Skagit Valley Hike and a Picnic Lunch

 You have to spend 45 minutes dodging potholes but the Silver/Skagit Road is beautiful and so is the campground 

with many sites where you can be right by the fast flowing river.

Day 1:  we shared our picnic table with this local:

On Day 2, we hiked only a few kilometers of the "easy" 14.5 km Skagit River Trail,

and it was all gorgeous.

I didn’t find this uphill part easy though

especially inching over a rock slide

but the view was worth it

and the next part was like a Hobbit trail

down to the river

which was the perfect spot for a picnic:   

CREAM CHEESE-DATE-NUT SANDWICHES
from Family Circle Soups and Sandwiches Cookbook © 1978

2 tbsp honey

8 ounces cream cheese (250 g package)

2 ounces chopped dates

½  cup chopped walnuts

Raisin Bread (sliced)

Red apples  (½ apple per camper, cut into thin wedges)

* Beat honey into softened cream cheese.

* Mix in dates and walnuts.

* Spread on raisin bread (depends on number of campers, but thickly is good)

* Serve with wedges of apples.

These sandwiches go well with apple juice.

You can freeze them, too, and they don't get mushy!