22 April 2018
I have the worst luck with motels, resorts, spas, etc. when it comes to sleeping. I stayed at the Campbell Resort in Chelan [She LAN – long a]. I was ready for bed at 10:30 pm when someone above me (I was on the ground floor) started moving not only themselves around, but it sounded like furniture.
I was able to doze off but was awakened at 12:30 am when it sounded like someone running on the floor above me and then jumping up and down. I called the front desk and they said they would send security to check on it.
It eventually died down but I was awakened at 3:30 am by a hammering noise, more running and jumping. Oh well.
I got up at 5:30 am and got showered, shaved and dressed and headed for Starbucks across the street for breakfast. I noticed two police officers sitting having coffee and they were conversing with another person about an incident that had just happened.
I mentioned I needed them last night at Campbell and one of the policemen laughed and said that was common for the resort this time of year. Apparently, there are a lot of young people that flock into Chelan right about now.
I made it to Lake Chelan Boat Company at 9:00 am and was told where to park the car for the next three nights. I got my tickets (outdoing in incoming) and we were off at 10 am on the dot. We did not take the Lady of the Lake, but instead the Lady Expreess.
It’s a two and a half hour cruise up Lake Chelan to Stehekin [steh HE kin]. Chelan comes from Tsillane (original spelling by fur trappers) and is supposed to mean “deep water.” Stehekin supposedly means “the way through”.
Lake Chelan was carved out by two glaciers some 17,000 years ago. The upper lake is called the Lucerne Basin and it was formed by a glacier from the North Cascades. It’s the deepest part of the lake at 1,386 feet deep (Lake Chelan is the third deepest lake in the U.S. behind Crater Lake and Lake Tahoe). This part of the lake is approximately 30 miles long.
The second basin is the Wapato Basin and it was formed from a glacier from Canada. It is only 400 feet deep and 12 miles long. The Wapato Basin and the Lucerne Basis are joined at The Narrows where the lake is only 1/4 of a mile across.
There are 95 full time residents of Stehekin and even though there are vehicles, there are no roads into the town. The cars and trucks here had to be brought by barge up Lake Chelan. Most people in the town are national park personnel but there are some other occupations.
I find it strange that with a full-time population of 95, most of them have no idea what the others are doing. If you ask someone in town if the restaurant is open, they say maybe but only for lunch. It seems there may be a touch of competition going on in the town.
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Robbie (short for Roberta) and her daughter met me at the boat and we loaded my gear into the back of a Ford Explorer (mine for the stay) and they led me to the cabin.
Robbie operates a bakery (not open for the season yet) and has two rental cabins. I’m in the smaller one and it is really cute. It has a sun room, a living room, large kitchen, downstairs bathroom and bedrooms up stairs. It has one large queen bed in one room and another bedroom sleeps four on single beds.
Robbie recommended some hikes and I decided to hike the 1.5 miles to Rainbow Falls. This fall has received a lot of great reviews on travel sights and I have to agree. It is quite impressive with the spring melt.
There is a 312 foot drop for this fall which has its source very far back in the mountains so it picks up a lot of melt from the surrounding hills.
I suspect I’ll have an early night tonight. Since there is no grocery store in the town, I brought freeze dried food to tide me over for three dinners and three breakfasts. I can have lunch at the restaurant in town – maybe, if it is open – no one seems to know.
Since you are reading this today, I obviously have wifi – provided by my hostess.
