Mind.Of.Melanie: Beautiful Mount Baker

Mount Baker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Baker

Friday night I picked Will up from work and we headed out of town with speed... well, actually we sat in traffic for a while but after we got out of the city we cruised right along. Our couple friends, Amy & Josh (and pup Jules) arranged a cabin rental for the weekend and invited us to go along with them and a few of their friends.

First stop was dinner in North Fork at the brewery (http://www.northforkbrewery.com/) then on to the cabin in Glacier, WA. The house was a beautiful log cabin complete with fire pit, hot tub, and windows all along the front with sweeping views of Mt Baker. We met Owen and Michelle and are glad we did --- such nice people and Owen's an outdoor enthusiast who knows Baker's terrain like the back of his hand.

Saturday most of the group hit the slopes (Owen took Will all over the backcountry... pretty nice to have a private guide!) and Michelle and I stayed at the cabin to rest. Later that night we had a delicious dinner of Banh mi's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1nh_m%C3%AC followed by hot tub and a game of Mad Gab. Sunday we checked out and parted ways; Amy, Josh and Jules took a lovely hike, and the rest of us went back to the mountain for a very, very short ski tour. The conditions on Saturday were blue-bird skies and on Sunday you couldn't see five feet in front of you. So we took a lap then went to have lunch at Grahams on the way home.

Lovely weekend with lovely people. Thanks for setting this up Amy, looking forward to many more!