Awesome ascent up Mt Washington (via the new trail) near North Bend Washington, South Cascades, October 2007

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The complete (to date) "Northwest Action Figure Series"

Collect the whole set

(L to R) 60-something NWAF, Original 40-something NWAF, 50-something NWAF, (new blonde option) 40-something NWAF, (new redhead option) 30-something NWAF, Original 30-something NWAF

(L to R) Gloria, Morgain ('s backside) Lisa, Randall, Don & Linda at the Owl Spot (roughly half way up Mt Washington, We met Puzzlr (from NWHikers.net) and his group at the trailhead, waterfall, awesome fungi, new trail or old trail? Randall and Don (aka the "brain trust" try to figure out which trail to take (it was the new trail and it rocked!)

(L to R) Was this trail marker obvious enough? (actually, no; we spent nearly 10 minutes looking at maps, my Garmin and debating which way to go) , ooops-someone still went the wrong way, Don never met a hill he didn't want to climb (and since Lisa never met a talus slope she didn't want to climb, they both took the shortcut with Randall standing at the top bleating like a mountain goat), stopping to take in the view, Morgain checks out the view of Mt Baker, Holy Crap !!!  We still have THAT far to go?

(L to R) Morgain, Lisa, Randall, Don & Gloria at the top of Mt Washington, the final ascent, view from the top, another view from the top, some older couple thought that Lisa trying to get Randall to pose for a photo was so cute-they insisted on taking our picture (OK, maybe we were kind of cute), Linda asleep in Morgain's car