My friends and I did a hike last weekend to a place called Gothic Basin in the Cascade Mountain high country. It was one of those days that was just so great: There was the sunrise I watched on the early-morning ferry ride; and the beautiful, snowy landscape where we hiked; and, finally, the sunset that painted the peaks red-orange as we trekked out of the basin. I just can't stop pulling out my iPad and reliving the day through the pictures you see here.
I'd never been to Gothic Basin before, which is amazing, even to me. I mean, with all the hikes and climbs I have done in the 35 years I have lived in the Pacific Northwest, how can there be a place this cool that I have never visited? Go figure.
