Ross Lake has got to be one of the best kept secrets in Washington, and judging from the number of visits my blog is getting, it will stay that way well after this post. Most of the campsites on the lake are assessable by boat only. To rent a boat we had to hike in a mile to the floating resort shown in the third picture. You actually can't reach the resort by land, you have to locate the hidden telephone across the lake from the resort and request a boat pick-up (this isn't a joke). Ross Lake Resort started in 1950 when a enterprising young man bought all the floating houses that workers lived in while they were building the neighboring dam. Today the small resort has a one year waiting list due to its popularity. Unfortunately for the timing of our visit, wildfires were raging in the area and actually got worse over the course of our two night stay. Smoke from the fires can be seen in the first photo. By the time we got our boat back to the resort we discovered that they had actually been evacuated the night before. It made for a nerve-wracking hike out, though we weren't in any immediate danger. The whole experience gave me a new appreciation for how dangerous and destructive fires can be.
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