours: Friday and Saturday 10-6 p.m. Sunday 11-5 p.m. and by appointment.
Pacific Breeze Winery (By Appointment Only) #6 - 320 Stewardson Way New Westminster 604/522-2228
Domaine de Chaberton Estate Winery & Bacchus Bistro 1064 - 216th Street Langley, B.C. Bistro: 604/530-9694 Winery: 604/530-1736 or toll free: 888/332-9463 Hours: Winery: Mon - Sat, 10 a.m. 6 p.m.; Sun 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Bistro Lunch: Wed thru Sun 11:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m.; Dinner: Fri & Sat 5:30 - 9:30 p.m. Pasek Cellars Winery 18729 Fir Island Rd (tasting room) Mount Vernon, WA Phone 360/336-6877 www.pasekcellars.com Hours: 11-5 p.m. every day Tulip Valley Vineyard & Orchard 16163 State Route 536 Mt. Vernon, WA 206/321-9424 or 360/428-6894 Hours: call first at 206/321-9424 or 360/428-6894 San Juan Islands Lopez Island Vineyards 724 Fisherman Bay Road Lopez Island, WA 360/468-3644 www.lopezislandvineyards.com Hours: April-June, Sept-Dec 15th: Saturdays, 12-5 p.m. July & August: Wednesday - Saturday 12-5 p.m. San Juan Vineyards 3136 Roche Harbor Road Friday Harbor, WA 360/378-9463 www.sanjuanvineyards.com Hours: 11-5 daily, depending on the season
North of the border... Blossom Winery 5491 Minoru Blvd, Richmond 604/232-9839 www.blossomwinery.com Hours: Mon-Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sanduz Estate Winery 12791 Blundell Road (at Sidaway Road) Richmond 604/214-0444 www.sanduzwines.com Hours: Daily 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wellbrook Winery 4626 88th Street Delta 604/946-1868 www.wellbrookwinery.com Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m., daily Westham Island Winery 2170 Westham Island Road, Delta www.westhamislandwinery.com Hours: Mon - Fri: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Weekends & Holidays: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Glenugie Vineyard 3033 232nd Street Langley, B.C. 604/539-9463 Hours: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily Township 7 Vineyards & Winery (Langley) 21152-16th Avenue Langley. B.C. 604/532-1766 Hours: July, Aug, Dec: 11a.m. - 6 p.m. daily Feb - June & Sept - Nov: 12 - 6 p.m. Thur-Sun
Vista D'oro Farms Winery 20856 4th Avenue Langley. B.C. 604/514-3539 Hours: Thursdays 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Fridays 12 – 5 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. River's Bend Winery 15560 Colebrook Road Surrey, B.C. 604/574-6106 Tues - Sun and holidays 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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Looking for a killer time on the water? By Jack Kintner
s Gray whale in Boundary Bay.
If you’re one of those people that has gone on whale watching trips only to be disappointed, you’re exactly the kind of passenger that Beau Brandow wants to meet. Owner and operator of Outer Island Expeditions, Brandow has begun offering daily tours out of Blaine’s Semiahmoo Resort. Brandow’s knack for finding the beasts and a lot of other interesting wildlife at sea is nothing short of amazing. It comes from many years studying the creatures and their habits while working on various small islands in the San Juans for the Washington State Parks system, plus undergraduate study at Whitman College. Since he knows their habits and where and what they like to eat, he knows where to find them if they’re to be found at all. On one recent trip Brandow gently guided his tour boat, a 32-foot aluminum Maxweld catamaran hull built in Hebo, Oregon, to a point deep inside Boundary Bay. “Here’s about where they were yesterday,” he said, coasting to a stop as a mature gray whale, ten feet longer than a standard 40’ school bus and as heavy as a loaded logging truck, broke the surface with a whoosh and an exhaled spray of steamy wet breath. “These guys are digging this trench in the mud, roughly from Semiahmoo northwest toward Ladner, to feed on shrimp and other shellfish. They stop to do this here to fuel the rest of the trip,” Brandow said. By this time the circling whales were working their way into deeper water – the trench gets into water
Summer of Rock begins July 18 Nooksack River Casino presents Concerts on the Green classic rock festival beginning 11 a.m. Saturday, July 18 with a free all-day rock tribute festival. The music continues throughout the summer with Gretchen Wilson on Wednesday, July 29; The Guess Who on August 15; Rock n Roll Riot on August 29; War on September 12; and Loverboy on September 26. Tickets prices vary per day and are available at the Nooksack River Casino box office or online at www.nooksackcasinos.com. The Nooksack River Casino is located at 5048 Mount Baker Highway in Deming.
so shallow that the whales’ bellies are touching the bottom – which meant they could come higher out of the water to breathe. The boat was suddenly overwhelmed with a strong smell, a cross between a very busy gym and the world’s biggest dumpster as a gray exhaled not 150 yards away. Speaking of whales, Brandow said, another captain had just told him that part of the transient Orca pod, aggressive meat eaters known for corralling seals and chomping into ton-and-a-half sea lions, was passing Saltspring Island. “What do you say?” Brandow asked his customers, “should we go take a look?” Twenty minutes later the boat was at rest just east of Saltspring Island, and as if on cue the large male named T-10 (for the tenth male identified in the transient pod) and two smaller females passed by, heading north as if on a wire and paying little attention to the boats that gathered to watch them. “We have to respect these animals,” Brandow said, “and part of that means staying at the legal limit of at least 100 yards or more away.” He also explained that all the whale watch captains are in touch with each other but the channel is not publicized and the locations, direction and type of whales are described in code. Earlier in the month the resident orcas began to show up in the San Juans, and Brandow said that these are usually “a lot more fun to watch. “They eat fish, not meat, and they’re more active. The transients are on a mission to get to northern waters but the local guys are home, playing in their back yard.” On the way back, Brandow pointed out porpoises and Steller Sea Lions feeding in the prodigious tide rip that sets in twice daily near Patos Island, whose lighthouse is being restored. Porpoises sometimes can be coaxed into playing like surfers in the boat’s wake. Sea lions are huge (over a ton), aggressive and voracious, somewhat closely related to bears, but are themselves the endangered prey of orcas. A few harbor seals surfaced closer to the mainland, making it five marine mammal species seen on the trip along with numerous eagles and marine birds. Rates for the four-hour ride are $109 for adults, kids under 14 are $89. They also have group discounts and combined fishing and whale watch cruises. Departure times are daily at 1 p.m. in June and then go to twice daily, at 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. in July and August. For reservations call 360/376-3711. For more info, visit www.outerislands.com.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING JOOWANAROO 2 MUSIC FESTIVAL: June 19, 20 & 21. Free music festival. Joowana Restaurant, 7471 Mt.Baker Highway Maple Falls. For info call 360/599-9800 or www.joowana.com. COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE BENEFITS DEMING LIBRARY: June 20, July 18, August 15, and September 19, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dodson’s IGA will host a community wide garage sale the 3rd Saturday of each month, June through September. 20 spaces will be available at the west end of the IGA parking lot. Sellers are invited to set up tables for a donation of $20. The merchandise selection will depend on the sellers but it is anticipated there will be a selection of second hand items, collectible treasures, and crafts. Registration forms are available at the Deming Library and at Dodson’s IGA. SUMAS COMMUNITY DAY: Saturday, June 27. Williams / United Way Show ‘n’ Shine Parade starts at 11 a.m. Library book sale, go carts, games, dunk tank, petting zoo, dessert contest, and more. Fireworks at dusk. Sumas City Park, Sumas. For more info, 988-5711 STORYTIME AT SUMAS LIBRARY: A half-hour of stories and more for preschoolers. Mondays through July 27, 11 a.m. Make Puppets, get creative with felt, paper, socks, & sticks. Wednesday, July 15, 2 p.m. 451 2nd St., 988-2501. Free.
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STORYTIME AT MAPLE FALLS LIBRARY: A half-hour of stories and more for preschoolers. Tuesdays through July 28, 10:30 a.m. STORYTIME AT EVERSON LIBRARY: Summer crafts for School-Age Kids, Wednesday, June 24, 10:30 a.m.; Get Creative at Your Library, Wednesday, July 1, 10:30 a.m.; Musical Instrument Petting Zoo, Wednesday, July 8, 10:30 a.m.; Lego Show ‘n’ Tell, Wednesday, July 15, 10:30 a.m.; Jeepers Cheepers, Wednesday July 22, 10:30 a.m.; Dance! Wednesday, July 29, 10:30 a.m. 104 Kirsch Drive., 966-5100. Free. FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR: www.demingspeedway.com
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SUMAS BULL-A-RAMAS: Saturday July 11 and August 8. 7:30 p.m. Mutton Bustin and Calf Scramble for the kids. Concession, Beer Garden, and other vendors. To register call 739-1715. CONCERTS ON THE GREEN: July 18, noon. Kickoff the summer 2009 concerts on the green next to the Nooksack River. Free all-ages classic rock festival. Listen to tributes to such greats as The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd , Jimi Hendrix and more. Also scheduled this summer are Gretchen Wilson, July 29; The Guess Who, August 15; Rock n Roll Riot, August 29; War, September 12; and Loverboy, September 26. For more info, www.nooksackcasinos.com. Nooksack River Casino, 5048 Mount Baker Highway, Deming. DEMING SPEEDWAY CLAY CUP: July 16, 17, & 18. Free Camping, no hookups. Breakfast served Friday & Saturday morning. Deming Speedway, 4605 Deming Road. www.demingspeedway.com SUMAS JUNIOR RODEO: August 1 & 2, September 5 & 6. 10 a.m. both days. Barrel racing, pole bendng and much more. Concession. MT. BAKER RHYTHM & BLUES FESTIVAL: July 31, August 1 & 2. Deming Log Show Grounds, 3295 Cedarville Rd., Deming. Food, crafts, guitar raffles, late night jams, free camping & R. V. hookups. Tickets on sale now, www.bakerblues.com or call 360/629-8027 or Avalon Music, 360/676-9573
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ABBOTSFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW: August 7, 8, & 9. Abbotsford International Airport, Abbotsford, B.C. For more info and purchase tickets, www.abbotsfordairshow.com. WORLD OF WOOD FESTIVAL: August 22 & 23. Across from Silver Lake Park, Maple Falls. Featuring wood crafters, local artists, food and high country tours. Fun for the entire family. For info www.blackmountainforestry.com. MT BAKER HILL CLIMB 542 RUN/RIDE: Saturday, September 12 & Sunday, September 13. Run 542 is a 7.2 mile course from White Salmon Lodge to Artist Point. Race starts at 2 p.m. Ride 542 is a 24.5 mile cycling challenge for recreation, competitive and first time cyclist of all ages which follows the Mt. Baker Highway from the town of Glacier to Artist point. For more details www.ride542.com
ONGOING MEETINGS/EVENTS BLACK MOUNTAIN FORESTRY CENTER TOURS: There needs to be at least three to four adults and the cost is $12 per adult. RSVPs are requested. Call 360/599-2623. EVERGREEN WATER & SEWER DISTRICT: Monthly commissioner’s meeting is the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m., district office, 6229 Azure Way. For more info, call 360/599-1699. EVERSON/NOOKSACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING: Fourth Tuesday, noon, Everson Senior Center. For more info, call 360/966-3407 or www.eversonnooksackchamber.org. FRIENDS OF THE DEMING LIBRARY MEETING: Fourth Tuesday, 7p.m., Deming Library.Info: 592-2422. GLACIER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING: Third Tuesday, 7 p.m., Glacier Visitor Center, 9973 Mt. Baker hwy. www.glacierchamber.org. Email: info@glacierchamber.org or 599-2299. NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK HEADQUARTERS INFO STATION: Weekdays, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (maps, trail conditions & more) 810 State Route 20, Sedro Woolley. 360/854-7200 or www.nps.gov/noca. MT. BAKER FOOTHILLS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING: First Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the Inn at Mt. Baker. Info: call 360/599-1518 or www.mtbakerchamber.org.
Weekend and Full-Time Parents Wanted. Catholic Community Services treatment foster care program wants to train and license you (singles & couples) to become part of an existing team of professionals who provide an elite level of care to children & youth served by the CHAP program. 24/7 support provided. Competitive reimbursement rates.
MT. BAKER FOOTHILLS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: Meets third Wednesday, 7 p.m., Kendall Elementary School. For info, email nuqualum@gte.net.
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MT. BAKER HIKING CLUB ACTIVITIES: Participate in hiking and other activities. For info and costs, call 360/734-4461 or visit their website at www.mountbakerclub.org.
MT. BAKER FOOTHILLS VISITOR CENTER: Wednesday – Sunday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., 7802 N. Silver Lake Rd., Maple Falls. For info, call 360/599-1518 or www.mtbakerchamber.org.
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Seattle optometrist helps legally blind to see again
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THE 10TH ANNUAL
AUG. 22 & 23, 2009 Admission by Donation Silver Lake Park, Maple Falls
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HIGH COUNTRY MT. TOURS HANK REASONER MEMORIAL ARBORETUM CRAFT & FOOD VENDORS WOOD CRAFTERS GERDRUM MUSEUM CHILDREN’S ENTERTAINMENT MODEL STEAM LOCOMOTION & TRAIN ON DISPLAY
We are open every weekend all summer long until Labor Day Weekend from 12:00-4:00. To schedule a High Country Mt. Tour, call (360) 599-2623. The Festival is August 22 & 23 only. If you would like to be a volunteer or tour guide, please contact Joanne (360) 599-1738.
Just because you have macular degeneration or other eye diseases like diabetic retinopathy doesn’t mean you must give up driving.
Ever look through a pair of field glasses or binoculars? Things look bigger and closer, and much easier to see. Dr. Ross Cusic is using miniaturized binoculars or telescopes to help people who have lost vision from macular degeneration or other eye conditions.
Carol Buckles with bioptic telescopes
“These glasses have just been wonderful. I just can’t say enough about you! Before I saw you, I had trouble making left turns. Now, I make left turns all the time just by nodding my head. ” Ted F., Yelm, WA. Dr. Cusic also provides special prismatic reading glasses to “Some of my patients consider make the newspaper a little easier me the last stop for people who to read. have vision loss,” said Dr. Cusic, a low vision Optometrist. Carole Buckley, 71, of Arcadia, “People don’t know that there are California came on the advice of a doctors who are very experienced friend. “I wanted to be able to keep driving and do the fun in low vision care.” things in life. One of those fun Irv Matthes drove all the way things is baseball. I love going from Pentiction, BC to Kirkland. to baseball games and now I can “Thank you for putting some liv- see those close plays again,” said ing back into my life. I could Carole. never have done this without these reading glasses. Now I can Bioptic telescopic glasses were write this letter and solve the prescribed to read signs and see daily cryptogram in the newspa- traffic lights farther away. As Carole put it, “These telescope per.” glasses not only allow me to read Macular Degeneration is the most signs from a farther distance, but common eye disease amongst the make driving much easier. I’ve senior population. As many as also used them to watch televi25% of those over 65 have some sion so I don’t have to sit so degree of degeneration. The macu- close. Definitely worth the la is one small part of the entire $1950 cost. I don’t know why I retina, but it is the most sensitive waited two years to do this; I and gives us sharp images. When should have come sooner.” it degenerates macular degeneration leaves a blind spot right in the center of vision making it impossible to recognize faces, read a book, or pass the driver’s vision test.
Peter Rhodes traveled from Manchester, UK to be fit for special amorphic glasses for Retinitis Pigmentosa; he is one of the first patients in the United States or the UK to be helped with The experts do not know what this rare eye disorder. causes macular degeneration. But Ellen Imboden traveled from it is known that UV light from the Sweden and was helped with two sun is a major contributing factor. pairs of glasses: Special $475 Other factors are smoking, aging prismatic glasses that let her read of course, and improper nutrition. newsprint, as well as bioptic teleFifteen to 20% of the time it is scopes to continue driving in genetic. Sweden. There are two types, wet and dry. The wet type involves leaky blood vessels and can be lasered shut. Unfortunately, it’s a temporary fix since other leaks usually occur.
Low vision devices are not always expensive. Some reading glasses cost as little as $375 and some magnifiers under $100. Every case is different because people have different levels of “Our job is to figure out every- vision and different desires. thing and anything possible to Dr. Cusic sees patients in his keep a person functioning,” says offices in Kirkland, Bellingham Dr. Cusic. and Olympia, and can be reached Washington and Oregon are at: among many states that allow the use of telescopic glasses to help meet the vision requirements for driving.
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Skagit Valley – Ground Zero for the local food movement
s Jim Kowalski pulls a batch of cinnamon rolls from the oven.
By Tara Nelson The Skagit Valley is an epicenter of hyperlocalism and a microcosm of sustainability. From fresh Samish Bay oysters to pick-your-own organic produce, locally-made wine, cheeses and distinctive artisan breads, the valley is truly a chef’s dream, as noted by Jim Kowalski, owner of Farm To Market Bakery in Edison. The following is a list of food purveyors to start you on the road to becoming a true locavore. Rexville Grocery 19271 Best Road Mt. Vernon 360/466-5522 www.rexvillegrocery.com Marin County natives Joyce and Stuart Welch opened Rexville Grocery in a small, historic building on Best Road in 1998. Rexville is a mecca of f lavor in otherwise drivethrough land with microbrews, gourmet cheeses, wine, specialty and ethnic foods, live seafood, local goods and on-site organic coffee roasting. The deli is open daily and offers sandwiches, salads, soups, not the least of which is the “writer’s tuna” affectionately named after La Conner writer and cult icon Tom Robbins. The sandwich features albacore tuna, kim chee, or spicy, Korean fermented cabbage, along with evenly spread mayonnaise on local Breadfarm bread. The café features breakfast on weekends from 7 a.m. to noon. Also, be sure to check out their summer wine tasting from 4 to 7 p.m., Saturday, July 18 and their annual White Trash Food Festival at 1 p.m. Saturday, August 1. Breadfarm 5766 Cains Court Edison 360/766-4065 Scott and Renee Mangold opened Breadfarm in 2003. The bakery features deliciously crusty breads using local ingredients. The Samish River potato loaf, for example, is loaded with whole pieces of local organic potatoes from Frog Song Farm on
Fir Island, and the Blanchard black olive baguette, a French-style baguette with oil-cured Moroccan black olives, are baked in the bakery’s hearth oven. Eggs are purchased from Skagit River Ranch in Sedro-Woolley, and honey for their Challah bread is purchased from Bill’s Bees in Edison. Rye and wholewheat flours are purchased from Fairhaven Mill in Bellingham. The Breadfarm is located at 5766 Cain’s Court in Bow and can be reached at 360/766-4065. Their web site is www.breadfarm.com. Farm To Market Bakery 14003 Gilmoore Avenue Bow 360/766-6240 Farm To Market Bakery owner Jim Kowalski has more than 20 years of experience working with great food as a professional chef, but for him, Skagit Valley is where it’s at. “If you think about it, you have world class shellfish, agriculture and bread making all within a 10 mile radius,” he said. “It’s a chef’s dream for me, because, really, it’s all about the food.” He got his start in the Pacific Northwest in 2001 when he helped start Bellingham’s popular Nimbus restaurant. After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in New York and working for Sandbar Inn in South Hero, Vermont, he was invited by a friend, Rick Hillyard, to help open the restaurant on the top of Bellingham Towers. The two had a cutting edge business model: To offer local, fresh and gourmet food with an emphasis on vegetarian foods. In April, 2008, he and his wife, Lisa, bought Farm To Market Bakery from two Skagit Valley entrepreneurs Dorris and Chelan Robbins. Kowalski said he enjoyed the pace of life offered in Edison, as well as the proximity to great food, calling the area “a chef’s dream.” Kowalski adopted many of the recipes established by the bakery’s original owners but with minor revisions. That includes local produce
– much of which is grown on-site from the couple’s three generously-sized garden plots – and other local ingredients. Meats come from Bellingham’s Hempler nitrate-free meats in Bellingham and cream and eggs are bought from small local dairies. A quiche of the day might include wild porcini mushrooms, local cream, local eggs and Samish Bay cheese. A sandwich might utilize asparagus and beets from the garden on crusty Breadfarm bread with a chevre from Gothberg Farms. Other winners are the polenta cake, a gritty, cornmeal cake soaked in a lime simple syrup, created by former owners Dorris and Chelan Robbins, the local strawberry scones and the rhubarb pie with fesh ginger and orange zest. Taylor Shellf ish 2182 Chuckanut Drive Bow 360/766-6002 Taylor Shellfish offers the freshest, most direct shellfish for less than you would pay at a grocery store. Here you can pick up fresh, locally raised and harvested clams, oysters, geoducks, mussels and crab by the dozen. Frozen halibut, sockeye, coho and king salmon are also available. The retail store is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Rhododendron Café 5521 Chuckanut Drive 360/766-6667 www.rhodycafe.com Located on the bottom of Chuckanut Drive in Edison, the Rhododendron Café could very well be one of the best-kept secrets in Skagit Valley. Don and Carol Shank opened the restaurant in 1984 with a goal to provide a comfortable lowkey atmosphere with great food and quality ingredients at a reasonable price. Both had been in the restaurant business for several years, and used their love of travel to create “ethnic odyssey” menus ranging from Greek and Lebanese to South Pacific, Indian and Asian. Each month features a different menu. June’s menu features foods of the Middle East with dishes such as falafel, hummus, baba ganoush, pita bread and moussaka, a layered baked dish with fresh, ground lamb and roasted eggplant. Shank said she couldn’t give specifics on July’s “Skagit Harvest” menu but that it may include Gothberg cheve and local greens, Penn Cove mussels, local mushrooms and fresh garden vegetables grown on-site. Slough Foods 5766 Suite B Cain’s Court Edison 360/766-4458 www.sloughfood.com R. John DeGloria combined his
experience in the restaurant industry and wholesale wine when he opened Slough Foods five years ago. The store sells gourmet meats, local products such as Samish Bay cheese, local wine, chocolate and groceries. Directly adjacent to the Breadfarm in Edison, it makes a convenient stop for those looking for complements to a fresh loaf of bread. The store also has a small, landscaped seating area out back with picnic tables and a direct view of the slough. Rosabella’s Garden Baker y 8933 Farm to Market Road Bow 360/766-6360 Rose and Alan Merritt opened Rosabella’s in 2006 to complement Alan’s wholesale apple growing business. The couple still sells 25 varieties of apples but now includes retail goods such as hard cider and wine, and delicious apple-cider donuts, five-pound apple pies, apple empanadas, apple cider soft-serve ice cream, all utilizing the fruit from their 40-acre apple orchard. The store includes kitchen antiques, and sideboards display goods, ranging from locally produced jam and honey to sauerkraut, pickled eggs, gift cards, ceramics, and much more. The deli also serves soups, salads and sandwiches. Rosabella’s is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday www.rosabellasgarden.com Rockin’ R Bison 5320 Chuckanut Drive 766-7038 Skagit County residents Rick and Rhonda Clark opened Rockin’ R Bison ranch in Edison in 2007. Their retail store sells pasture-raised, grassfed, hormone-free steaks, burger patties, roasts, salami, pepperoni and jerky from buffalo raised on
their 36 acres of waterfront pasture. Rockin’ R Bison is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Skagit River Ranch 28778 Utopia Road Sedro-Woolley 360/856-0722 www.skagitriverranch.com George Vojkovich, his wife Eiko, and their daughter Nicole, 14, run Skagit River Ranch, an organic beef raising operation on approximately 370 acres of riverfront property just east of Sedro-Woolley. Vojkovich, who grew up fishing with his Yugoslavian grandfather off the coast of California’s Catalina Island, had spent many years eating processed and packaged food along the way. But after a heart problem caused him to rethink his dietary habits, he discovered the health benefits of grass-fed, organic beef. “We found out that if we raised the beef on grass, the fat had a oneto-one ratio of omega 3 to omega 6, the saturated fat that clogs the arteries,” he said. “Feedlot beef, meanwhile, is about 25- to 20-toone saturated to unsaturated.” To the Vojkovich’s, the organic food movement represents a growing consumer distrust of government regulation and industry practices. Consumers less concerned with health benefits, however, may simply recognize the cleaner flavor and richer texture, which has attracted customers as far away as New York and Florida. As well, it has proven irresistable to internationally known chefs such as Will MacNamara, executive chef of the Washington Athletic Club, and Maria Hines, executive chef of Seattle’s Earth and Ocean restaurant, who was named one of the “Top 10 Best New Chefs” by Food and Wine magazine in 2005.
Pick up a copy of the new 2009/10 Mt. Baker Foothills & Region Map at visitor centers throughout NEW Whatcom and MAP OUT IN JULY! Skagit counties.
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Scenes from the Deming Logging Show June 13 & 14 Photos by Karl King More photos at www.mountbakerexperience.com
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Country Bumpkins Berry Farm Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, pears and pumpkins in the fall. Getting There: 41510 No. 3 Road in Chilliwack, 2.5 km off Highway 1, exit 104, on the way to Cultus Lake. Phone: 604/823-6844 Hours: June through October 31. Open at 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, including Sundays and holidays.
Barbie’s Berries Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries Getting There: Coming from I-5 on Birch Bay-Lynden Road turn right on Enterprise Road and left on Willey’s Lake Road. Turn right on Melody Lane to the farm. Phone: 360/384-1260 Hours: Starting in mid-June until August, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
Emma Lea Farms Ltd. Strawberries, raspberries, tayberries, boysenberries, loganberries, marionberries, and black currants Tel: 604/946-8216 Getting There: 2727 Westham Island Road, Delta. From Highway 99 take the exit directing you to the Tsawwassen ferry terminal and turn right onto Ladner Trunk Road, which becomes River Road. Follow the signs across the bridge to Westham Island. Hours: Mid-June to midAugust, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., weather permitting. Call for upto-date info on products available.
Haugen Raspberry Farm Raspberries Getting There: Traveling up the Guide Meridian (SR 539) from I-5 turn right on East Pole Road and the field on the right is marked by a big sign. Phone: 360/354-4764. Hours: Starting in mid-July from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday.
Krause Berry Farms Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and artichokes! Getting There: Take the 248 Street exit off Highway 1 in Aldergrove and drive south to 6179 248 Street. Phone: 604/856-5757 Hours: Mid-June to midOctober and December, Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday and holidays, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
McPhail Berry Farm Every berry you can think of: strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, loganberries, marionberries etc. Getting There: Heading east from I-5 on Birch Bay-Lynden Road turn left on Bob Hall Road and the farm’s not far on your right. Phone: 360/354-5936 Hours: Starting in mid-June from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Williams Farms Blueberries, loganberries, blackberries, raspberries Getting There: Follow the Mt. Baker Highway (SR 542) through Nugent’s Corner and watch for a sign and a right turn on Hillard Road, then take a quick left at Deming Road.
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Mount Baker Experience - Summer 2009
Working on the Bay to Baker Trail By Jack Kintner In 1902 the Bellingham Bay and B.C. Railroad extended its line all the way to Glacier on a roadbed that is still easy to find running along the Mount Baker Highway. For the past several years efforts have been underway to convert the old roadbed into a mixed use trail. The Mount Baker Club has adopted the seven mile stretch that runs from Maple Falls to Glacier, and recently put in landscaping and trail improvements near the new Boulder Creek Bridge that’s part of a two mile stretch of trail that will open in July 2009.
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Land has also been acquired within Maple Falls on Maple Creek that will allow the trail to move through town in a slightly different place than the original roadbed. The Washington State Department of Transportation plans to build a trail underpass at milepost 28, near the Inn at Mt. Baker Bed and Breakfast, where the trail will cross under the road to get to the north side of the highway. The Mt. Baker Club has donated many hundreds of hours to the project. For more information or to join a work party, go to www.themountbakerclub.org.
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1 BLUE MOUNTAIN GRILL 974 Hwy 9, Acme • 595-2200
7 MISTY MOUNTAINS REALTY 8193 Kendall Rd., Maple Falls • 599-2659
2 ACME GENERAL STORE Hwy 9, Acme • 595-2146
8 MISTY MOUNTAINS REALTY 7425 Mt. Baker Hwy, Maple Falls • 599-2093
3 EVERYBODY’S STORE Hwy 9, Van Zandt • 592-2297
8 MT. BAKER LODGING 7463 Mt. Baker Hwy, Maple Falls • 599-2463
4 DODSON’S IGA 3705 Mt. Baker Hwy, Nugent’s Corner • 592-5351
9 HARVEST MOON BAKERY 7466 Mt. Baker Hwy, Maple Falls • 599-1347
5 KELLEY INSURANCE 103 W. Main St., Everson • 966-3732 619 Cherry St., Sumas • 988-2462
10 JOOWANA RESTAURANT 7471 Mt. Baker Hwy, Maple Falls • 599-9800 11 MAPLE FUELS WASH-A-TON Corner of Mt. Baker Hwy & Silver Lake Rd. Maple Falls 599-2222
12 CROSS ROADS GROCERY & VIDEO 7802 Silver Lake Rd, Maple Falls 599-9657 13 INN AT MT. BAKER 8174 Mt. Baker Hwy, Glacier • 599-1776 or 877/567-5526 14 CANYON CREEK CHALETS 7474 Miller Way, Glacier • 599-9574 14 THE LOGS 7577 Canyon View Dr., Glacier • 599-2711 15 MT. BAKER HOMES & LAND 9937 Mt. Baker Hwy, Glacier 599-1900 or 599-1135 16 WAKE N’ BAKERY 9966 Mt. Baker Hwy, Glacier
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6 NORTH FORK BREWERY 6186 Mt. Baker Hwy, Deming • 599-2337
Mile 1: Junction of I-5 and Mt. Baker Hwy., Sunset Drive. Mile 3: View of Coast Mountain Range in Canada (left). Mile 8: Whatcom County Parks & Recreation Dept. (Right). The headquarters offers a rest area with picnic tables, restrooms and a view of Mt. Baker, elevation 10,778 feet. 360/7332900. Mile 9: Deming Logging Show – second weekend in June. Two-day show: log rolling, tree climbing and axe throwing. Nooksack River Bridge – great fishing spots can be found. Mile 10: Community of Nugent's Corner. Groceries, gas, bank (ATM), bakery, cafe, crafts and other services. Mile 11: U-pick berry farms (right and left). Strawberries in June, raspberries in July and blueberries in August. Christmas tree farms (right and left). Mount Baker Vineyards (left). Tasting room/gift shop open Wednesday – Sunday. Grape Stomp Festival in September. Mile 12: Community of Deming. Stewart Mountain – elev. 3,087 feet (right). Sumas Mountain – elev. 3,430 feet (left). Mile 14: Highway 9 South Junction (right). South to Van Zandt, Acme, Wickersham and Skagit Valley. Attractions: B&B, general store, mushroom farm, and train ride. Nooksack River Forks (right). Nooksack River forks into three segments: the North Fork, which Mt. Baker Highway parallels; the Middle Fork, which heads southeast to the southern face of Mt. Baker; and the South Fork, which heads south into the Skagit Valley. Hwy. 9 follows the South Fork.
Mile 16: Mosquito Lake Road – Bald Eagle Viewing Spot (right). Dec. – Feb. Turn right onto Mosquito Lake Road, drive to the first bridge that crosses the North Fork Nooksack. Park on left shoulder of Mosquito Lake Road Look for eagles. Mile 18: Community of Welcome (left). Grocery store, fire station, senior center and other services. Mile 21: Kendall Creek Hatchery (right). Turn right onto Fish Hatchery Road. The hatchery raises chinook, coho and chum salmon as well as steelhead, rainbow and cutthroat trout. Mile 22: Slide Mountain – elevation 4,884 feet (right). Named for a landslide on its north face that may have dammed up the Nooksack River in ancient times. Highway 547 North Junction/Kendall Road (left). North to Kendall, peaceful Valley, Paradise Lakes, Columbia and Sumas. Gas, groceries, golf, tavern. Mile 23: Community of Kendall. Grocery store and gas (left). Mile 25: Community of Maple Falls, post office, pay phones, cabin rentals, lodging, restaurants, gas, groceries, liquor, library. Silver Lake Park, Silver Lake Road, 3.5 miles north (left). Park sits on 411 acres around Silver Lake. Mile 27: Farm stand (right). Fresh produce, gourmet foodstuffs. Mile 29: View of Nooksack River (right). Highway ascends a ledge overlooking the North Fork of the Nooksack River. Mile 30: Mt. Baker Scenic Turnout (right). Mile 33: Glacier – elev. 932 feet. Last community along the highway. Fire department, post office, library, general store, restaurants, snowboard shop, lodging, phones. Mile 34: Gallup Creek Picnic Area (right). Picnic tables and
16 HAIRSTREAM 9970 Mt. Baker Hwy, Glacier • 599-2043
trash cans; no restroom. Glacier Public Service Center (right). Open Memorial Day to October. Rangers assist with hikes and camp planning, and issues permits. Restrooms , picnic area. 360/599-2714, www.fs.fed.us/r6/mbs. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Boundary National Forest Scenic Byway. Glacier Creek Road (Rd. #39) to Mt. Baker Vista (right). Mostly paved, 9.5 mile road leads to Mt. Baker view. Mile 36: Douglas Fir Campground (left). National forest camp built by the CCC in the 1930s. Fees charged. Reservations accepted: 1-877-444-6777 or at www.recreation.gov. Horseshoe Bend Trail (right). Access for guided river rafting tours. Washington State Sno-Park (left). Permit required for snow mobiling or cross-country skiing. Mile 37: Church Mountain – elevation 6,245 feet (left). High elevation trails on the southern slope are often the first in the area to open for summer hiking. Turnouts to view North Fork Nooksack River (right). Mile 40: Excelsior Group Camp (right). National Forest Campground. No water. Fee charged. Reservations only:1-877-4446777 or at www.recreation.gov. Nooksack Falls, Wells Creek Road Road #33 (right). Take Wells Creek Road a half mile down to parking area and fenced viewpoint. Fall plummets 100 feet. Mile 41: Excelsior Pass Trail (left). Mile 43: North Fork Nooksack Research Natural Area (left). Established in 1937, this is a 1,400-acre preserve of old-growth
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17 MT. BAKER VIEW GUESTHOUSE 6920 Central Ave., Glacier • 599-2155 17 MT. BAKER SNOWBOARD SHOP 9996 Forest St., Glacier • 599-2008 18 MILANO’S RESTAURANT 9990 Mt. Baker Hwy, Glacier • 599-2863 19 GRAHAM’S STORE 9989 Mt. Baker Hwy, Glacier • 599-2665 19 GRAHAM’S RESTAURANT 9989 Mt. Baker Hwy, Glacier • 599-1964 20 BAKER ACCOMMODATIONS Snowater, Glacier • 599-1017
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Douglas Fir, Hemlock and Western Red Cedar. Mile 44: Nooksack River Viewpoint (right). Mile 46: Twin Lakes Road (Road #3065) at Shuksan Highway Maintenance Sheds (left). Twin Lakes is not accessible until early to mid-August. Hannegan Pass Road (Road #32) (left). Popular cross-country skiing area in winter. Shuksan Picnic Area – Hannegan Pass Road (left). Tables, a restroom, Nooksack River views. Mining cabin nearby. Silver Fir Campground (right). Fees charged. Reservations accepted: 1-877-444-6777 or at www.recreation.gov. Mile 47: Goat Mountain – elevation 6,891 feet. (N.E.). Summer grazing range for one of four bands of mountain goats. Mile 49: View Mt. Shuksan – elevation 9,038 feet. (East). Mile 50: View Mt. Sefrit – elevation 6,015 feet. (Southeast). Mile 52: Mt. Baker Ski area White Salmon Day Lodge (left). Mile 53: Entrance to Heather Meadows. Mile 55: Picture Lake (road forks – stay to the right). Picture Lake – elevation 4,100 feet, provides a postcard view of Mt. Shuksan – elev. 9,038 feet. Vista picnic area (right). Picnic area; no restrooms. Mile 56: Austin Pass Picnic Area (right). CCC-built area sits in a bowl-shaped valley with glorious views. Heather Meadows Visitor Center (right). Open mid-July to September. Mile 58: Artist Point – elev. 5,140 feet. (End of highway). Parking lot surrounded by Mt. Baker’s peak (south), Mt. Shuksan (east) and Table Mountain – elev. 5,628 feet.
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Mount Baker Experience - Summer 2009
A refreshing summer adventure Rafting on the North Fork of the glacier-fed Nooksack River is a refreshing summer adventure. Wild and Scenic River Tours runs trips out of Maple Falls from May through August, traveling through areas only accessible via raft. Surround yourself with spectacular mountain views as you float through Bald Eagle nesting grounds, home to deer, elk, and the occasional black bear. To book a trip call 800/413-6840 or 360-599-3115. For more info visit www.wildandscenic.com. Photo by Jack Kintner GLACIER , WASHINGTON
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