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Institute offers broader array of programs, including sourdough
Deep in the heart of the North Cascades mountain range, on a lonely stretch of highway between Sedro-Woolley and Eastern Washington’s Methow Valley, lies an unexpected gem. Tucked away into a pocket of forest near Lake Diablo is the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center, a place where children learn and adults get hands-on training in the 684,000-acre wilderness playground known as the North Cascades National Park.

The Mountain is calling you
Around this time of year when the clouds roll away and Mt. Baker can be seen in its summer glory, there arises a murmuring in these parts. It’s quiet but it’s insistent. “Because it’s there,” it seems to say. “Because it’s there.”

Not your average inn
Kara Black opens Tree Frog Night Inn, a small, sustainably-built lodge on the Mt. Baker Highway

Get ready to bring the house down!
Organizers of the 15th annual Mount Baker R&B Festival have pulled together some of the best names in international and regional R&B artists to send you home with your ears ringing and your mind reeling!




Get ready for Ride 546
This year’s edition of Ride 542 takes place on September 12.

State offers electrifying vision of Interstate 5
The country’s first electric highway is about to become reality, according to an announcement from Washington state governor Christine Gregoire.

You call it mud, we call it fun
The 8th Annual Samish Bay Bivalve Bash and Low Tide Mud Run will be held Saturday, July 24 at the Taylor Shellfish Farms on Chuckanut Drive on the shores of Samish Bay just north of Bow.

An interview with Lee Man
Lee Mann has traveled throughout the United States as well as to Antarctica, Africa, Tibet, the South Pacific and the Canadian Arctic but he said his heart will always remain in the North Cascades.

Gold
Gold. That’s right, that beautiful yellow metal.





Out & About
Happenings and Ongoing Meetings/Events





Chair 9 to open late July
Opening in late July, Chair 9 is a full-serve restaurant featuring a fire pizza oven and full bar on the first floor.






Art and gardens
Mountainside Gardens’ flowers are in bloom and its owners, Nancy Jacobsen and Carol Kilgore, are inviting everyone to visit their nursery and stroll through their display gardens.





Everybody’s Store
When Jeff Margolis took over this century-old general store 40 years ago in the small community of Van Zandt near Mt. Baker, the civil rights movement was underway and the vision was clear: Get back to the land to live the good life.








Ask the locals
A list of hiking, trailrunning and kayak trail guide books by authors from Whatcom County and Washington state.

Feel like a wild and scenic ride on the river?
With the steepest mountains and most pristine wilderness in the lower 48, rafting down a river in Washington often feels like a primeval experience.





Wake ’n Bakery moves into new digs
Court and Rebecca Andersen are on the move. Oh, relax. They’re just moving their hugely popular Wake ’N Bakery around the corner from the Glacier Ski Shop where they’ve been for the last 6 ½ years.