We then traveled highway 2 toward Stevens Pass looking for Thousand Trails Leavenworth. We turned right and drove way into "no where". TT has 300 acres. The preserve is divided into three sections. Timber View, Meadow View and Lake View. Good to visit, but inconvenient location.
Then we stopped back by Tumwater Dam that has a counting mechanism to count the sockeye and steelhead that come through.
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| Bavarian Hotdog Grill |
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| my group |
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| ice cream for dessert |
Steven's Pass (elevation 4056 ft.) is a mountain pass through the Cascade Mountains. The Tumwater Dam or the Wenatchee River in the Tumwater Canyon was a forceful sight to see! The Tumwater Hydroelectric Project was constructed from 1907 to 1909. At that time, the hydroelectric project was the largest west of the Niagra Falls. the project was constructed by the northern Railway Company to produce power for electric locomotives traveling through the old cascade tunnel on the Steven's Pass route. This was done to avoid the buildup of fumes in the tunnel that could cause suffocation of passengers and employees. The THP was closed in 1956. The railroad had converted to diesel engines. The dam is now equipped with modern fish passage facilities to assist adult salmon and steelhead returning to their spawning grounds. There is a system to count the number of fish that pass
that way.
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| Pete and Jean Crean our traveling buddies |
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