Quails in Eastern Washington

Pikas in Palouse

Palouse Falls , Wa

 People can camp here!
can you imagine waking up to it?
Going to sleep next to it would be pretty amazing as well!
it would be a veritable double header of natural excitement brought on by the vastness of eastern washington.
I miss the big sky coming back to Seattle, suddenly everything feels covered...

Palouse

 Patchwork pieces of the Palouse.
It feels very much alien even with the green. our last visit was in September when all was gold, brown possibly burnt.

Scablands Rocks

Lake Lenore Caves , Washington

shame about the sodium dumped into Lake Lenore all them years back...
1947, seemed quite proud of themselves. not that much has changed, still dumping stuff in places we shouldn't.
it's such a shame that even these spaces that seem untouched have been badly mistreated.

Sunset in the Scablands

 My top spot for a sunset , Steamboat Rock.
Bring your natural bug repellent (Deet bad for you !) We use cedar spray and that generally keeps us safe from all things bug.
The mosquitos were out in force , big bastards.
More information about Steamboat rock at :
History link

Swallows at Abandoned Motel, Near Steamboat Rock

 these are pretty damn good structures for some little birds - what would be the human equivalent? an adobe? the birds were living inside and outside and swooping down and up and to and fro in the space in between buildings,  as only swallows do.
if i could have a work crew of swallows to assist in building my earth ship and maybe some woodpeckers employed to do fine carvings...
if only i had the animal translator that talula wanted me to buy then i would totally hire the animals to sort this whole thing out.

Dry Falls - the wet bit !

 down at the bottom of the dry falls there are some wet spots.
marshes filled with ducks and friends  we tried to be silent but our presence was noise enough in this quiet spot.
the heat was tremendously warming and i will never complain of heat!
it felt good to suck down some water and have a couple snacks whilst being at the bottom of this immense dead waterfall.
when the water fall died and we had a picnic.
chapter one.

please see more dry falls here