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.

Palouse bales of hay and other streaming car photography

 they look miniature
these wee bales.
the trees look sad and the radio towers firm.

wheat in palouse

 can you spot the wheat bird?
what a trip for a celiac.
glory be frankenwheat- some weird monstrosity created in a laboratory to feed the masses - higher in gluten then it's predecesors.
 turn the car air to circulate the air in car vs drawing new air in as dust blows over the hill of wheat and the wheat bird.

Palouse Deer

deer at a distance - noticing us noticing them.
bloody big ears.

Views from Steptoe Butte

Palouse Farm and windmill

Lines of the Palouse

i have had a couple great days with talula and some nice time in evenings re exploring the palouse through images...
while tim  wrestles the dishwasher which may be on its last cycle on out the door.

Scablands and Palouse adventures 2012 our map!

we have returned from our Scablands - Palouse tour 2012!
it was amazing - so many types of lands traversed- great distances felt to be passed through not so great a time- from one alien landscape to the next Washington state is quite exquisite.
 this was out map photos are many over 2,000 and will come in drips and more the drops i hope.
not all of the places were used on the map but a good portion were hit- my tops were palouse falls state park, steptoe butte, riverside park in spokane...just to name a few.





View tour of scablands and palouse in a larger map