sign in the North Cascades

Wow that first step is........yiiiiiiiiiii!



Off to visit the Mother figure. I'll be back!! MB

Concrete, Washington sign

I think I will do signs for awhile

Concrete Wa on the North Cascades Highway 20. Nice town with good food and wonderful history. Population 790

I can't even center the sign. I am glad they are centered. MB



The town of Concrete has undergone several incarnations, the earliest being a settlement at the northwestern junction of the Baker and Skagit Rivers, known as "Minnehaha". Amasa "Peg-Leg" Everett was one of the earliest settlers and in 1890, the townsite was platted by another settler, Magnus Miller. Shortly thereafter, a post office was established and the town name changed to "Baker". In 1905, a settlement across the Baker River came into being due to the building of the Washington Portland Cement Company and was named "Cement City". After the Superior Portland Cement Company plant was built in Baker in 1908, it was decided to merge the two towns.Inhabitants of the new community settled on the name "Concrete" and the town was so christened and officially incorporated on May 8, 1909.

Grandpa's chair

I drove past this old barn and saw the chair silhouetted through the open wall. I wonder if an old time farmer used to sit there and watch the younger farmer's doing the work he still wanted to do.

Say What?

Do you suppose she is bawling him out and then they sre just ignoring each other?

Spring.........

.....is here!! MB

Evening on the Skagit River

Stairway to Heaven

Taken at noon on Sunday Feb. 28. 2010