Lake Entiat

This past weekend, Mike's work hosted a work camping trip at his boss' waterfront house on Lake Entiat. Located just outside of Lake Chelan, Entiat is actually a reservoir formed above the Rocky Reach Dam. As I said before, Lake Chelan is one of our favorite places to camp - the weather is always nice, and it's home to Chelan Wine Country. Lake Entiat is a close second. Because Lake Chelan is often booked and jam packed during the summer, Lake Entiat is a great alternative with the same weather and recreational gems.

Although we stayed at a private cabin, I've been to Lincoln Rock State Park a couple times, which is on Lake Entiat and an awesome state park. And here's a little extra treat - on Alt 97, the highway that takes you to Lake Entiat, Lincoln Rock State Park and Lake Chelan, there's a little bar on the right-hand side of the highway (traveling toward Chelan) called The Log Cabin. Here, you'll find more than 99 bottles of beer - and a great little game you can play. The bar offers a list of all their beers that you can keep there for as long as it takes to finish. Each time you try a new beer off the list, they check your name off, and when you're done with all 99, you get a mug engraved with your name and a number, which signifies which number person you are to complete the challenge!

After camping on the grass of his bosses lake house, we left the cabin in search of a breakfast joint. (Bacon, bacon!) Entiat is a very, very small town with virtually zero restaurants (at least that we could find). But we did find the most incredible little bakery with breakfast sandwiches that you must check out if you're in the area! It's called Entiat Valley Pastry & Coffee House, and it's one of those little, hidden family-owned places that are a must go! They have pastries that are made every single morning - cream cheese danishes, lemon scones with little white chocolate chips, warm out of the oven and DE-vine. Mike and I picked up two breakfast sandwiches, which come on homemade bread. We were both impressed.

Because Lake Entiat is near Chelan, we were able to drive into Chelan during the day to hit up Slide Waters, the small water park in the town. I don't care if you're 6, 14, 25 or 42 - this place is FUN! There aren't too many slides, but it's worth a couple hours and the minimal $17 fee to get some relief from the sun. We loved the slide where you could race each other down (I won every time. Neener, neener), and the slide where we could race down in a two person inner tube. So fun!

Final Verdict: Probably go back. We're always finding ourselves in this area of the state. The weather and watersports are hard to stay away from - and the drives are also relaxing and beautiful, with great fruit stands to stop at along the way! And we'll most definitely make an effort to go back to Entiat Valley Pastry!