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...

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

When Travelling in the Channeled Scablands do try and take in a sunset at Steamboat Rock

 We drove from out overnight location in Ephrata to Steamboat Rock at about 6pm to catch the sunset.
We caught it and had a dark and curly drive back to Ephrata, lightening in the distance shocking the big sky and it's complete darkness. A strange mist was over just a smidge of the road, the kind we used to see alot in the dips and dives of the Suffolk roadways.
Strange mists.

Scablands Deer at Steamboat Rock

 Welcome to sunset at Steamboat Rock. It was beautiful. ALOT of mosquitoes by the water, the dog was getting attacked.
Lots of deer meandering about with their young at a distance  but not too far.
Keeping their eyes on you, they were.

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