Walking along the West Methow River Trail (site of a 2003 wildfire)

by Jack Brummet

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Photographs: a hike through The Methow's Pipestone Canyon

by Jack Brummet

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Methow Headwaters Music Festival

By Jack Brummet, Travel Ed.

We went to an amazing celebration today [July 2nd, north of Twisp] for the Methow Headwaters group fighting the folks who want to build the Flagg Mountain open copper pit at the top of the watershed. It was brimming with small town love and fellowship. 

There were BBQ roasted pigs, free beer from the local breweries in Winthrop and Twisp, non-stop bands and solo acts. We all brought side dishes and a few hundred of us had a gas. It was wonderful and inspirational.  Not just for the cause, but for the strong and warm small town vibe.

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Drawing: 1467 - rock face (Methow River rock)

By Jack Brummet 

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Winthrop, Wash. Microhouse

By Jack Brummet 

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drawing: 1470 — skull rock with broken jaw

By Jack Brummet 

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iPhone photos from The Methow

The North Cascades still had large amounts of snow...a couple of days before July

Dusk on the Methow River

The Hills surrounding The Methow Valley

The Hills

The Methow River at 9 pm.

The Curran-Brummet-Ford-Sanchez-Querfurth-Ericksen-Stewart Youth (and Eric holding Olivia)

The electric insulator gazebo at Newhalem

A field along Wolf Creek Road

Golden Hills

Snow along The North Cascades Highway

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Random photos from our trip to the Methow

click to enlarge - my latest niece, Olivia Jane Sanchez

Olivia's brother Otis Valentino - click to enlarge

Cowboy sculpture in downtown Winthrop - click to enlarge

Cool water rolling around a rocky sandbar in the Methow River - click to enlarge

Taxidermy lined up atop the feeezer cases at the Twisp Grocery Store - click to enlarge

More taxidermy at the Twisp Grocery Store - click to enlarge

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