US-3255 Rasar State Park

Created Wednesday 15 January 2025

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For a Washington native, it feels strange to discover a "new" state park along the North Cascades Highway. It has been so many years since I have been in that area. It is a beautiful area, and I need to get back there.

As I recall the North Cascades Highway was completed around 1971 (I'll need to fact check that). I remember, in particular, a trip to the area as a child, before the highway was completed. My dad, Harvey McGuire, was a electric meter technician at Pacific County PUD. He had a number of training sessions on meter technology at Seattle City Light, and he admired the work that Seattle City Light had done over the years. The trip that I recall was a family tour of the hydro-electric projects of Seattle City Light there on the Skagit. Visiting the generator floor, deep in the bowels of Ross Dam, was an exceptional experience.

Ross Dam on the Skagit River

My Hunter Log

19:07 2025-01-13 WN7JT 599 599 WA 14.044 20m CW US-3255