Well, it's been awhile but I did have a little adventure with four other women around the first of September. We rented a house at Ross Lake Resort here in Washington State. Ross Lake sits behind Ross Dam in the North Cascades and is in both Washington State and British Columbia, Canada. To get there I drove up to Diablo in the North Cascades and took a ferry from Diablo Dam to the bottom of Ross Dam. Then all the gear and passengers are packed onto the back of a flat bed truck and taken up a series of switchbacks to the top. After that, each group hops onto a series of smaller boats, depending on the number of passengers arriving, and is delivered to their cabin or camp site.
The cabin was lovely and very clean. All the cabins at the resort float on the lake and each has plumbing and electricity just like home, all the modern conveniences, except no telephone, no internet. We also rented an outboard motorboat to use to get around the lake. Since the lake is sizable, one of the main diversions is tooling around the lake. Some people fish. We did a bit of hiking, swimming, and some fishing though the little girl next door caught more fish with her net from the deck by the cabin.
Since we were five women our experience was particularly civilized with each day having a cocktail hour followed by a gourmet dinner, games and conversation. Mornings we each slept as late as we wished, got up and got our own coffee, tea, or whatever, read, sat in the sun, until all were up, then we had breakfast together before we went off in our little boat to explore.
