Perry Creek — Saturday, Aug. 14, 1999

North Cascades > Mountain Loop Highway

I left the trailhead at 8:15 am, and entered the lowering clouds just before Perry Creek Falls. The views to remnant waterfalls across the valley had been great until then. From the Falls, I continued on snow-free trail to the Mt. Forgotten Meadows in increasing rain. My schemes for attaining the summit fizzled in the steady drizzle, and I forgot all about it, my mind as blank and gray as the drabby day. I thought about the second ascent of ""Not Stilly, Silly! Peak"", but my limbs were careening down, not up!