Sunrise over the Cascades

 

To take Seamus and Charlotte to daycare in the mornings, we drive down the hill that the town of Snohomish if built upon, across the farmland of the Snohomish river flood plain, and then up Seattle Hill Road to the densely inhabited and paved areas where the school is located.

We do this about 7:30 or so each morning and, at this latitude, this means we get to see the sun rise when it is possible to actually see it. With the recent rains, much to farmland is underwater and this makes a nice reflecting pool for seeing the distant mountains to the east as the sun rises.

Below, you can see the break in the peaks where US 2 heads into the mountains to go over Steven Pass.

Yes, we do get some impressing sunrises here. Once in a while. Usually, we get wall-to-wall clouds, but on this day, we were treated to a wonderful start to the day.