I5 North

The ride to Bellingham from Mount Vernon. One of my top local favorites. Once you pass Alger, this is one of the most beautiful scenic highways I know of. Chuckanut drive is another one,but it's more shady and woodsy, though it does have that incredible view on the bay. But this is the highway, and it is so breathtaking. I hadn't been there for a while and I enjoyed it all today. Fall colors are barely starting to show, still very subtle, and the pinacle is when you approcah Samish lake. What a debauchery of space and green. And these foggy athmospheric shrouds wrapping the mountains. Nothing compares to that in terms of the kind of exhilarating sensation it brings.