Methow Valley Summer 2010
Page 9 is equipped with plenty of grass, a walking path, eight docks and two boat launches. This calm bend in the Columbia is an ideal location for water skiing, wake boarding and jet skiing. On Aug. 25 and 26, the waters will be rumbling wit h t he an nual hydro races. Boat motors aside, the area around Pateros is a favored stop for a large number of neo-tropical migrant birds, where hawks adorn the ridgeline between Lake Chelan and the Methow Valley. Lucky bird watchers can also set their sites on ospreys, bald eagles, golden eagles, Swainson hawks and kestrels. Even if you don’t have the time to visit all six, put a town or two in your itinerary and you won’t regret it.
Photo by Sue Misao
Wander through the sleepy hamlet of Methow.
Photo by Joyce Campbell
Escape the heat in the Methow River as it meanders through Carlton. the road you will find Pateros. It is here that the waters of the Methow merge with the great Columbia River. As Bob Dylan once sang, “She come up the Canadian Rockies where the crystal waters glide, Comes a-roaring down the canyon
to meet that salty tide.” Nestled right on the water’s calm edge, Pateros offers visitors the chance to enjoy a little piece of what Dylan claimed to be the world’s “greatest wonder.” The town’s waterfront park
Photo by Sue Misao
Greet the mighty Columbia River in Pateros.
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