Chapter 15
Picture Lake was so gorgeous it almost didn’t seem real. The place was so stunning it could make a believer out of an atheist. Cody paused to drink in the breathtaking landscape. One of the camera guys had told him as they headed up to a spot in the Heather Meadows area that it was “one of the most photographed mountain scenes in North America.”
Now he knew why. All around him was an eye-popping array of wildflowers in hues of yellow, red, and purple, pine trees, and perfectly green grass. Mt. Shuksan rose up behind them, craggy, blue-gray, snowcapped, majestic, and reflected in the water of the small lake that was the centerpiece of the short hike. The water in the lake was mirrorlike, its surface calm and smooth as glass. The mountain air was crisp and cool, washed and enhan
