North Cascades National Park
I had a beautiful 7-mile hike picked out for North Cascades National Park, but Mother Nature said, “nope!” Re-route! Due to some wildfire activity in the Lake Chelan region of the park, Maple Pass Loop was closed. Consequently, all my back-up hikes were nestled in the same region so those were off limits, too! So our first stop was the Visitors Center where we asked a Park Ranger for plan C. This particular park ranger…