tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854434074890994062024-02-20T18:01:47.150-08:00Ice Age Floods<strong>Glacial Lake Missoula, Lake Bonneville and the Ice Age Floods</strong><br>
Tom Foster, Pasco WA USAAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-70332279867057773032015-11-29T19:09:00.000-08:002015-12-01T07:15:26.124-08:00Hiking Closure at Palouse Falls State Park<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">
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<b style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">UPDATE: <a href="http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article47280650.html" target="_blank">TRI CITY HERALD STORY</a></b><br />
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Plans to spend much of the day hiking above and below Palouse Falls didn't work out today.</div>
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Apparently Washington State Parks has shut down ALL hiking at Palouse Falls State Park and it sounds like it could be a permanent closure. </div>
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Trails to both top and bottom of falls are/were amazing and the Palouse River Canyon is one of the most spectacular features created by the Ice Age Floods - fencing now surrounds parking lot, camping and day use areas!</div>
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Several emergency calls and repeated vandalism to an irrigation pipe led to the closure according to Whitman Pioneer (link below).</div>
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<i>Whitman Pioneer story with comments from State Park Ranger: <a href="http://whitmanpioneer.com/news/2015/11/17/palouse-falls-rough-draft-layout-purposes-only/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://whitmanpioneer.<wbr></wbr>com/news/2015/11/17/palouse-<wbr></wbr>falls-rough-draft-layout-<wbr></wbr>purposes-only/</a></i></div>
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A photo posted by Tom Foster (@hugefloods) on <time datetime="2015-12-01T13:54:46+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Dec 1, 2015 at 5:54am PST</time></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-150163766720451482014-12-18T22:29:00.000-08:002014-12-18T22:29:03.118-08:00Mazama Ash From Crater Lake Volcano Eruption Cascade volcanic ash layers have been a big help to scientists working in the Columbia Basin for many years. The Mazama Ash layer featured here is too young to help date Ice Age Floods but has been valuable to those that study early human history in the West.<br />
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Nick Zentner (CWU Geology) and I are working on a series of short videos with focus on geology along Interstate 90 between Seattle and Spokane. Below you'll find the first episode.</div>
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If you drive I-90 between Seattle and Spokane ... Maybe you've wondered about the white layer in the exposed bank just east of Kittitas, WA.</div>
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<b>Mazama Ash layer exposed east of Kittitas, WA - along Interstate 90.</b></div>
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<b> Ash deposited here is 300 miles from a very famous source:</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Crater Lake National Park!!! </span></b></div>
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<b>Crater Lake fills caldera of destroyed volcano - Mount Mazama.</b></div>
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Must have been one heck of an explosion 7,700 years ago!!!</div>
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<b>Ballpark ash distribution map - Mazama and 1980 Mount St. Helens.</b></div>
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<b>1980 Mount St. Helens ash layer between Ellensburg and Vantage.</b></div>
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<b> Mazama layer in ocean core samples helping to date big earthquakes.</b></div>
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Chris Goldfinger's Pacific core sample work: <a href="http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/oer/earthquake/05%20chapter%204_color.html" target="_blank">Discoveries Beneath the Sea</a>.</div>
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The Mazama exposure featured in our video has been verified by the USGS. The ash layer in this photo taken near Pittsburg Landing is identified in several guidebooks as Mazama.</div>
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Photos from <a href="http://iceagefloods.blogspot.com/2010/05/suicide-point-hells-canyon-id.html" target="_blank">Hells Canyon Hike</a></div>
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<b> Missoula Flood deposits sit on top of 15,400-year-old Mount St. Helens ash layer. </b></div>
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<b>Richard Waitt USGS - Interview</b></div>
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<b> </b>Advance to 18 minute mark in video to hear Richard describe how Cascade ash layers helped him understand Ice Age Flood rhythmites in the Columbia Basin and realize that at least 40 huge Ice Age Floods swept through the Channeled Scablands and filled the Pasco Basin.</div>
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<b>Volcanic Ash from Cascade volcanoes now seems to be big concern at Hanford vitrification plant:</b><br />
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Sure enjoyed hiking in Drumheller Channels last Saturday. It was a super clear day! Not many animals or birds but plenty of basalt thrashed by Ice Age Floodwater flowing out of Quincy Basin and Lind Coulee.</div>
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Blue line marks approximate Ice Age Floods trimline. If you're not in a big hurry ... maybe enlarge this one too. Scabland below the line and farming above. High ground shown above the Drumheller Channels in this shot is the east end of the Frenchman Hills. Important growing area for organic crops.</div>
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Had to throw this in. Organic pea planting over the crest of the Frenchman Hills in early April this year. Nice views of Quincy Basin from the top.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"> Some parts of Drumheller seem remote ... other parts ... not so much. I couldn't smell french fries and tater tots Saturday, but could see plenty of steam from peelers and condensers at the Othello potato processing plants</span></div>
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<b> </b>Gotta hike with a giant chalkboard in case you want to do a little teaching along the way. Nick and I met up in Othello this afternoon and headed out into the Drumheller Channels to shoot a quick video on volcano types.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> If you've ever strolled across the rippled black slopes of Kilauea, or explored the once-molten surface of Craters of the Moon, then you have an inkling of what Pasco, Washington might have looked like 15 million years ago. Long before Kennewick Man, Columbian mammoths, or Ice Age Floods, the Columbia Basin was a flat, desolate, dark expanse from horizon to horizon.</span></blockquote>
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Wish I could have found a way to insert a photo of the new Hanford Reach Interpretive Center in the video. The building is amazing. Their wildlife displays and Hanford site material is well done. Seems like the geology exhibits are not quite finished but this should be a great place to learn about the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Basalt.html" target="_blank">Columbia River Basalts</a>, Ringold Formation and the Ice Age Floods down the road. They also plan to include the story of local agriculture.<br />
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Here's a photo I took over the shoulder of our friend Tom Tabbert. He helps us out with the aerial clips used in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/hugefloods" target="_blank">2 Minute Geology</a> series. This shot shows Tom flying east above the Clark Fork River near the Idaho/Montana border. In the video we used a similar shot ... wanted to make it clear that all the water from Glacial Lake Missoula flowed through this channel.<br />
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A few recent images posted below showing Wanapum Dam and the surrounding area. This stretch of the Columbia River was swept by the Ice Age Floods at the end of the most recent Ice Age.</div>
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Wanapum Dam (left) and I-90 crossing Columbia River (right). Vantage, WA at west end of bridge (view north). Image taken February 2014.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-75173765883440922013-11-17T17:51:00.000-08:002013-11-18T20:21:20.242-08:00Rocks on the move: Glacial Erratics, Ice-Rafted Erratics and Lahars<strong>Miscellaneous collection of traveling rocks/boulders I've visited in recent weeks. "Glacial" erratics were moved within glaciers. "Ice-Rafted" erratics were carried by icebergs during the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/">Ice Age Floods</a>. Icebergs holding boulders often grounded along the margins of Ice Age flood channels.</strong>
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<strong>Teresa checks out the BIG rock.</strong></center>
We finally found time to visit the Lake Stevens <strong>glacial</strong> erratic. This is the largest known erratic left by the Puget lobe of the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Pleistocene.html">Cordilleran Ice Sheet</a> [34' tall, 78' long]. Geology blogger Dave Tucker has more details on the <a href="http://nwgeology.wordpress.com/the-fieldtrips/glacial-erratic-field-trips/the-lake-stevens-monster-largest-erratic-in-washington-largest-in-the-us/">Lake Stevens Erratic</a>.<br />
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<a boulder.="" erratic="" glacial="" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJyPfxAcWMcpvRPKzjZCyKuot9EFL0QZ_A9kxfvBuD0meDoGNtFF1T8iB8BX-JTQjy5GXxrxTpCc4WIjjpPbpBEmtDzBjlvqou0K-28wK1kU2KwzNKBa3osG35syTvzwUlT5rwFRD8rmM/s1600/Lake-Stevens-WA.jpg%20alt=" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Erratic boulder left by the Puget Lobe during Vashon glaciation."><img border="0" boulder.="" erratic="" glacial="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJyPfxAcWMcpvRPKzjZCyKuot9EFL0QZ_A9kxfvBuD0meDoGNtFF1T8iB8BX-JTQjy5GXxrxTpCc4WIjjpPbpBEmtDzBjlvqou0K-28wK1kU2KwzNKBa3osG35syTvzwUlT5rwFRD8rmM/s400/Lake-Stevens-WA.jpg alt=" title="Erratic boulder left by the Puget Lobe during Vashon glaciation." /></a></div>
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<strong>Erratic warning sign.</strong></center>
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<strong>Other side of BIG rock.</strong></center>
A big thumbs up to the surrounding homeowners!!! Nice little park on streetside of Lake Stevens erratic.<br />
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<strong>Yeager Rock</strong></center>
Example of a glacial erratic on the east side of the Cascades. No moss or ferns! This photo was taken a couple years ago on the Waterville Plateau. Yeager Rock and many other basalt boulders were carried south by the Okanogan lobe of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet.<br />
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<strong>Wedgewood Erratic</strong></center>
Teresa inspects the Wedgewood Erratic. According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedgwood_Rock">Wedgewood Erratic Wikipedia page</a> ... This Seattle erratic was an early practice climb location for Jim Whittaker, who became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest. <br />
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<strong>"Fantastic Erratic"</strong></center>
A huge erratic south of Lake Sammamish. Too slow with camera ... almost had "Dog for scale" ... he jumped off as I approached.<br />
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Should be "<strong>Fern</strong>tastic". Hard to see the rock.</center>
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<strong>Teresa Foster enjoys fall hike.</strong></center>
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<strong>Salmon working hard in Issaquah Creek.</strong></center>
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<strong>Big flow at Snoqualmie Falls.</strong></center>
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<strong>Snoqualmie boulders</strong></center>
More on this area in a future post. Great stuff near Twin Falls where ice flowed in from two directions [One from Canada the other from Snoqualmie Pass area].
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<strong>Use Space Needle to mark maximum Ice Age Flood high water mark? Nope! Too short.</strong>
Aircraft beacon on top of Space Needle tower is only 605 feet above ground. The Columbia river normal elevation at Vantage is around 570 feet. Largest Ice Age Floods to sweep through the area had a surface elevation greater than 1,263 feet [Ice-rafted erratics have been found at this elevation by State Park rangers].<br />
Nick and I have met several times in recent weeks near Vantage, WA. We're trying to round up video and photos to build a show featuring geology along Interstate 90 between Seattle and Spokane. The drainage on the other side of the river (above) is Ryegrass Coulee. Several ice-rafted erratics sit in Ryegrass Coulee ... hard to find at 70 mph.
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<strong>"An Iceberg Graveyard"</strong></center>
Nick at <a href="http://www.parks.wa.gov/parks/?selectedpark=Ginkgo%20Petrified%20Forest/Wanapum%20Recreational%20Area&subject=all">Ginkgo State Park</a> visitor center - Vantage, WA. Interpretive panels describes ice-rafted erratics stranded high above the Columbia River.<br />
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<strong>Teresa and Pasco Basin erratics [ice-rafted] last weekend.</strong></center>
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<strong>Ice-rafted erratic in Ryegrass Coulee.</strong></center>
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<strong>Back to "Glacial Erratics"</strong></center>
Here's Nick between Ellensburg and Cle Elum - Elk Heights I-90 exit in the distance. The boulder was carried to this location by a huge glacier that was fed by ice flowing from Snoqualmie Pass and the drainages that now hold Lake Kachess and Lake Cle Elum. <br />
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<strong>Glacial moraine near Thorp, WA</strong></center>
I-90 winds through massive moraine that marks maximum advance of glacier mentioned above. The glacier that left this moraine is from a much earlier time than the recent rounds of Lake Missoula flooding. The 40 mile-long Yakima Glacier existed more than 600,000 years ago.<br />
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<strong>Tabbert grounded by fog</strong></center>
Tom Tabbert flew over from Spokane to help us shoot video of I-90 cutting through the big moraine. Morning fog at the Ellensburg airport delayed Saturday filming.<br />
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<strong>TTABS got the footage ... after fog lifted.</strong></center>
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<strong>Tabbert approaches lower moraine.</strong></center>
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<strong>Niece Abby sits on Ice-Rafted Erratic in Yakima Valley.</strong></center>
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Abby and I were on our way to visit Grandma (Mom) & Grandpa (Dad).
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Erratic #1 on map below</center>
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<strong>Erratics along I-82 just north of Exit 44</strong></center>
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These erratics are marked #2 on map below. Impressive boulders near Ice Age Floods margin in Yakima Valley. Erratics marked #1 and #2 were probably stranded by the same iceberg and moved to edge of Ag ground? Anyone know the story or name of orchard owner?<br />
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<strong>Interstate 82 - Exit 44.</strong></center>
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<strong>Tom Tabbert and Nick Zentner</strong></center>
Killing time near Thorp lahar while waiting for fog to lift at Bowers Field.<br />
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<strong>Thorp lahar in distance [Red arrow at left end - white band].</strong></center>
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Some amazing traveling rocks out here! The lahar near Thorp, WA is really cool. Material flowed to this location from a volcano that no longer exists near White Pass, WA. Obstacles like Manastash Ridge were not in place when the volcano erupted allowing flow from White Pass to Thorp area.
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<strong>Rode in on the lahar from SW.</strong></center>
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<strong>Same rock pictured in previous image [above Jeep].</strong></center>
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<strong>Tabbert takes a look at lahar and Yakima River.</strong></center>
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<strong>Geologists believe this pink mass of rock rafted in on the lahar.</strong></center>
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Earlier this month, <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Nick-Zentner.html">Nick Zentner</a> and I spent a few days in Hawaii filming <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/hugefloods">2 Minute Geology</a> episodes on Hotspots, Volcano Types and Lava. We also shot "comparison" footage to include in several of our shows related to the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Basalt.html">Columbia River Basalts</a>. University of Hawaii at Hilo geologist Steve Lundblad was our host and guide. I sure enjoyed meeting members of Hilo's geology department (students and faculty) when Nick gave a talk to that group.</blockquote>
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Sunrise iPhone view of Pacific Ocean - Lundblad home. Thanks for everything Steve & Nancy!!!</blockquote>
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Flew from Seattle to Kona. Stayed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilo,_Hawaii">Hilo</a>.</blockquote>
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Sea Turtle enjoys Hilo Bay</blockquote>
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Rainbow Falls in Hilo is beautiful. A tropical rain-forest climate [with annual rainfall totals in excess of 10 feet] ... allows "houseplants" to grow wild.</blockquote>
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Click above to view flowing lava and watch Nick sample molten lava.</blockquote>
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Road over the rock</blockquote>
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Steve and Nick following University of Hawaii Hilo's volcano field expert <a href="http://www.hilo.hawaii.edu/~csav/darcy/Darcy.php">Darcy Bevens</a>. Thanks for the great hike Darcy!!!</blockquote>
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Steam from lava entering ocean in the distance.</blockquote>
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Pacific Ocean lava entry</blockquote>
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Geologist Nick Zentner explains creation of pillow lavas and palagonite when lava flows into water.</blockquote>
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Black sand beach</blockquote>
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Hot flows are silver in the sun</blockquote>
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This feature was really cool!!! My photos don't capture the scene very well. Huge pothole-like holes called "Twin Pits". You can see where the 1974 lava flow spilled into pit on the right.</blockquote>
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Sorry Ice Age Floods friends! ... These pits are more impressive than any flood-carved pothole I've seen. It hurts me to say that! Nick for scale at top left.</blockquote>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pele%27s_hair">Pele's Hair</a></div>
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Volcanic glass threads from erupting volcanos that looks like blonde hair. You can see it in photo above that shows Steve and Nick following Darcy. Pele is the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes.</blockquote>
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The wind helped us out and we only had to wear respirators a short time. Sulfur dioxide released by the erupting volcano is known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vog">vog</a> (slang ... for volcanic fog or smog). </blockquote>
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Yikes!!! Hilo's recent tsunami history recorded on this tree. With several bands marking events [date and depth]. The top tag is at 26 ft.</blockquote>
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The highest tag marks 26 ft surge in 1946.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; text-align: start;">The tsunami is believed to have been generated during a magnitude 7.4 earthquake, when a large section of seafloor uplifted in the Aleutian Island chain (scientists are still trying to verify exact location). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; text-align: start;">USGS photo shows residents running from 1946 tsunami (wave visible in palm trees) that killed 159 people in Hilo.</span></blockquote>
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<b> Mauna Loa</b></div>
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The long gentle slopes of Hawaiian shield volcanoes are deceiving. Hard to believe the summit in the distance is 13,679 feet!</blockquote>
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You sure end up at plenty of amazing places when exploring <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Bonneville.html">Lake Bonneville</a>, <a href="http://hugefloods.com/LakeMissoula.html">Lake Missoula</a> and the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/">Ice Age Floods</a>! Along the way you also meet and read about some interesting people. Last weekend Teresa and I spent time in the Spokane area (No shortage of flood features to inspect between Pasco and Spokane ... We never seem to take the direct 395 ... I-90 route). One of the books I tossed into a bag while packing was an old 40 page booklet written by Washington State Park's employee Charles T. Giezentanner in the late 30s.</div>
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I always enjoy reading material by early visitors to the Ice Age Floods region. They had no satellite images or books/papers by guys like Atwater, <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Vic-Baker.html">Baker</a>, <a href="http://hugefloods.angelfire.com/Bruce-Bjornstad.html">Bjornstad</a>, Bretz, <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Jim-OConnor.html">O'Connor</a> and Waitt to help unravel clues left by huge floods that swept through the area. I can't knock any of the conclusions reached by early Grand Coulee geology enthusiasts. I'm impressed with the energy they put into trying to figure out how the mysterious scabland of eastern Washington was created and also the love they had for the beautiful landscape.</div>
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Use caution with text below ... I think most of the pre-1950 facts and figures are posted in a green font. For current interpretation of Ice Age Flood evidence in the Grand Coulee ... I'd suggest Bruce Bjornstad's new book <a href="http://www.keokeebooks.com/northernreaches.html">On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods the Northern Reaches</a>.</div>
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While I'm at it ...I'll also include a few photos from the Spokane trip mentioned above (might get a little off topic). Spokane was one of the locations designated as a Gateway Community to the Ice Age Floods region in the NPS <a href="http://publiclands.org/pdf/IceAgeFloodsNatGeologicalTrail/IceAgeFloodTourRoute.pdf">Study of Alternatives</a>. </div>
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Charles T. Giezentanner lectures at Dry Falls</div>
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"This is Dry Falls State Park, where waters flowed through for thousands of years and have remained dry for thousands of years more."</blockquote>
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Giezentanner's water source was melting glacial ice. His estimated forty-two cubic miles of ice was melting daily when Dry Falls was formed.<br />
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"<i>Chalice of the Gods</i>" by C.T. Giezentanner</div>
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40,000 Dry Falls visitors in 1934 ... 400,000 in 1938</div>
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Teresa and I enjoyed a stop at frosty Palouse Falls on our way to Spokane last weekend.</div>
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Charles and Georgia Giezentanner on viewing bridge at Dry Falls. Giezentanner refers to this location as "Observation Point". Apparently in Giezentanner's day, Dry Falls lake was also known as "The Vale of Tears".</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">"The state itself, has become the premier scenic locality of the North American continent. It has more natural scenery than any two states in the Union."</span></blockquote>
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Interpretive display by Washington State Park Committee points out - falls at this location "Beat Niagara's Volume 40 to 1".<br />
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Sign also states: <i>"Geologist Themselves can only Conjecture what Turned the Mighty Glacial Floods of the Upper Half of North America East and West from this Prehistoric Channel. The Mighty Mississippi - The Columbia - The Fraser - The Yukon - even the Romantic M<u>ac</u>kenzie - HERE LIES THE SKELETON OF THE FATHER OF THEM ALL"</i></blockquote>
Giezentanner uses a couple pages to describe the history of Washington State Parks. In 1940 Washington had set aside 57 parks after the initial park (Chuckanut Drive designation) was established in 1915.<br />
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The "Caretaker's Home"</div>
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Georgia and her cat on steps of caretaker's house. </div>
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Poor cat! Living in the land of hungry coyotes and automobiles. I bet his speed was tested more than once... at least Charles tried to help. In the pamphlet Charles adds:</div>
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"From a geological viewpoint, Dry Falls - Mystery Falls of Washington - not only leads the group (National and State Parks within Washington State), but is now recognized as as the greatest natural wonder in the known world."</blockquote>
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The "Old Caretaker" Charles T. Giezentanner - Merchant photo</div>
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"Formed during the glacial period by the ice forcing the north rivers to a focal point near the Grand Coulee Dam and causing the water to flow down the valley until it cut the canyon."<br />
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Giezentanner believed it took 6,000 years to create the lower Grand Coulee between Soap Lake and Dry Falls and the cutting ended 100,000 years ago.<br />
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"Every strata in the escarpment represents a different period of time - and you can count eight. It's the greatest basalt-lava formation in the world. It extends from Canada to Mexico, and the geologists have discovered over seventy of those strata - one on top of the other - here in the scab lands. And it contains iron sufficient to supply all the demands of the United States Government for an unlimited period of time."</blockquote>
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Photo above shows "The Sphinx" (Dry Falls Lake - right) with "Battleship Rock" in the distance.<br />
I noticed the term "Umatilla Rock" (Name WSP uses today) was used in the book. In most pre-1950 references - Umatilla Rock is split into separate features ... "The Sphinx and Battleship Rock".<br />
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"Congressmen See Wonders of Dry Falls of Columbia River"<br />
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Called "Lookout House" in this caption</div>
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I'd noticed Frank's name in material that described locals involved in selling the plan to build Grand Coulee Dam. I had no idea he had such an interest in the geology of the area. Giezentanner devotes a page to Mr. McCann and refers to him as "The Daddy of the Grand Coulee".<br />
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"He had taken a preliminary course in geology and saw a vision. He claimed that some day Grand Coulee and Dry Falls would would come into their own. To that end he bent every effort to bring it about when other duties did not claim too much of his time. From that day until his death he sacrificed a part of his time and spent his own money in attracting to Grand Coulee some of the world's best geologists."</blockquote>
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"Six hundred people representing seven counties attended his funeral - all of one mind that a monument to his memory should be be erected at some imposing point at Dry Falls. Whether this idea takes concrete form and is carried out or whether his dust moulders with that of other unsung and forgotten pioneers, who gave their all to make Washington State what it is remains to be seen."</blockquote>
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According to Giezentanner ..."the Wenatchee World had this to say: Frank McCann did more than any other one man to publicize the remarkable geological features of Grand Coulee and Dry Falls. Of all the people he was the first to realize the importance of Dry Falls as a geological feature."</blockquote>
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Marker honors Bretz at Dry Falls State Park</div>
<span style="text-align: center;">Surprised booklet has no mention of J Harlen Bretz. Bretz and Giezentanner must has had issues with each other???</span><br />
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Standing on Umatilla Rock </div>
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Giezentanner mentions Native Americans in the Grand Coulee and describes one of their legends. The story involves a witch turning an Indian into a coyote with a whale's stomach. The coyote stood on Umatilla rock and he caught fish for days and days until he was gorged.</div>
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Early inhabitants of the coulee left plenty of evidence. Huge Grand Coulee boulder shown is beautifully marked with petroglyphs.</div>
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Teresa visits on Lake Lenore caves in the lower Grand Coulee. Apparently Indians inhabiting the Grand Coulee used these flood-cut caves for storage and possibly shelter.</div>
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View from back of cave.Floor of the lower Grand Coulee in the distance.</div>
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Photo from Rufus Woods Collection (housed at Central Washington University) shows Dry Falls visitor on viewing platform.</div>
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F.A. Banks, Supervising Engineer at Grand Coulee Dam explains features to Secretary of Interior Krug and party at Dry Falls near Coulee City, Washington (1946).<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span>
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Photo shows Tom Tabbert flying below the rim at Dry Falls - shooting aerial footage for <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Nick-Zentner.html">Nick Zentner's</a> State Park visitor center program. I remember being amazed at how loud Tabbert's trike was in the lower Grand Coulee. Giezentanner also noticed Dry Falls acoustics.<br />
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Soap Lake (lower end of the Grand Coulee)</div>
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Soap Lake was a big deal when Giezentanner was at Dry Falls. In the mid 1930s it was belived the lake could help prevent or help those with Buerger's disease and many other ailments. Giezentanner describes talking with a woman on her way to Soap Lake ... hoping the water would grow skin on her artificial limb.</div>
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Teresa and Dry Falls Interpretive Panel 2012</div>
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Washington State Parks has toned down description of their "Wonder of Wonders" to..."one of the most spectacular geologic wonders of the age of ice".<br />
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Dry Falls Vista House 2011 (Foster)</div>
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During the war years, the skylight was blacked out as a civil defense measure.</div>
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Main Lobby at the Davenport Hotel. Many interesting displays related to the hotel's history have been placed on mezzanine.<br />
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Teresa in the Hall of Doges</div>
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The story of the Hall of Doges in incredible. During restoration of the hotel, Mr. and Mrs. Worthy had the Hall of Doges lifted with cranes for safe storage across the street before returning the cherished structure to the Davenport.</div>
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The Marie Antoinette Ballroom</div>
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Even the smaller fixtures in the Davenport are interesting.</div>
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(I like the mouth anchor point)</div>
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The three largest Chandeliers in the Marie Antoinette Ballroom were $10,000 each in 1914.</div>
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Grand Pennington Ballroom</div>
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Top: Teresa above Spokane River at site of 1974 World's Fair (see text block below). Center: Interesting stuffed critters at Cabela's (Post Falls, Idaho) on the way to Coeur d'Alene. Bottom photo taken in Spokane's Manito Park conservatory.</div>
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Text below from National Park Service "<a href="http://www.nps.gov/iceagefloods/d.htm">Ice Age Floods Study of Alternatives</a>".</div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">"While there has been more than a casual interest in the Ice Age Floods story on the local and state levels, very little appreciation for the national significance of the Flood events has been noted, except from within the scientific and professional geologic community. <b>The Ice Age Floods story was publicized during the 1974 World’s Fair in Spokane, Washington</b>."</span></blockquote>
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Great trip! Always fun to stay at the Davenport!</div>
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<a href="http://hugefloods.com/Nick-Zentner.html">Nick Zentner</a> and I have been trying to figure out a few of the buttons on a video camera and how to hold a long pole with a fuzzy mic so we can film <strong><i>2 Minute Geology</i></strong> videos.<br />
One of our first episodes is embedded midway through this blog post.
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<strong>Nick describes lava flowing into ancient lake near Vantage, WA.</strong></center>
Pillow lavas form when basaltic lava encounters water. Active pillows have been video recorded in Hawaii as the ongoing Kilauea eruption sends active basalt lava flows into the Pacific Ocean. In continental settings, pillows are formed when flood basalts bury landscapes dominated by large freshwater lakes and streams.<br />
The <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Basalt.html">Columbia River Basalt Group</a> of Washington and Oregon (USA) is a stack of more than 300 individual lava flows. The flows issued forth from deep fissures that began forming 17 million years ago in southeast Washington and northeast Oregon. Some of the flows have well-developed pillow structures in the basal sections - which proves the existence of lakes between eruptions. Thousands of years are estimated between eruptions of basalt lava from the fissures.<br />
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This episode begins with Nick standing in Sand Hollow (47,15033-119.98147) at one of the region's most impressive Pillow Basalt road cuts - where Washington Route 26 begins its climb east out of the Columbia River Gorge near Vantage, WA. The Ginkgo and Sand Hollow basalt flows are featured - 15 million year old lavas. Lake Vantage existed 15 million years ago.
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<strong>Nick examines Columbia River Basalt Group pillows.</strong></center>
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<strong>Palagonite explained at Potholes Coulee Location.</strong></center>
The episode then switches to Nick at the mouth of <a href="http://hugefloods.angelfire.com/10-Potholes-Coulee.html">Potholes Coulee</a> (47.15033-119.98147) southeast of Quincy, WA. Details within a pillow zone exposed by the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/">Ice Age Floods</a> are studied. Palagonite between the pillows proves to be a collection of small, angular blocks of volcanic glass (obsidian) which implies sudden, explosive events as the 2,000 degree lava encounters lake water.<br />
Petrified logs on display in nearby <a href="http://iceagefloods.blogspot.com/2008/12/ginkgo-petrified-forest-sp-part-i.html">Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park</a> have all been found within the palagonite zone in the base of the Ginkgo Flow. The water-logged logs escaped the incinerator of the Ginkgo Flow - and eventually became petrified as silica from the lava soaked into the wood.<br />
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<strong>Pillow basalt - Photo by Nick Zentner.</strong></center>
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Love the Ellensburg cowboy hat for scale!</center>
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<strong>Contact between pillow and palagonite - [above and below].</strong></center>
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<strong>Volcanic glass within palagonite.</strong></center>
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<strong>Palagonite band - Grand Coulee rim.</strong></center>
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<strong>Palagonite on Mars:</strong>
Based on infrared spectroscopy, the fine-grained component of Mauna-Kea palagonite is the terrestrial material with the best match to the spectral properties of Martian dust, and is believed to be similar in composition and in origin to dusty component of the surface regolith of Mars. The spectroscopic signature of palagonitic alteration on Mars is used as evidence for the existence of water on Mars. -<i>Wikipedia</i></blockquote>
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<strong>Luke inspects water-stained pillow structures in Potholes Coulee.</strong></center>
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<strong>Multnomah Falls pillow basalt.</strong></center>
Many amazing pillow exposures are found in the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/ColumbiaGorge.html">Columbia Gorge</a>. Including these pillows behind Multnomah Falls.
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<strong>Sand Hollow pillow basalt exposure.</strong></center>
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Use Google Maps navigational tools to explore the area.</center>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-33509726741261040192012-10-25T22:47:00.001-07:002012-11-26T05:54:13.193-08:00Ice Age Floods Video
<P><strong>Seems to be plenty of video cameras pointed at <a href="http://hugefloods.com/">Ice Age Floods</a> features recently. Nick and I were in need of some aerial footage for a new project we're working on. Our friend Tom Tabbert was willing to help us out.</strong></P>
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<center><strong>Tom Tabbert in his DTA Trike.</strong></center>
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<center><strong><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/hugefloods/Contact.html">Tom Foster</a>, <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Trike-Flying.html">Tom Tabbert</a>, <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Nick-Zentner.html">Nick Zentner</a> - Quincy, WA airport. Sure was a nice day! Nick and I shot video for a "Coulee" show and another on "Ice Age Waterfalls". Tabbert got some nice aerial video and we found good food in Quincy, WA. </strong></center>
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<center><strong>Nick and I have started shooting "2 Minute Geology" educational videos in recent weeks. We hope to have several posted soon. Stay tuned for geology talks by a guy with a blue shirt and red bow tie! I felt the need to explain tie in photo #2. </strong></center>
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<center><strong>Tabbert goes through pre-flight checklist while I enjoy a spectacular Ephrata, WA sunrise - iPhone photo.</strong></center>
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<center><h2>Check out video above!</h2></center>
<center><strong>Moses Coulee video by Tabbert.</strong></center>
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<P>The map in this video shows Tabbert flight path during Wednesday and Thursday flights over <a href="http://hugefloods.com/8-Moses-Coulee.html">Moses Coulee</a>, <a href="http://hugefloods.com/9-Giant-Current-Ripples.html">West Bar</a>, <a href="http://hugefloods.com/10-Potholes-Coulee.html">Potholes Coulee</a> and <a href="http://hugefloods.com/11-Frenchman-Coulee.html">Frenchman Coulee</a>.</P>
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<center><strong>My favorite camera view is from Camera 4 (wing tip). Here's a Tabbert shot showing Echo Basin. That's me on the coulee rim.</strong></center>
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<center><strong>Columnar basalt fly by - Echo Basin.</strong></center>
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<center><strong>Tabbert near Island Plateau.</strong></center>
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<center><strong>Three photos taken last spring (one above - two below)</strong></center>
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<strong><P>Tabbert is able to haul passengers in the trike. I shot photo above while riding with Tom above the Clark Fork River. Here the view is into Montana ... This is the drainage that carried discharge from <a href="http://hugefloods.com/LakeMissoula.html">Glacial Lake Missoula</a>.</P></strong>
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<center><strong>Another shot taken over Tom's helmet during a ride-along (passenger sits kinda high in the trike - on top of the fuel tank). Here we're approaching <a href="http://hugefloods.com/3-Steamboat-Rock-State-Park.html">Steamboat Rock</a> in the Grand Coulee.</strong></center>
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<strong>One last shot from "coach". This time on final descent into Grand Coulee airport.</strong>
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<center><strong>"2 Minute Geology" video shoot at Dry Falls.</strong></center>
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<strong><P>Nick describes the Ice Age Floods during September filming with the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/">British Broadcasting Corporation</a> near Frenchman Coulee. The BBC team shot additional Zentner footage at <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/hugefloods/4-Dry-Falls-State-Park.html">Dry Falls</a>.</strong>
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<center><strong>Filming Nick on Echo Basin rim (Frenchman Coulee).</strong></center>
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<center><strong>Nick with BBC crew.</strong></center>
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<strong>We'd all be getting more done ... but ... can't seem to put <a href="http://keokeebooks.com/northernreaches.html">Bjornstad's new book</a> down!</strong>
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<center><strong><a href="http://hugefloods.com/Trike-Flying.html">More Trike Photos</a></strong></center>
<br>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-59343646022713555512012-02-03T05:42:00.000-08:002012-02-04T18:05:18.758-08:00Rattlesnake Slope, Frenchman Coulee, Lower Grand Coulee and Palouse Falls<P>Recent photos of features created by outburst floods from Glacial Lake Missoula near the end of the most recent Ice Age. Photos here are from several winter 2011-2012 hikes with 9-year-old nephew Luke, along with miscellaneous shots from the Palouse Falls area - plus a few extras.</P><br /><center><strong>Click images to expand.</strong></center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagqJj7-olSbYOJDt3QMFV9-BPwiQm2HZxlLqRidBJfBxjO8hyVgaSHO39PY0TP1RGZkftgF8mtFQgFvEWBrhgDk9B7GLdhPsHkmWX2caxLHtibccLzqt4jqe_s_u6l4t3w36VZA6EK1o/s1600/Rattlesnake-Mountain-Errati.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagqJj7-olSbYOJDt3QMFV9-BPwiQm2HZxlLqRidBJfBxjO8hyVgaSHO39PY0TP1RGZkftgF8mtFQgFvEWBrhgDk9B7GLdhPsHkmWX2caxLHtibccLzqt4jqe_s_u6l4t3w36VZA6EK1o/s400/Rattlesnake-Mountain-Errati.jpg" border="0" alt="Rattlesnake Mountain ice age flood erratic."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702902692633104146" /></a><br /><center>One of the oldest rocks in the Pasco Basin.</center><br />Luke examines geocache contents while sitting on ice-rafted erratic boulder (Rattlesnake Mountain in distance). <br /><br />The argillite boulders (pictured above) consist of material that was part of an ancient seabed more than a billion years ago and later involved in the uplift of the Rocky Mountains.<br /><br />During the last Ice Age, the rocks became trapped within glacial ice in British Columbia or northern Idaho. That ice was picked up and carried into the Pasco Basin by an Ice Age Flood from Glacial Lake Missoula. Note: B.C. material would have been moved south within glacial ice - Into the path of Lake Missoula floodwaters.<br /><br /><center>More on this feature below</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDPxYmgPLmnCpeOZD-sHLoxf2MGVmXTLGTklSBSu4R7-qMxwQfjwr9w_vLfFuJyK0qSWbXZvRZiLAa7F7hdXD4yZ7N0aUFtNL0HI0hyphenhyphenE-aJk7raxjG6LO9BfDF_2gx3VL2T1UD88-THE/s1600/Columnar-Basalt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDPxYmgPLmnCpeOZD-sHLoxf2MGVmXTLGTklSBSu4R7-qMxwQfjwr9w_vLfFuJyK0qSWbXZvRZiLAa7F7hdXD4yZ7N0aUFtNL0HI0hyphenhyphenE-aJk7raxjG6LO9BfDF_2gx3VL2T1UD88-THE/s400/Columnar-Basalt.jpg" border="0" alt="Columbia River Basalt Group column near Frenchman Coulee."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702902688544840002" /></a><br />Luke and interesting basalt column near Echo Basin rim (Frenchman Coulee). And yes - seconds after I took this photo he was trying to climb it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-8DE9xuLGn2KxSbpFNduuAIVQn07T0-x_6TzO-vEJY6oPLkNLvuJQRjIjxuPNKlWlmdUNDChoYplEVL1H87mfZeYfaXWHp7WKMG3KvNxArlhGWdNH0h2FYzUC-hQeCXbKEYgcBFVN48/s1600/Grand-Coulee-Petroglyphs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-8DE9xuLGn2KxSbpFNduuAIVQn07T0-x_6TzO-vEJY6oPLkNLvuJQRjIjxuPNKlWlmdUNDChoYplEVL1H87mfZeYfaXWHp7WKMG3KvNxArlhGWdNH0h2FYzUC-hQeCXbKEYgcBFVN48/s400/Grand-Coulee-Petroglyphs.jpg" border="0" alt="Columbia Plateau or Basin petroglyphs."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702902678567468802" /></a><br /><center>Wisdom and Grand Coulee petroglyphs.</center><br /><P>Luke and I visited several geocaches on our recent hikes. We found this guy in a cache called "The Snake Den" near Agatha Tower. The little owl named "Wisdom" has an ID tag with a tracking number.</P> <br /><P>A fourth grade class in Newman Lake, Washington is tracking Wisdom's travels as they study Washington State. He was sent out on an adventure to visit cities in Washington. I guess the basalt views are a bonus for the little guy.</P><br /><P>Luke took him back to the Tri Cities via Ellensburg before placing him in a cache near Lake Lenore. Wisdom saw some interesting <a href="http://hugefloods.com/">Ice Age Floods</a> features along the way. He also had a chance to visit these amazing petroglyphs.</P><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3Vm-AgEjMjhJTZFJlDE24_31Sr7W-lcMUNAc3rFYmEAYCI2SL3DDYBvd5tpOlPVONT7WnYjPknQio31H1J_42b7XqT2fnCgxncbs4qp5y9-UE5FlCnhyeEPOpvQWexxImDXeHYONrQ0/s1600/Teresa-Foster.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3Vm-AgEjMjhJTZFJlDE24_31Sr7W-lcMUNAc3rFYmEAYCI2SL3DDYBvd5tpOlPVONT7WnYjPknQio31H1J_42b7XqT2fnCgxncbs4qp5y9-UE5FlCnhyeEPOpvQWexxImDXeHYONrQ0/s400/Teresa-Foster.jpg" border="0" alt="Teresa Foster and Palouse Falls."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703803565496115698" /></a><br />Here's a shot of Teresa on a windy morning at Palouse Falls State Park. Not much ice left at the end of January compared to trips earlier this winter - see below.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibAUMkATwPd3q5KhyphenhyphenNQJ4scGYEiYpwpSdF0eq_a3qVd7fIJuyp64E7hO5LwuMJ3XIHrdOGJW1BJXx3B7-ZRnzFy5-5IhmJ8PKxN7mxIjPoMYeLctrJ2QsW9CNAKrSoRF-TiC5C3VGivzc/s1600/Palouse-Falls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibAUMkATwPd3q5KhyphenhyphenNQJ4scGYEiYpwpSdF0eq_a3qVd7fIJuyp64E7hO5LwuMJ3XIHrdOGJW1BJXx3B7-ZRnzFy5-5IhmJ8PKxN7mxIjPoMYeLctrJ2QsW9CNAKrSoRF-TiC5C3VGivzc/s400/Palouse-Falls.jpg" border="0" alt="Palouse Falls in winter."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702902678401611618" /></a><br />I posted this one on the HUGEfloods site. Sure was a nice afternoon. Had the canyon to myself ... Set timer on camera and ran to the pool.<br /><br />The Tri City Herald used this shot on their front page in mid-December. I heard from quite a few people that wanted directions to the park. Great views from the overlook. There is not a maintained trail to the lower pool. The Herald ran two additonal Palouse Falls photos on Page 1 earlier in the year - one showing January ice and another when flows exceeded 5,000 cubic feet per second in April. I'll post them below.<br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNIQrPR6tU_U4mhNG2V3iXSqWrbb28l627GD7BhW_SgHlTBTPIcy6jZb8zbtoI_OYdm6vi9GVpnenCSOJI4O9KsNW9GSR_2tjqRnVWAGFgclk2gbAprDd87rhu_4djm9-jCwKH6dPVaQ/s1600/Bottom-Palouse-Falls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNIQrPR6tU_U4mhNG2V3iXSqWrbb28l627GD7BhW_SgHlTBTPIcy6jZb8zbtoI_OYdm6vi9GVpnenCSOJI4O9KsNW9GSR_2tjqRnVWAGFgclk2gbAprDd87rhu_4djm9-jCwKH6dPVaQ/s400/Bottom-Palouse-Falls.jpg" border="0" alt="Palouse Falls ice."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702901950451736114" /></a><br /><center>Cold mist and slippery rocks near the falls.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-iXblg0F7eid5mtPgljdKFURzd9m2WJ4FxXR2zaT_Pm2UKxj2s6x-KGQ6xj0zksCb0bwzC7NuJSlvBYHlogdgv_hKUmffqpfvii_xQm119NsVBqjDQySOqkqOB1zSrRtjnjoCRR0nxg/s1600/Palouse-River.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-iXblg0F7eid5mtPgljdKFURzd9m2WJ4FxXR2zaT_Pm2UKxj2s6x-KGQ6xj0zksCb0bwzC7NuJSlvBYHlogdgv_hKUmffqpfvii_xQm119NsVBqjDQySOqkqOB1zSrRtjnjoCRR0nxg/s400/Palouse-River.jpg" border="0" alt="Palouse River Canyon."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702901934829038082" /></a><br /><center>Nice down here except for a huge amount of litter.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3VCO9mH-qjtTLmRVyo6uSno_6N1OToTTnBnYUC3c78UZJfIrPjoOUb1vayu3TnWVDauYt4-QvnL5NhZOlitMxtZJgNSwdzpFoHw2o-JZMXxfDLZJge3OL9QXjfNm5nto-j79CZUydV_o/s1600/Palouse-Falls-State-Park.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3VCO9mH-qjtTLmRVyo6uSno_6N1OToTTnBnYUC3c78UZJfIrPjoOUb1vayu3TnWVDauYt4-QvnL5NhZOlitMxtZJgNSwdzpFoHw2o-JZMXxfDLZJge3OL9QXjfNm5nto-j79CZUydV_o/s400/Palouse-Falls-State-Park.jpg" border="0" alt="Palouse River Canyon, Ice Age Floods Institute."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702901930047854130" /></a><br />I made several visits to the park this winter to sack up and haul trash out of the canyon. Thanks to Rick and Cliff for helping on one of the trips. I've got some friends from the <a href="http://iafi.org/">Ice Age Floods Institute</a> lined up to help next year. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnzfguJA2Hzng_3JwFEr2ZXd_cjmGyr8H5t4V20n8pC6haY8yAesqSK7-C6K_puQAht1HiUehimkhajzmHXGLLLAYedzzi5bctAY7U7Kwk3ApL6GeoOaopORvjKOB_s7XqS2lrHwVCr4/s1600/Litter-Pick-Up.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnzfguJA2Hzng_3JwFEr2ZXd_cjmGyr8H5t4V20n8pC6haY8yAesqSK7-C6K_puQAht1HiUehimkhajzmHXGLLLAYedzzi5bctAY7U7Kwk3ApL6GeoOaopORvjKOB_s7XqS2lrHwVCr4/s400/Litter-Pick-Up.jpg" border="0" alt="Palouse River."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702901939547240258" /></a><br /><center><strong>Cha-ching!!!</strong></center><br /><center>Found two full ones. </center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivihJG5KWQrHVQzFN3Kb4oaZrA9dcSPG44MH2BGmDIltQEOaaIeehFbKVb8pcM9NmB6D8vk6IqtI_mg8IQpsSfu0ZY0aLtfQ5UeOQsE44CkCVbjDQnxtMPIEDDyB53jAtqyyvFMWuYu_c/s1600/Litter-Clean-Up.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 204px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivihJG5KWQrHVQzFN3Kb4oaZrA9dcSPG44MH2BGmDIltQEOaaIeehFbKVb8pcM9NmB6D8vk6IqtI_mg8IQpsSfu0ZY0aLtfQ5UeOQsE44CkCVbjDQnxtMPIEDDyB53jAtqyyvFMWuYu_c/s400/Litter-Clean-Up.jpg" border="0" alt="Hauling trash out of the Palouse River Canyon."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702901932994440850" /></a><br /><P>That's Cliff Burt near the top. Not that hard to get out of here but ... as you try to maneuver sacks through brush and a slot in the canyon wall - You sure think bad thoughts about the slobs that leave trash on the canyon floor.</P><br /><P>On the climb out your clothes soak up most of the old beer leaking from the sacks.</P><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWhZhzUmrFzhe4R6PVUsIS8wZAu3oDZHRGmOriMd4GQ94Q0wETjad6K5yn9OHA_J07ifOAor_kKU6CewAIpKyedxkBWguJB1R7V01-Jl-Lkryw88k6VS1jXRWNBwzZSKFQJYWe3jDWLU/s1600/Palouse-Falls-SP.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWhZhzUmrFzhe4R6PVUsIS8wZAu3oDZHRGmOriMd4GQ94Q0wETjad6K5yn9OHA_J07ifOAor_kKU6CewAIpKyedxkBWguJB1R7V01-Jl-Lkryw88k6VS1jXRWNBwzZSKFQJYWe3jDWLU/s400/Palouse-Falls-SP.jpg" border="0" alt="Palouse Falls."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702901535322039202" /></a><br /><center>Palouse Falls shots with lots of ice were taken mid-December.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMyMN4GxOznX5uqzw8JgtYRtC5Os0fVE7KW2XoSYPzEyAALab8jpw0P8hX-0LSz5V9PFa4CZ02wazQZ-domfa1r9QrSUpC4Sduhzs6s3TdycJQgjxtZ9UPi5Z_CUdM67KGVnoNHn6Tp_s/s1600/Dr-Scott-Burns.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 337px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMyMN4GxOznX5uqzw8JgtYRtC5Os0fVE7KW2XoSYPzEyAALab8jpw0P8hX-0LSz5V9PFa4CZ02wazQZ-domfa1r9QrSUpC4Sduhzs6s3TdycJQgjxtZ9UPi5Z_CUdM67KGVnoNHn6Tp_s/s400/Dr-Scott-Burns.jpg" border="0" alt="Scott Burns Cataclysms on the Columbia: The Great Missoula Floods."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703821157640255906" /></a><br />A quick stop at the falls (29 Jan 12) - on our way to hear geologist/author <a href="http://geology.pdx.edu/node/67">Scott Burns</a> talk about his book <strong><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cataclysms-Columbia-Missoula-Floods-OpenBook/dp/1932010319">Cataclysms on the Columbia: The Great Missoula Floods</a></i></strong> at Spokane Community College.<br /> On this day the Palouse River carried some soil. Pool below falls looked like chocolate milk.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8fWsLYWWUuDyYZT3btoGTkfAbLhscZd3OV8cBTlvFDqeItdPaxR2_0XrMOwK9iT_QUmUnxoDrOxHv3DOtj7Oc0kwWsBk2NoxM37nteTmSl2TgIwrikVhYhyr_QZFKc09wogdTYNay0nw/s1600/Dr-Scott-Burns-Portland.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8fWsLYWWUuDyYZT3btoGTkfAbLhscZd3OV8cBTlvFDqeItdPaxR2_0XrMOwK9iT_QUmUnxoDrOxHv3DOtj7Oc0kwWsBk2NoxM37nteTmSl2TgIwrikVhYhyr_QZFKc09wogdTYNay0nw/s400/Dr-Scott-Burns-Portland.jpg" border="0" alt="Dr. Scott Burns Ice Age Floods. Cataclysms on the Columbia: The Great Missoula Floods."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703808939543127650" /></a><br />Thanks to the Spokane Community College Science Department for hosting Dr. Burns as part of their <a href="http://www.scc.spokane.edu/?scigeollec">Geology Lecture Series</a>. The place was packed ... They were able to quickly set up a video feed to a large classroom across the hall for those that didn't get seated in the auditorium.<br /><br />Proceeds from his book sales help fund scholarships in the Geology and English Departments at Portland State University.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7C6HRbqMT0vnq2jlBlD3EdarR30UqK6OM7qI83jf9DICLFKFqZ_nxouZP18qO3FVma1rqXQTH02MvWHltqw_4irMVEdnR7_0hsPSsf9FlCPfw0IgNBHIiFWIPODbVofV3EUOyCynrc2Q/s1600/Palouse-Falls-Washington.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7C6HRbqMT0vnq2jlBlD3EdarR30UqK6OM7qI83jf9DICLFKFqZ_nxouZP18qO3FVma1rqXQTH02MvWHltqw_4irMVEdnR7_0hsPSsf9FlCPfw0IgNBHIiFWIPODbVofV3EUOyCynrc2Q/s400/Palouse-Falls-Washington.jpg" border="0" alt="Palouse River flow over Palouse Falls - Teresa Foster."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703805330978672514" /></a><br />Teresa loves Palouse Falls - she attended sixth grade in nearby Kahlotus. The flow on this day was about 575 cubic feet per second. Two days later - warmer temps led to melting snow upstream and a 2,500 cubic feet per second flow.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/uv?cb_00060=on&cb_00065=on&format=gif_stats&period=7&site_no=13351000">Real-Time Palouse River Flow</a></center><P>I wish more people would visit that park. My favorite times are spring and early winter. My best advice for finding a bunch of ice is to watch for long periods of cold weather with <strong>NO</strong> warm days mixed in. The ice is usually slow to build and is quickly shed from canyon walls when temperatures warm. A <a href="http://discoverpass.wa.gov/">Discover Pass</a> is required to enter the park.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqLs7CoiXaK2s1givptOc9FPtEZMfylQf5ctE1GMeVnTu3XzX9ism-M1iCoqPTb6gvykyZzROt95mr-Mk1z-gseZAtzY14-rab_W5uu89j7k8GXTQKxteT_pA8t_kYA5xcSivPW_TUVA/s1600/Palouse-River-Canyon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqLs7CoiXaK2s1givptOc9FPtEZMfylQf5ctE1GMeVnTu3XzX9ism-M1iCoqPTb6gvykyZzROt95mr-Mk1z-gseZAtzY14-rab_W5uu89j7k8GXTQKxteT_pA8t_kYA5xcSivPW_TUVA/s400/Palouse-River-Canyon.jpg" border="0" alt="Palouse River Canyon."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704734210082798882" /></a><br /><center>Frosty canyon view - January 2011</center><br />This image and the one below are the other two used by the Herald last year. Click to expand this shot. Try to imagaine canyon completely filled with Ice Age Floodwater. Once again ... I had the place to myself.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLuybYjgVY24K2Q8epviWxcZvMOblH3JdKQKRiT7tDASOApnUvS52QorQQ_aqrOrorZ-u37j5ly-91T-r4DhqCB-UgxrrgvhY89BF0QPzp15nnJKGUBusX3_KP4tkN_uKgDD7n799HoLk/s1600/Palouse-Falls-Washington-St.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLuybYjgVY24K2Q8epviWxcZvMOblH3JdKQKRiT7tDASOApnUvS52QorQQ_aqrOrorZ-u37j5ly-91T-r4DhqCB-UgxrrgvhY89BF0QPzp15nnJKGUBusX3_KP4tkN_uKgDD7n799HoLk/s400/Palouse-Falls-Washington-St.jpg" border="0" alt="Palouse Falls State Park."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704734436526614114" /></a><br /><center>April 2011 flow.</center><br />Palouse Falls is impressive at 5,000+ cubic feet per second - but that's just a tiny trickle compared to the Ice Age flows! On big flow days you'll probably find a few others at the viewpoint.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNdiRFsTa2l1fq5E_66VEayK3FIhsEaDhNIxEUzboXhG9Jq2kjL0GS7qDKZ2WxbPuw6vPxBSzvXv00D-bvCph7-ZWDaZQ7w1kx1CSlagjwY7AmiHnZ1xvsWJNvG66t6zq9VhLrWqCzD0/s1600/Washtucna-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNdiRFsTa2l1fq5E_66VEayK3FIhsEaDhNIxEUzboXhG9Jq2kjL0GS7qDKZ2WxbPuw6vPxBSzvXv00D-bvCph7-ZWDaZQ7w1kx1CSlagjwY7AmiHnZ1xvsWJNvG66t6zq9VhLrWqCzD0/s400/Washtucna-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt="Washtucna Coulee."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703901290421199026" /></a><br /><center>Frosty Washtucna Coulee</center><br /><P>This ditch was way too small to handle Cheney-Palouse volumes as Glacial Lake Missoula drained! Like Palouse River Canyon and Devil's Canyon - HU Ranch Coulee was created when floodwaters overtopped the south rim of Washtucna Coulee and found huge fractures in the basalt. The floods cut deep channels in these locations between Washtucna Coulee and the Snake River.</P><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAL11vVrRLT8EY4fkZVPhcb_3PzIyMsQ4z8zhZtkCeIbrSfoImI88ZnoPGUgejphuNRHe6mPF0KDOlQf6A-IcxAOBokpQhgy7Onyyeco_SVljGxe5H-RndgTL9I7Da7YL4P1o0NnA7nNk/s1600/HU-Ranch-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAL11vVrRLT8EY4fkZVPhcb_3PzIyMsQ4z8zhZtkCeIbrSfoImI88ZnoPGUgejphuNRHe6mPF0KDOlQf6A-IcxAOBokpQhgy7Onyyeco_SVljGxe5H-RndgTL9I7Da7YL4P1o0NnA7nNk/s400/HU-Ranch-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt="HU Ranch Coulee."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703901298336691554" /></a><br /><center>On the way to Palouse Falls - Crossing upper HU Ranch Coulee.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcGtMrW07CzexdChbS_U87YzHLcEXJna9GvHoF7Pd2VzLLfm_BAmyxwekBn2Hcm1ioaNZ2s5ToG073lPRlT19pBbA_5OyQgvd4Ipba4FBSYDns7FTf44aWkRF9pv81hlIxxEvaW3Y07Q/s1600/Washtucna-Snake-River.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcGtMrW07CzexdChbS_U87YzHLcEXJna9GvHoF7Pd2VzLLfm_BAmyxwekBn2Hcm1ioaNZ2s5ToG073lPRlT19pBbA_5OyQgvd4Ipba4FBSYDns7FTf44aWkRF9pv81hlIxxEvaW3Y07Q/s400/Washtucna-Snake-River.jpg" border="0" alt="HU Ranch Coulee Ice Age Floods channel."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703901291561199218" /></a><br />SR-261 climbs out of HU Ranch Coulee near entrance to <a href="http://www.parks.wa.gov/parks/?selectedpark=Palouse%20Falls">Palouse Falls State Park</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDCwL4UDdk3Lnv3FamZnAczNNymiUMr1Q4Hsy9aN82q4q7Zh_T7PRk9-FmpxWSxLTQP69NPyv-X_2_9LzC1KLRtwt5XFWG_H8uby9YkEDt0H2hsFILKbTe6NrPpL9dpRz26BQg0A9cxg/s1600/Geocache-Trackable.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDCwL4UDdk3Lnv3FamZnAczNNymiUMr1Q4Hsy9aN82q4q7Zh_T7PRk9-FmpxWSxLTQP69NPyv-X_2_9LzC1KLRtwt5XFWG_H8uby9YkEDt0H2hsFILKbTe6NrPpL9dpRz26BQg0A9cxg/s400/Geocache-Trackable.jpg" border="0" alt="Geocache Trackable."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702901533999551586" /></a><br />Here's another geocache "Trackable" Luke ended up with. This guy (<a href="http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?tracker=6dq7g5">Salt and Pepper</a>) was found on a highpoint near Island Plateau in Grant County.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhEm8wSmIlONys78PSQBuUSLtybQ4H9I6ICCslZiXOe2ZnmZ9c-2gqCTd1N9TcTR3rbLybpClNyYpHkOdKpdcAKrOa_IrBBiJJ1P-24B2IJ8mOKMe5dDsh5B5NKm7SOB9evumYUyhJek/s1600/Hanford-Reach.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbhEm8wSmIlONys78PSQBuUSLtybQ4H9I6ICCslZiXOe2ZnmZ9c-2gqCTd1N9TcTR3rbLybpClNyYpHkOdKpdcAKrOa_IrBBiJJ1P-24B2IJ8mOKMe5dDsh5B5NKm7SOB9evumYUyhJek/s400/Hanford-Reach.jpg" border="0" alt="Ice Age Floods erratic in Pasco Basin."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702901525310579618" /></a><br /><center>Tom and Luke on argillite erratic.</center><br />New Year's Eve hike to <a href="http://hugefloods.angelfire.com/Bruce-Bjornstad.html">Bruce Bjornstad's</a> <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?pf=&guid=db844b6b-9b8a-4f34-afcc-8b4807446272&decrypt=y&log=&numlogs=">Rattlesnake Slope Erratics</a> geocache. Argillite boulders above <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Basalt.html">Columbia River Basalt</a> - pretty cool story.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlxYig3GNv45DVJ-hiVtPSdxztQWz3biccSKu-CVyf3LqbT2gbN5s9_eyvELAOxMpL40PknxA8HdGsLHwPNhla5mxii1k4lehCrG99jhW50KyPXquDDzUMqnuCQGdoHpKfzYzdG4z9SNw/s1600/Iceberg-Erratic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlxYig3GNv45DVJ-hiVtPSdxztQWz3biccSKu-CVyf3LqbT2gbN5s9_eyvELAOxMpL40PknxA8HdGsLHwPNhla5mxii1k4lehCrG99jhW50KyPXquDDzUMqnuCQGdoHpKfzYzdG4z9SNw/s400/Iceberg-Erratic.jpg" border="0" alt="Lake Missoula flood erratic."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702901522088565202" /></a><br />Luke hides cache container (with Salt and Pepper inside) among argillite boulders.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLP7TEJ56Y0xV5Kmf5BG_7-PgkR7VZm5KBHcsqJA1foMaFPuGH5IhKc__3jm8VMWBM_ZiIC0vHbQIaddrHkfAY5XUcSUkvbPTQ6uyOQNW3eLc05-F0uMvvdbA0kwt_5cXkWRDWXIt_Dg0/s1600/Frenchman-Coulee-Map.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLP7TEJ56Y0xV5Kmf5BG_7-PgkR7VZm5KBHcsqJA1foMaFPuGH5IhKc__3jm8VMWBM_ZiIC0vHbQIaddrHkfAY5XUcSUkvbPTQ6uyOQNW3eLc05-F0uMvvdbA0kwt_5cXkWRDWXIt_Dg0/s400/Frenchman-Coulee-Map.jpg" border="0" alt="Frenchman Coulee aerial map."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702901519124187058" /></a><br />Red line shows part of the route Luke and I took around Echo Basin. Frenchman Coulee is a great place to visit if you're interested in the Ice Age Floods. A <a href="http://discoverpass.wa.gov/">Discover Pass</a> is required to park in this area.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PPXVbgbFthTzjENV0vu5Bf3M_aPXxyM4ZbTzZeDG8Pwn8B7cxeSqfvh5eg3fmT97Hi8IpjMKyZp2CYkkvwGNknN4cjczkxil1tFBmZh0PTZSQO1b4OLv2AlbrYy2hvJe3MwQkAhfbMU/s1600/Ice-Age-Floods-Institute.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PPXVbgbFthTzjENV0vu5Bf3M_aPXxyM4ZbTzZeDG8Pwn8B7cxeSqfvh5eg3fmT97Hi8IpjMKyZp2CYkkvwGNknN4cjczkxil1tFBmZh0PTZSQO1b4OLv2AlbrYy2hvJe3MwQkAhfbMU/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-Institute.jpg" border="0" alt="Ellensburg Ice Age Floods Institute field trip."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702900724523807378" /></a><br /><center>Field trip lecture (top right)</center><br />Looking down rib that separates Frenchman Coulee and Echo Basin. This shot was taken during the <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/hugefloods/Ellensburg.html">Ellensburg Chapter</a> of the Ice Age Floods Institute fall field trip. That adventure was lead by chapter President <a href="http://www.geology.cwu.edu/facstaff/nick/zentner.html">Nick Zentner</a> (CWU geologist).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_lO5TluBqcF4k0X49w5h38tolvSDBO7IyoewB0nR2O4ge8pNHnLjzf8sSTU9sJIbYdXq6vxnl4K8fMTmP8-fy-JAK9X5DDFkDl-Tayhn_mcHucsgLayPw_aU_FvzGzOwai2LLX8_mHc/s1600/Nick-Zentner.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_lO5TluBqcF4k0X49w5h38tolvSDBO7IyoewB0nR2O4ge8pNHnLjzf8sSTU9sJIbYdXq6vxnl4K8fMTmP8-fy-JAK9X5DDFkDl-Tayhn_mcHucsgLayPw_aU_FvzGzOwai2LLX8_mHc/s400/Nick-Zentner.jpg" border="0" alt="Nick Zentner Central Washington University."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702900710481150066" /></a><br /><P>Nick uses a small tub to illustrate Quincy Basin overflow. Water bottle discharge represents Ice Age Floodwater pouring from Grand Coulee into the Quincy Basin. The two small streams flowing from Nick's tub are Potholes Coulee and Frenchman Coulee. (When Nick gets really good at this he'll be able to also show flow through Drumheller Channels, Crater Coulee, Gorge Amphitheater and a small dribble between Potholes and Crater Coulees.) The point of this talk was the formation of Frenchman Coulee - Great job Nick!</P>I understand that Nick had 167 in attendance at the February 2012 Ellensburg IAFI meeting.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5LRjTwvnFuycDAsUX1XDVrQvyahfaiWg19Wpu2q7NRn5-v9tiJ6QD0bvbvzaQH_0jK7rMyIVA5_EoVaCBJj3x33wVaHsJQIsdAxWYaF7cwRabpK6oRa_K_fEiU87Bq3U0TSbl65ebGE/s1600/Soap-Lake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5LRjTwvnFuycDAsUX1XDVrQvyahfaiWg19Wpu2q7NRn5-v9tiJ6QD0bvbvzaQH_0jK7rMyIVA5_EoVaCBJj3x33wVaHsJQIsdAxWYaF7cwRabpK6oRa_K_fEiU87Bq3U0TSbl65ebGE/s400/Soap-Lake.jpg" border="0" alt="Grand Coulee, Soap Lake and Quincy Basin view."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702900706626328962" /></a><br />I hope I don't get you turned around here. The view in this shot is looking south into the Quincy Basin (Note location of Soap Lake). This is the mouth of the Grand Coulee. Huge volumes of floodwater shot out of this channel into the Quincy Basin. Large sediment (boulders) dropped out of the flow as the Grand Coulee floodwaters spread out into the basin.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1lEe6LqDQ-tQq0df2qGxgstWsWnrYqaDuHPhY9ElpzF3beIr865-VYkMI5bRB9t5MlpNNEMz6oXZKT1-ElkaeHQFkrpDb-bdf2ySL5GD2wsSgUMuF1tJmuWofGJI8PXp96Z862gkIck/s1600/Soap-Lake-WA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-1lEe6LqDQ-tQq0df2qGxgstWsWnrYqaDuHPhY9ElpzF3beIr865-VYkMI5bRB9t5MlpNNEMz6oXZKT1-ElkaeHQFkrpDb-bdf2ySL5GD2wsSgUMuF1tJmuWofGJI8PXp96Z862gkIck/s400/Soap-Lake-WA.jpg" border="0" alt="Soap Lake, WA."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702900696905723090" /></a><br />While we're in this area ... Here's a better shot of Soap Lake. On windy days white foam accumulates on the shore.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgt2S4wY23x6zBQV1Sbl0UAMM88SVHvLQ5QYS6ve76KJ-z1vL5qXRGcWrkcGu7Ba1UFaz8fyE0zPreCgSE-fBBMfKH2ZczCL0e09KbzhPzAmGeCVV3LzJOg-1aKxQHMuPf9HYLc9uHDc/s1600/Ephrata-Fan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgt2S4wY23x6zBQV1Sbl0UAMM88SVHvLQ5QYS6ve76KJ-z1vL5qXRGcWrkcGu7Ba1UFaz8fyE0zPreCgSE-fBBMfKH2ZczCL0e09KbzhPzAmGeCVV3LzJOg-1aKxQHMuPf9HYLc9uHDc/s400/Ephrata-Fan.jpg" border="0" alt="Ephrata Fan south of Soap Lake, WA."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702900686623599762" /></a><br /><P>A strange place - The Ephrata Fan. This shot looks north to the Grand Coulee. <br /><br />South of Soap Lake (and southwest to Ephrata) are several miles of boulder-covered terrain (more boulders under the boulders you can see). The velocity of the flow in the Grand Coulee was strong enough to tumble this material in the bedload. As soon as the water had room to spread out - the depth and speed of the current was reducued and these things settled to the bottom of the temporary body of water that filled the Quincy Basin.</P><br /><P>Don't miss this feature if you're new to the Ice Age Floods story. A couple friends that I've taken around to various features have told me that they didn't really "get it" until I showed them the Ephrata Fan at the mouth of the Lower Grand Coulee.</P> <br /><P>You can view a similar boulder field south of Sentinel Gap between the highway (SR-243) and Columbia River.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://iceagefloods.blogspot.com/2009/10/sentinel-gap-and-mattawa-bar.html">Sentinel Gap trip report.</a></center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_2DqDs5GAtw2ZN3trwC7r6RAoqGyRq6u7X453vSoiw-9zamh6y3nHY5kbOSLX6-geuJTbw1NyOkZPnjRqoLnXVuTLwSdU_Deaheut3clHLYc2pQxMyeNCda_STthRDxsEcvYAi8qPwo/s1600/Lake-Missoula.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_2DqDs5GAtw2ZN3trwC7r6RAoqGyRq6u7X453vSoiw-9zamh6y3nHY5kbOSLX6-geuJTbw1NyOkZPnjRqoLnXVuTLwSdU_Deaheut3clHLYc2pQxMyeNCda_STthRDxsEcvYAi8qPwo/s400/Lake-Missoula.jpg" border="0" alt="Teresa Foster and Ice Age Floods erratic boulder below Sentinel Gap."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704187635420085474" /></a><br /><br />Teresa inspects a large erratic boulder south of Sentinel Gap. Note the surrounding basalt boulders. Just like the Ephrata Fan (picured above) boulders dropped out where the floodwaters spread out entering the Pasco Basin.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmHUP2apeETqA8p3cNtSyzYw0ERx68KKxcNobPu2EGhA9USoCqljk3_6UsHvKlI6owqKDKfCFf3gRgwHZQSZ0ME4NYGFygGUG4OYvXOY7LIMe6VY_JTro4LOz_RQRbkBKRcjNhjwdC_o/s1600/Mattawa-Boulders.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmHUP2apeETqA8p3cNtSyzYw0ERx68KKxcNobPu2EGhA9USoCqljk3_6UsHvKlI6owqKDKfCFf3gRgwHZQSZ0ME4NYGFygGUG4OYvXOY7LIMe6VY_JTro4LOz_RQRbkBKRcjNhjwdC_o/s400/Mattawa-Boulders.jpg" border="0" alt="Lake Missoula flood debris below Sentinel Gap. Near Mattawa, WA."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704548463692591538" /></a><br />Flood debris below Sentinel Gap makes it tough to develop expansive lawns.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRU4Nav5elwnzOtNyw-aSAN0xcjhgDlVgIIZFOG8-dWIovw_qifOH2q3loCLE8s9hjwkqr7jDK0pBjfutvFh8POZ5OM0PagEyT4kRs91Tm8pEkpGpOMLo_ZAbUGfSiU0JhIMcZvmY5kOg/s1600/Lake-Bonneville-Flood.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRU4Nav5elwnzOtNyw-aSAN0xcjhgDlVgIIZFOG8-dWIovw_qifOH2q3loCLE8s9hjwkqr7jDK0pBjfutvFh8POZ5OM0PagEyT4kRs91Tm8pEkpGpOMLo_ZAbUGfSiU0JhIMcZvmY5kOg/s400/Lake-Bonneville-Flood.jpg" border="0" alt="Lake Bonneville flood boulders near Swan Falls. Snake River Canyon."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704190078616666354" /></a>Drive south of Boise, Idaho to see yet another impressive boulder field downstream from a constriction. Boulders shown in this image are sitting below Swan Falls along the Snake River. These boulders were tumbled and piled by the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Bonneville.html">Bonneville Flood</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Sfwr9v6uiR33Uil17_SyAIt0ZutZVRGH9yHjGXh8ifUnrDDzID_v8g2Z2MXIofzfssDyqzaZhdqF3tQXUqlIoTWby_QThaX3BgwH9vxvTkDeMMTkuDB6kBvU2GxwhdVH5jIHza6gYQ0/s1600/Ephrata-Fan-Boulder.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Sfwr9v6uiR33Uil17_SyAIt0ZutZVRGH9yHjGXh8ifUnrDDzID_v8g2Z2MXIofzfssDyqzaZhdqF3tQXUqlIoTWby_QThaX3BgwH9vxvTkDeMMTkuDB6kBvU2GxwhdVH5jIHza6gYQ0/s400/Ephrata-Fan-Boulder.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705121222601520946" /></a><br /><center>Creative fence building on the Ephrata fan.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRhfgghpM-S81vgd5y2ugpJYXvYS-Bd1ZdSd9wFb1h37z74-Dv69zvJQTXU45t02jVxOU_jETLmq6t4g7OvjAg7y0O1ozJy7p_ma02FzNK6BVG_xj_YBSdPFy-h7cck2AsWmE81zr5jc/s1600/Ephrata-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRhfgghpM-S81vgd5y2ugpJYXvYS-Bd1ZdSd9wFb1h37z74-Dv69zvJQTXU45t02jVxOU_jETLmq6t4g7OvjAg7y0O1ozJy7p_ma02FzNK6BVG_xj_YBSdPFy-h7cck2AsWmE81zr5jc/s400/Ephrata-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705121217187471266" /></a><br />As you travel south on the Ephrata Fan - you'll notice the floods have graded the material. The boulders get smaller and smaller. The farther south you go the smaller the stones. Some farmers have removed rocks from fields to allow farming. Another mile or two south and you'll start seeing healthy crops in good soil under pivot irrigation systems. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxE8QOt9Tjn8N8J7LunjkK7IA2LFLIprl1MN2xtle6rBqOsw4l-5JTPiu2sRJVo_q4U9A-cVl4y92LkPGUonmfbNGEwljo9OXrCD1M_0-H4ebFAzY8g9v1a-WuyxNXzRZ5Vur_5ek_rds/s1600/Brent-Cunderla.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxE8QOt9Tjn8N8J7LunjkK7IA2LFLIprl1MN2xtle6rBqOsw4l-5JTPiu2sRJVo_q4U9A-cVl4y92LkPGUonmfbNGEwljo9OXrCD1M_0-H4ebFAzY8g9v1a-WuyxNXzRZ5Vur_5ek_rds/s400/Brent-Cunderla.jpg" border="0" alt="Brent Cunderla BLM - Ice Age Floods Sandhill Crane Festival Field Trip."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705121215296792786" /></a><br />Many huge boulders moving with the Grand Coulee floodwaters did not settle out near Soap Lake - They were rafted south within icebergs. Some icebergs grounded and later melted - leaving clusters of erratics. This group of boulders were stranded on the northern slopes of the Frenchman Hills (south rim of Quincy Basin). When the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/GrandCoulee.html">Grand Coulee Project</a> was built and irrigated farms were developed - Many erratics were blasted and moved to the edge of the fields or used as fill.<br />Photo shows: Brent Cunderla (blue/black coat at center) - BLM geologist and President of the <a href="http://iafi.org/erratics.html">Wenatchee Chapter</a> of the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/IceAgeFloodsInstitute.html">Ice Age Floods Institute</a> leading Ice Age Floods field trip during the <a href="http://www.othellosandhillcranefestival.org/">Othello Sandhill Crane Festival</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Dkns4p4XaGghTBaGP6Vjzj1M3HTGPJNYAzPcZR8RnwcfDBoItJU5_D7FNYykIRs_UQY5HoXhZs0o_SuiFnP46k5myWKTEJmcg23btUxbOmFSOtZZYirbWjceXgljY4xcjH6lV315gWA/s1600/Glacial-Debris.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Dkns4p4XaGghTBaGP6Vjzj1M3HTGPJNYAzPcZR8RnwcfDBoItJU5_D7FNYykIRs_UQY5HoXhZs0o_SuiFnP46k5myWKTEJmcg23btUxbOmFSOtZZYirbWjceXgljY4xcjH6lV315gWA/s400/Glacial-Debris.jpg" border="0" alt="Glacial debris - Source of Ice Age Flood erratics."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705303894473594322" /></a><br />Photo shows glacial debris on Mt. Rainier. Glaciers are often known as "Nature's conveyor belts". Vist Mt. Rainier in late fall to see boulders that have accumulated on and within glacial ice.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkDbAjgOgqiuO2UaHNXQcjPMCaXiGlGBvZyoqhf5vzdBQaIvPgO9TTBeBE9FO1xZqQRO_neuFEk_2epUl42wI18oB02xEpO6n40d1ZJWKF_kDiTfGuLX6lkOe2P0cPjiTENdbyyj32Qc/s1600/Quincy-Basin-Agriculture.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlkDbAjgOgqiuO2UaHNXQcjPMCaXiGlGBvZyoqhf5vzdBQaIvPgO9TTBeBE9FO1xZqQRO_neuFEk_2epUl42wI18oB02xEpO6n40d1ZJWKF_kDiTfGuLX6lkOe2P0cPjiTENdbyyj32Qc/s400/Quincy-Basin-Agriculture.jpg" border="0" alt="Columbia Basin Agriculture - Ice Age Floods."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705121212013580226" /></a><br />Huge out of place boulder near George, WA (Quincy Basin). Some of the lone boulders separated from icebergs and plunged to the bottom of the temporary body of water that filled the Quincy Basin. Isolated erratics distributed in this manner are known as Drop Stones. Either road builders or farmer have shoved this one around.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAlb0YSvTxXI2d7cJf0p9AdYY7MSB-lkG38yLuaq0glDtRymDM4ejMvDLRIYCt5Rni4sR8QbLBLUDJbje6GsrgzFL_EzOs0K7NQQkJFoxYOmnegtEMICF1kjy77-7dQd0ZukKM6bDBOm8/s1600/Frenchman-Coulee-Erratic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAlb0YSvTxXI2d7cJf0p9AdYY7MSB-lkG38yLuaq0glDtRymDM4ejMvDLRIYCt5Rni4sR8QbLBLUDJbje6GsrgzFL_EzOs0K7NQQkJFoxYOmnegtEMICF1kjy77-7dQd0ZukKM6bDBOm8/s400/Frenchman-Coulee-Erratic.jpg" border="0" alt="Ice Age erratic Frenchman Coulee."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705121207343619042" /></a><br />Notice the angular shape of this Frenchman Coulee Rib erratic. The lack of rounding tells us that this is pretty much where the iceberg left it (no bedload tumbling). <br />I carry this hammer for scale only (9' handle). I've never struck a rock with it.<br />Please leave erratics as you find them. Thanks!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwT7RBdLn1Ocgs_qC1E0pCks36NpY2x727Mti_iFrTtXVA63nO-v06IiL88Z5OHIL3Bo5rH05pIYUxQt8mLu3DHFwTYi8FCv5alNKO55UCfPqbZvUhegeYkz8haLOnDFvSDIE6V-Z2lTk/s1600/Echo-Basin-Aerial.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwT7RBdLn1Ocgs_qC1E0pCks36NpY2x727Mti_iFrTtXVA63nO-v06IiL88Z5OHIL3Bo5rH05pIYUxQt8mLu3DHFwTYi8FCv5alNKO55UCfPqbZvUhegeYkz8haLOnDFvSDIE6V-Z2lTk/s400/Echo-Basin-Aerial.jpg" border="0" alt="Echo Basin are Frenchman Coulee Ice Age Floods aerial."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702899850405043330" /></a><br /><center>Red line - Tom and Luke route.</center><br />Sorry I got off track with the boulder deposits. Point was ... floodwaters filled Quincy Basin ... big stuff settled out early and the escaping water cut into the basalt carving scabland channels and magnificent coulees like Echo Basin pictured here. Hiking around rim you get some great views of columnar basalt and a gigantic plunge pool.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJW0v5yhjH_CVOd4bsJNp5QSlzQ5L4YUUp4Q5utztzd45XZPpjjosjqyi_FkqjD2JyARDTNIy2NcAM1dFeTzNpO1ZFrXR7b7OaZEcakC3-W9h8Y7XvZVZeAWPicEIQwM4Cs5q1GEfIqpw/s1600/Frenchman-Coulee-Aerial.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJW0v5yhjH_CVOd4bsJNp5QSlzQ5L4YUUp4Q5utztzd45XZPpjjosjqyi_FkqjD2JyARDTNIy2NcAM1dFeTzNpO1ZFrXR7b7OaZEcakC3-W9h8Y7XvZVZeAWPicEIQwM4Cs5q1GEfIqpw/s400/Frenchman-Coulee-Aerial.jpg" border="0" alt="Columbia River near Vantage, WA."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702899843579636370" /></a><br />Columbia River flows south through Sentinel Gap in the distance. Note I-90 and Vantage Bridge (Vantage, WA far shore).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL6ercLhmKbYY-G4Ev8IJxbNfjbIteTPgcGUAOQ2fUatxT4ITY9u1LA5fyiNh5vwfkoK_sgiqYa3EZYZ7_BKu8j2Qg-W0IBtM72c_ROkT-W1r1GMT4XgEGHgaIVeuLeyKG1rvLg_Rf84g/s1600/Snake-Den.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL6ercLhmKbYY-G4Ev8IJxbNfjbIteTPgcGUAOQ2fUatxT4ITY9u1LA5fyiNh5vwfkoK_sgiqYa3EZYZ7_BKu8j2Qg-W0IBtM72c_ROkT-W1r1GMT4XgEGHgaIVeuLeyKG1rvLg_Rf84g/s400/Snake-Den.jpg" border="0" alt="Frechman Coulee geocache."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702899837244196338" /></a><br />Luke reaches into "<a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=adf07013-936c-44ca-8d60-be5557c028ca">The Snake Den</a>" geocache. In warmer months I'd suggest using caution when reaching under this and similar rocks in the area. Seems to be a healthy rattlesnake population near Frenchman Coulee and Babcock Bench.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMR4lKNBkxia0-kLqOkFndnVm-xZJQw1Z5vuKZaw2UOJljLUml4sF8UrzR4-K9McEl2QlN5oA08Fepg1oAP0anp4r9xdS4EOZb3Gpok-YjA93OXEjpGaDoDQ_WsV5U0CXDsejKNgLN78/s1600/Echo-Basin-Geocache.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMR4lKNBkxia0-kLqOkFndnVm-xZJQw1Z5vuKZaw2UOJljLUml4sF8UrzR4-K9McEl2QlN5oA08Fepg1oAP0anp4r9xdS4EOZb3Gpok-YjA93OXEjpGaDoDQ_WsV5U0CXDsejKNgLN78/s400/Echo-Basin-Geocache.jpg" border="0" alt="Sunshine Wall in Echo Basin."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702899831980138018" /></a><br />Here's that owl again - This time in front of Sunshine Wall (north wall of Echo Basin). Luke found him in the container pulled from "Snake Den" geocache.<br /><br />Follow the owl's adventure at:<center><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?guid=b66706b4-d944-4d7c-82db-a226ad9598a3">Wisdom's Page</a></center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLRPWNqu4G1sIFAg9cb6oatKR9c_pA5rGtbpk77hUU-AQbYj3quExDObpXTVt61o48faAkGHMRl9_FFlxGKwO89rmBaA893wrSk5pr8hLQUpkLxkoP9xDiwzYOgo0bzc2Y8XCBv72BA4/s1600/Island-Plateau.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLRPWNqu4G1sIFAg9cb6oatKR9c_pA5rGtbpk77hUU-AQbYj3quExDObpXTVt61o48faAkGHMRl9_FFlxGKwO89rmBaA893wrSk5pr8hLQUpkLxkoP9xDiwzYOgo0bzc2Y8XCBv72BA4/s400/Island-Plateau.jpg" border="0" alt="Columbia River basalt flows."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704559338057894674" /></a><br /><br />"GC" on highpoint above Island Plateau is where the little panda bear pictured above was found. The floods sure did an amazing job taking the basalt flows apart in this area.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgt29pMiug871BKlZjc8pZIn691HgDnvkYPCEJcl3lIeKEfXgP_NinNrC0_qCwfl49K6ZytEbzLZ02YH5Ebfh9uvUej4fcWhI95p4UzF3dQl76Ojb9ezXAjSBOr093ICHEhmeFo0pjxs/s1600/Roza-Basalt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgt29pMiug871BKlZjc8pZIn691HgDnvkYPCEJcl3lIeKEfXgP_NinNrC0_qCwfl49K6ZytEbzLZ02YH5Ebfh9uvUej4fcWhI95p4UzF3dQl76Ojb9ezXAjSBOr093ICHEhmeFo0pjxs/s400/Roza-Basalt.jpg" border="0" alt="Columnar Basalt, Ice Age Floods."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702899826801896530" /></a><br />Luke hops around on Roza flow column tops near Bruce Bjornstad's <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a2076bfc-f712-4776-9e7a-3ecedaf10fd4">Frenchman Coulee Rib</a> geocache.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0IZJMN0wAQRzzswURsVRVQmdNszsyu5m6nutvescqQy4I4gJjy_mZZFEAUMaXDuLOo9FUmywRfwk1QIn9dXgaEEMEE-4Cx8JGXJJkk7VijhHh1DFzkQvoIBhyLszGWOtx9zPDUPWNCk/s1600/The-Drumheller-Channels.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0IZJMN0wAQRzzswURsVRVQmdNszsyu5m6nutvescqQy4I4gJjy_mZZFEAUMaXDuLOo9FUmywRfwk1QIn9dXgaEEMEE-4Cx8JGXJJkk7VijhHh1DFzkQvoIBhyLszGWOtx9zPDUPWNCk/s400/The-Drumheller-Channels.jpg" border="0" alt="Drumheller Channels Columbia River Basalt."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704717655233489186" /></a><br />Photo taken spring 2011 shows columnar basalt tops in Drumheller Channels.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSG5BfwkdPRpKzk50yBKAs7WmhfZsRfXNcCzrmS1RI8VsQn-_rWImlgZ54Y3GNl_J-ROIdHfhV_kdjepu11J3addVt9pH_CYow2f9bN5Yi3LJE0mzOBxaUidld9XICwjtEsti58xe67eA/s1600/Drumheller-Channels.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSG5BfwkdPRpKzk50yBKAs7WmhfZsRfXNcCzrmS1RI8VsQn-_rWImlgZ54Y3GNl_J-ROIdHfhV_kdjepu11J3addVt9pH_CYow2f9bN5Yi3LJE0mzOBxaUidld9XICwjtEsti58xe67eA/s400/Drumheller-Channels.jpg" border="0" alt="Ice Age Floods, Drumheller Channels."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704717654441803090" /></a><br />Here's another shot from the top of a Drumheller Channels mesa/butte. This columnar basalt exposure looks like a cobblestone path.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zLtCQV8tHl3-3Cpl9m7lSXXZ9d4-HjL1NQSm_3361sGxE5ppckbtG7vL2epArKefa1tGHdX_y4ax6gnMzryu_QHtponSisrpvUFugk31gmTexSk0k26QshZs6P98IHPt5AtdTufdaoY/s1600/Basalt-Columns.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zLtCQV8tHl3-3Cpl9m7lSXXZ9d4-HjL1NQSm_3361sGxE5ppckbtG7vL2epArKefa1tGHdX_y4ax6gnMzryu_QHtponSisrpvUFugk31gmTexSk0k26QshZs6P98IHPt5AtdTufdaoY/s400/Basalt-Columns.jpg" border="0" alt="Frenchman Coulee, Potholes Coulee columnar basalt."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704717652093365682" /></a><br />Exposed basalt column tops between Frenchman and Potholes coulees.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPvNpmrT0fiajXSBp4qHROnKXgVmdRbKhSJAgr4rFjjehChhorltj7wWAb_T9gkcQajKUtbT76MKS4WrwKc2GhyphenhyphenIOuTfBfOGTmIS4OTq_PfX6avbM2wTOaEAlM4jX6imczk-9X8pTlbM/s1600/St-Helens-Ash-Layer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPvNpmrT0fiajXSBp4qHROnKXgVmdRbKhSJAgr4rFjjehChhorltj7wWAb_T9gkcQajKUtbT76MKS4WrwKc2GhyphenhyphenIOuTfBfOGTmIS4OTq_PfX6avbM2wTOaEAlM4jX6imczk-9X8pTlbM/s400/St-Helens-Ash-Layer.jpg" border="0" alt="Mount St. Helens ash layer in Columbia Basin."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702898778686826338" /></a><br /><center>Luke was interested in the 1980 Mount St. Helens ash layer.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZ_llhsiI3mTYrqGD9vJLBL6HVrODSTPBnGfLsl5tkK9Pu3ly6nl1LzV4pcQcApgbnCR_hnNXkELUHNiSGfavl9Yur-W0eQkfq-StK_wWvcWuqCE6kDZ1Fs4VeL4fOdflF2tIaleDCt4/s1600/Columbia-Basin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZ_llhsiI3mTYrqGD9vJLBL6HVrODSTPBnGfLsl5tkK9Pu3ly6nl1LzV4pcQcApgbnCR_hnNXkELUHNiSGfavl9Yur-W0eQkfq-StK_wWvcWuqCE6kDZ1Fs4VeL4fOdflF2tIaleDCt4/s400/Columbia-Basin.jpg" border="0" alt="Columbia Basin geocache."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702898776353342034" /></a><br /><center>Eyes glued to GPS</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0sRvVaw-jrPKAZknKQ3ZMYzMdqKhI0TWU6XLg6Wf3VqTwABF6L1vwcKGhPuzQG1yxCg1gfkLYMdQC20JP_F5y-R8Z9R806yZClqWmER0ft5Svq6-gycFVBeggEMEXAvoaDFsdAjMO9I/s1600/Frenchman-Springs-Basalt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0sRvVaw-jrPKAZknKQ3ZMYzMdqKhI0TWU6XLg6Wf3VqTwABF6L1vwcKGhPuzQG1yxCg1gfkLYMdQC20JP_F5y-R8Z9R806yZClqWmER0ft5Svq6-gycFVBeggEMEXAvoaDFsdAjMO9I/s400/Frenchman-Springs-Basalt.jpg" border="0" alt="Sand dunes near Columbia River."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702898772899678322" /></a><br /><center>Lunch break on a large dune.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKc6PycW3OxzLI4amlpcoRZIRWbcm-5lQLbRo_8ybpJEE0-r5jdmd0dmBIdiq07f7xP6Jp6d0slKbmBVvjP3lhehaYZBuTESsh3M9a_hdxnH8NNFccBh0j5TEPsDMe3m-0EVwxCpx6Jg/s1600/Scabland-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKc6PycW3OxzLI4amlpcoRZIRWbcm-5lQLbRo_8ybpJEE0-r5jdmd0dmBIdiq07f7xP6Jp6d0slKbmBVvjP3lhehaYZBuTESsh3M9a_hdxnH8NNFccBh0j5TEPsDMe3m-0EVwxCpx6Jg/s400/Scabland-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt="Lake Missoula Floods."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702898763050528578" /></a><br />Photo taken from the west side of Columbia River (Fall 2011 hike). You can see our track over the dune at lower right.Lake Missoula floods easily removed basalt columns. Another view of point marked "GC" above Island Plateau.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-G6wlwdEfj1lG4TnJlZCLChNoThb56JisyF0zpZBmQhNU1kgibj5YNStHLrJW6S0Y4-j1WJvcwe-72DzETOiDCnE8pcG2HeOyKWfFQTp9xhkWoiCzboUn853b2-y17DqSXPgMiXHKnGE/s1600/Sand-Dunes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-G6wlwdEfj1lG4TnJlZCLChNoThb56JisyF0zpZBmQhNU1kgibj5YNStHLrJW6S0Y4-j1WJvcwe-72DzETOiDCnE8pcG2HeOyKWfFQTp9xhkWoiCzboUn853b2-y17DqSXPgMiXHKnGE/s400/Sand-Dunes.jpg" border="0" alt="Vantage area sand dunes."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702898759532396770" /></a><br /><center>I think this is where we got the sand in our shoes.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikGZBsw8N37L41m6nY-vxysKmgRSYGp798rSwfujjz-53mtg6chsF5SQIM-Ka1Co2lC86vuknAZ7k_xxfF0zyKBDEbd1Y8PWlS4GucKvwncyQihT9m-dKD2mnhke-8DOH4Ije_lk6Ye-0/s1600/Vantage-Sand-Dunes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikGZBsw8N37L41m6nY-vxysKmgRSYGp798rSwfujjz-53mtg6chsF5SQIM-Ka1Co2lC86vuknAZ7k_xxfF0zyKBDEbd1Y8PWlS4GucKvwncyQihT9m-dKD2mnhke-8DOH4Ije_lk6Ye-0/s400/Vantage-Sand-Dunes.jpg" border="0" alt="Columbia River sand dunes."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702897666656204482" /></a><br />Stopped to empty shoes before short hike up to Island Plateau.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ZuXEbKX8k5R9aDLwQ2QNU0nadOprR3ZTDuBjgIcrC4nvKpauHRiCxvyWCXsgmZRpjCNJTdmiMt4iTnwNSRwRIlmMuvFB7uEPNQ_LI0aiqadaQbnAnGd1cYx80iJipVcfvMmt0kO-K0I/s1600/Columbia-Rvier-Basalt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ZuXEbKX8k5R9aDLwQ2QNU0nadOprR3ZTDuBjgIcrC4nvKpauHRiCxvyWCXsgmZRpjCNJTdmiMt4iTnwNSRwRIlmMuvFB7uEPNQ_LI0aiqadaQbnAnGd1cYx80iJipVcfvMmt0kO-K0I/s400/Columbia-Rvier-Basalt.jpg" border="0" alt="Climbing basalt."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702897668369775298" /></a><br /><center>En route to Island Plateau</center><br />Luke stands on solid <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Basalt.html">Columbia River Basalt Group</a> footholds while his spotter steps away to snap a quick photo.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Snlt7zyLlL0RHnHrjUXFbpXKU4rK9hk8GLaukOHChBnk_vQ3eKf5_1HeJ8XwMrcJc7Fe-7n9MQsEA6tm9Otr-O0e1c8j5yM6zvtuUndx3_H_DFvTgz8pg6XLeWlqu0NTLxXBkFDnh70/s1600/Columbia-River-Basalt-Group.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Snlt7zyLlL0RHnHrjUXFbpXKU4rK9hk8GLaukOHChBnk_vQ3eKf5_1HeJ8XwMrcJc7Fe-7n9MQsEA6tm9Otr-O0e1c8j5yM6zvtuUndx3_H_DFvTgz8pg6XLeWlqu0NTLxXBkFDnh70/s400/Columbia-River-Basalt-Group.jpg" border="0" alt="Basalt column."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702896727702232850" /></a><br /><center>I sure like that column.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5sz_d6ElzIIKnjcceX7UsgZr2OaWekGIwk1A48eOGcqrFZOf8Zqej435IcF4D361D2sPNhNri5hJWjjKADzWKZMgrZ39nGpzBMNNIkhyKxWvPCPEswzSOzR2hh_8rIthsBx1QZ6hSo10/s1600/Babcock-Bench.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5sz_d6ElzIIKnjcceX7UsgZr2OaWekGIwk1A48eOGcqrFZOf8Zqej435IcF4D361D2sPNhNri5hJWjjKADzWKZMgrZ39nGpzBMNNIkhyKxWvPCPEswzSOzR2hh_8rIthsBx1QZ6hSo10/s400/Babcock-Bench.jpg" border="0" alt="Columbia Basin geocache near Ice Age Floods erratics."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702897664054415970" /></a><br /><center>Luke opens geocache at the point marked "GC" in previous photos.</center><br />A couple huge ice-rafted erratics (shown in the next two photos) sit on hillside beyond "Columbia River" notation.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_KNo_G2kSKAnjot0e0sC2pH-fJB_UB3esxqEmxBcgeaocE2Zn-fTMv_dvgkfN56s82u_Da2yeLNORP8jvXxbpMd-zjHAAWTDmQF8oWy5ihov2PHybYI1uY17razJiLvhz_5expxW184/s1600/Missoula-Flood.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_KNo_G2kSKAnjot0e0sC2pH-fJB_UB3esxqEmxBcgeaocE2Zn-fTMv_dvgkfN56s82u_Da2yeLNORP8jvXxbpMd-zjHAAWTDmQF8oWy5ihov2PHybYI1uY17razJiLvhz_5expxW184/s400/Missoula-Flood.jpg" border="0" alt="Ice Age Flood erratic carried to this point on Glacial Lake Missoula Floods."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702897655718156146" /></a><br /><center>Here's one of them.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiG7yv0qyT6e7vGXjJZrfzMAPE-rQVN85O3lT07qkGG0MOTS2WvuVYiivXwCuQIALAY658SKevxnJ1QHfZYZn5n4YndTQgyuK_rQs9mXGf_sMeNt-KQS07GLwJr6WfXnW2iqEcJ5H06IU/s1600/Columbia-River-Erratic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiG7yv0qyT6e7vGXjJZrfzMAPE-rQVN85O3lT07qkGG0MOTS2WvuVYiivXwCuQIALAY658SKevxnJ1QHfZYZn5n4YndTQgyuK_rQs9mXGf_sMeNt-KQS07GLwJr6WfXnW2iqEcJ5H06IU/s400/Columbia-River-Erratic.jpg" border="0" alt="Another Ice-rafted erratic boulder left by Ice Age Floods from Glacial Lake Missoula."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702897655403128594" /></a><br />View from this erratic includes Columbia River - arrow points to the highpoint you know as "GC".<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIU3c9XX2RJqTu5bsHFUsAd6huK1lhRLGwXc9w57HTdwlJfMGjGfVZVLG8x2IVlSJaCQeiRK_h5rVVVjCoR_qvTA5iNyXd0hQ-Nvbz1qxfmBOfe_b6tvwiNSwoIcYGAznHo7dLqPf6Ss/s1600/Columbia-Basin-Wildlife.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIU3c9XX2RJqTu5bsHFUsAd6huK1lhRLGwXc9w57HTdwlJfMGjGfVZVLG8x2IVlSJaCQeiRK_h5rVVVjCoR_qvTA5iNyXd0hQ-Nvbz1qxfmBOfe_b6tvwiNSwoIcYGAznHo7dLqPf6Ss/s400/Columbia-Basin-Wildlife.jpg" border="0" alt="Kittitas County deer and elk."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702897298891768258" /></a><br />Lots of deer and elk on Kittitas County side. Frenchman Coulee behind antlers. I now leave these things where I find them. When you start hiking in the scabland you end up with a pile of them.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SgMiZqWtCW6D1KJ96g7tAIcSqXyXoXC2NGCSMe9gO1v5kOclTMf_wDvBHeFUk5MbGcyMtNJlqp6Hyyve_QFwYqQhYnC1d2Da7qXFMlxMgAtxH-DMLvavmAZal7Gh6sBaIuljvT3cQF4/s1600/Frenchman-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SgMiZqWtCW6D1KJ96g7tAIcSqXyXoXC2NGCSMe9gO1v5kOclTMf_wDvBHeFUk5MbGcyMtNJlqp6Hyyve_QFwYqQhYnC1d2Da7qXFMlxMgAtxH-DMLvavmAZal7Gh6sBaIuljvT3cQF4/s400/Frenchman-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt="Frenchma Coulee and Echo Basin."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702897292527827058" /></a><br />One more Frenchman Coulee view from the other side of Columbia River. Tom/Luke route off rib between Frenchman Coulee and Echo Basin shown in red.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6C6fz_DGs3km8KjIa7cnbyY3sjbP4J_6DmxsBgDOeFxEeutE4uu-94r-qJVD9dgLkESk98GFC5BxS0HNU1kuM7geUt9gGgQrUcKASjtFhQyYUIsQnT-p2dETwsEKPud2zIWw3kjrS2M/s1600/Echo-Basin-Flood-Bar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6C6fz_DGs3km8KjIa7cnbyY3sjbP4J_6DmxsBgDOeFxEeutE4uu-94r-qJVD9dgLkESk98GFC5BxS0HNU1kuM7geUt9gGgQrUcKASjtFhQyYUIsQnT-p2dETwsEKPud2zIWw3kjrS2M/s400/Echo-Basin-Flood-Bar.jpg" border="0" alt="Ice Age flood bar."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702897286838235746" /></a><br />We're back on the Grant County side now - Road for scale on the giant flood bar at Echo Basin mouth.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9G7oV4XFk4QUQyf6Tl32f4qIw-atOR43FfusyUo4-3ckXr0nZpuDoJfCmv4ZeHMTLVNuL16gQcsWtCvY5hBpsFy4pCGfyd7vwIVNeUiI77NMAJ2lT6rO534LGCUv3Tf1eSji0NHz4vZA/s1600/Vantage-Bridge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 215px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9G7oV4XFk4QUQyf6Tl32f4qIw-atOR43FfusyUo4-3ckXr0nZpuDoJfCmv4ZeHMTLVNuL16gQcsWtCvY5hBpsFy4pCGfyd7vwIVNeUiI77NMAJ2lT6rO534LGCUv3Tf1eSji0NHz4vZA/s400/Vantage-Bridge.jpg" border="0" alt="Vantage Bridge over the Columbia River."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702897282157538274" /></a><br />If you're not sure where we're at - This image shows the same bar and road beyond Vantage Bridge - arrow.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAi5wIpK72mr9ZuwCaL2zeCHnQVrLTa13KKD-jwSAHcZuydDI8Nagy3OxeZ4zQqeXpoYrjAQ_dK3bxKQRua188CBIZFKX58knrdDI-UJApmdzptLgbtGZoltzImEamspLRT1W_m58X64/s1600/Echo-Basin-Bar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAi5wIpK72mr9ZuwCaL2zeCHnQVrLTa13KKD-jwSAHcZuydDI8Nagy3OxeZ4zQqeXpoYrjAQ_dK3bxKQRua188CBIZFKX58knrdDI-UJApmdzptLgbtGZoltzImEamspLRT1W_m58X64/s400/Echo-Basin-Bar.jpg" border="0" alt="Ice Age Flood bar."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702897281511723250" /></a><br /><center>Apparently the huge bar is high enough to launch from.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTuYQeF7Qx7XUvDvf8yNRKUuDqs-MSJVF95j8cvkHKheXmjnm75QDohUBikmWxStYmGNpw-5cqlJNwnxKzggewV74hLiGnp4zGiu1QJ1p6Mzq8U2n4mP7uJqhMTtqOhyVt-d9slmBwDdQ/s1600/Silica-Road.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTuYQeF7Qx7XUvDvf8yNRKUuDqs-MSJVF95j8cvkHKheXmjnm75QDohUBikmWxStYmGNpw-5cqlJNwnxKzggewV74hLiGnp4zGiu1QJ1p6Mzq8U2n4mP7uJqhMTtqOhyVt-d9slmBwDdQ/s400/Silica-Road.jpg" border="0" alt="Silica Road exit to Frencman Coulee."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702896721459542530" /></a><br />If you're interested in the Ice Age Floods and have not visited Frenchman Coulee - Please take this I-90 exit and drive down to the river (dead end) It only takes a few minutes. If you drive down and are not impressed - I'll give you a beer (Offer limited to the two beers I found in Palouse River Canyon).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BG9rfHxRQ0cMdkpj53GNJVxdhC-IJX1yrvVkJv6F6Lz0QkCf6lcChTYU6q-zYTHDdkf4iVAvpOYznljI3FxD91gcbVN-RpFYUk8AhNyg1JrPEfVqbOy3fee4Bz8tmqZ0INWXvkanLk4/s1600/Petroglyphs-Grand-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 339px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BG9rfHxRQ0cMdkpj53GNJVxdhC-IJX1yrvVkJv6F6Lz0QkCf6lcChTYU6q-zYTHDdkf4iVAvpOYznljI3FxD91gcbVN-RpFYUk8AhNyg1JrPEfVqbOy3fee4Bz8tmqZ0INWXvkanLk4/s400/Petroglyphs-Grand-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt="Grand Coulee petroglyphs."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702896715746318370" /></a><br />What a treasure! The petroglyphs on this thing are incredible. This was my second visit to this rock (I'm not counthing the times I walked by it without noticing the special markings). The depth of the scratching is impressive.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcPxHocsCsLjpBsSJhyphenhyphen_G3IjuooXUIod4xlAA9N1tfz851_4p2S65rHazWFLnbP4dKHOzFUu-4cIpnOEccqu6e1VWlAAsROn8u5BVfRmTrXobA1eQP0x7tg_-JdKsJG0XAlR69HWr-oc/s1600/Tsagaglalal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcPxHocsCsLjpBsSJhyphenhyphen_G3IjuooXUIod4xlAA9N1tfz851_4p2S65rHazWFLnbP4dKHOzFUu-4cIpnOEccqu6e1VWlAAsROn8u5BVfRmTrXobA1eQP0x7tg_-JdKsJG0XAlR69HWr-oc/s400/Tsagaglalal.jpg" border="0" alt="She Who Watches petroglyph. Tsagaglalal."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704160224568658962" /></a><br /><center>She Who Watches (Tsagaglalal)</center><br /><center>Petroglyphs are found throughout the scabland and Columbia Gorge</center><br /><br />Visit the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/ColumbiaGorge.html">Columbia Gorge</a> to view She Who Watches.<br /><br />Trip Report from this area: <a href="http://iceagefloods.blogspot.com/2009/04/dalles-and-she-who-watches.html">The Dalles and "She Who Watches" <br /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HjPnjVTdnUzg_-uEdKzFASow-3omQKvWGRN5QVy6NiXhAZPVOePVr513_35Mb-G8_CmjvFR3XursCLAGO6bgc8k669i5TF0jAdpHQ5S19UUKEVNo-aeBUsh73Ee6zEaNO3URNP64_qc/s1600/Petroglyphs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HjPnjVTdnUzg_-uEdKzFASow-3omQKvWGRN5QVy6NiXhAZPVOePVr513_35Mb-G8_CmjvFR3XursCLAGO6bgc8k669i5TF0jAdpHQ5S19UUKEVNo-aeBUsh73Ee6zEaNO3URNP64_qc/s400/Petroglyphs.jpg" border="0" alt="Columbia River petroglyphs."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704160093318541794" /></a><br />Many petroglyphs were moved to higher ground when Columbia River dams were built.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LI9VgLyMCuwdkYvV3irDn-39BNoBmVQYnzmpMp9c-KbMNL1m863AUm2Bh7l9Rtu23OXlVGlgv9e8ir9w0oDTRcopMRfRZrjGbBqszKEb1YtktECt99ipZoTLkyuLmmhETDnp_0X7A-k/s1600/Ginkgo-Petroglyphs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LI9VgLyMCuwdkYvV3irDn-39BNoBmVQYnzmpMp9c-KbMNL1m863AUm2Bh7l9Rtu23OXlVGlgv9e8ir9w0oDTRcopMRfRZrjGbBqszKEb1YtktECt99ipZoTLkyuLmmhETDnp_0X7A-k/s400/Ginkgo-Petroglyphs.jpg" border="0" alt="Ginkgo State Park petroglyphs."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704717662795868194" /></a><br />Petroglyphs shown in this photo are on display at the Ginkgo State Park visitor center.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROlr9ydRjqbAh25eXi3M47WzXb7T9EJfpaq8W2POJc5aKiB5NuqV6gTdOHE-nNiPQalqyJQZcBdTjsgOHAqjrv0fsKRLhHYbgRo6allrl14CXi8MO-72DFGsKnI1MW9vg9GmSf2gdTgs/s1600/Celebration-Park.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROlr9ydRjqbAh25eXi3M47WzXb7T9EJfpaq8W2POJc5aKiB5NuqV6gTdOHE-nNiPQalqyJQZcBdTjsgOHAqjrv0fsKRLhHYbgRo6allrl14CXi8MO-72DFGsKnI1MW9vg9GmSf2gdTgs/s400/Celebration-Park.jpg" border="0" alt="Celebration Park petroglyphs."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704159891652847058" /></a><br />Dozens of basalt boulders rounded by the Bonneville Floods near <a href="http://www.idahoocta.org/Celebration_Park.pdf">Celebration Park</a> (Snake River canyon south of Boise, ID.) are marked with petroglyphs.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gvCv89QwlNJpt-wt2C5pv74fXdnOowtUrF5GqeZpg83bbYYIvSz2_wh0180lPOYqgxtdd1hVXaNO791YS6pDY5-MH0Ny5Ns5o0zRT1FdglYHfjC7qONnMZyfdCaF6FcTk6XHTgoZ96U/s1600/Lake-Lenore-Caves.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gvCv89QwlNJpt-wt2C5pv74fXdnOowtUrF5GqeZpg83bbYYIvSz2_wh0180lPOYqgxtdd1hVXaNO791YS6pDY5-MH0Ny5Ns5o0zRT1FdglYHfjC7qONnMZyfdCaF6FcTk6XHTgoZ96U/s400/Lake-Lenore-Caves.jpg" border="0" alt="Lake Lenore Caves."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702896712107195234" /></a><br />Lake Lenore Caves were carved by floodwaters from Glacial Lake Missoula. Early coulee residents used the many caves in this area for shelter and storage. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3UPfw26hBNHp5plNIgFru5OZQVlDGOZihH7M0yBDFk0mHovwx2Gs0ROptFIrMYhNPuux6yB33QFOLTQ78kU6DcJRDOOvyS28nPXnjy1a28bzmhgD4CsOBNUaY_L6pu0s9i8akql6mdI/s1600/Scaband-Pothole.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3UPfw26hBNHp5plNIgFru5OZQVlDGOZihH7M0yBDFk0mHovwx2Gs0ROptFIrMYhNPuux6yB33QFOLTQ78kU6DcJRDOOvyS28nPXnjy1a28bzmhgD4CsOBNUaY_L6pu0s9i8akql6mdI/s400/Scaband-Pothole.jpg" border="0" alt="Missoula Flood pothole."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702896707276746178" /></a><br />Numerous potholes in the area. These things were drilled into the basalt by tornado-like currents in the floodwater.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsCy7rwxyqim_GrqC8sgRaqYglHH5HECmgpZKREa3ZhzDVMSG7MJLcKLRsXTW7n0-7e8K2Gkx_rwKad55E4fazW5IvRRy2EAspGPSV2DMA9PzfxOmPkBtd_DnNSAkz4Dob2ekIOKMd14/s1600/Lenore-Basalt-Bench.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsCy7rwxyqim_GrqC8sgRaqYglHH5HECmgpZKREa3ZhzDVMSG7MJLcKLRsXTW7n0-7e8K2Gkx_rwKad55E4fazW5IvRRy2EAspGPSV2DMA9PzfxOmPkBtd_DnNSAkz4Dob2ekIOKMd14/s400/Lenore-Basalt-Bench.jpg" border="0" alt="Lake Lenore Caves geocache."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702896283158386802" /></a><br />This is where we parted ways with "Wisdom". He's in this pile of rocks at:<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=4bede60a-0c4c-4262-ad62-0ca7056e7400">N 47° 30.727 W 119° 29.861 <br /></a></center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCD5uA0x68h5L-ftvzn6UA8fhG6fOzGS65S34Oo9jIjxhl4xEwqf8T23V7SAVV7FkaQ3HV1h9gT4f5p5IBLE0mGVsq69hN28ZlpvDslqEadYa_CJuAYBpOsNVAUdwGJuPan3Acjxqv7M/s1600/East-Lenore-Channel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaCD5uA0x68h5L-ftvzn6UA8fhG6fOzGS65S34Oo9jIjxhl4xEwqf8T23V7SAVV7FkaQ3HV1h9gT4f5p5IBLE0mGVsq69hN28ZlpvDslqEadYa_CJuAYBpOsNVAUdwGJuPan3Acjxqv7M/s400/East-Lenore-Channel.jpg" border="0" alt="East Channel Lake Lenore."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702896279547723842" /></a><br /><br />Luke locates the <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=0f52f16d-3506-43c4-bf21-965c0e4d1ffb">Lk Lost N Time</a> geocache. We're in the huge channel east of Lake Lenore.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFS1uZdbPGIvOo5eZwEwVG0_RIhD-RvUTnD2tgVYRTOUnDhO8RRTMjNUrK4V97ipqCGAvhSlDye7goG_GiUTrWO2cv0ssJ2Qe7wOuP0lAZyFAPQ6Odw5p4XnrWKwA7hQjgigvgU8uvG8/s1600/Scabland.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFS1uZdbPGIvOo5eZwEwVG0_RIhD-RvUTnD2tgVYRTOUnDhO8RRTMjNUrK4V97ipqCGAvhSlDye7goG_GiUTrWO2cv0ssJ2Qe7wOuP0lAZyFAPQ6Odw5p4XnrWKwA7hQjgigvgU8uvG8/s400/Scabland.jpg" border="0" alt="Ice Age Flood scabland."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702896268790373842" /></a><br /><center>Textbook scabland development behind Luke.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZEcYmkbq0zX3T48P1fezJufbJ6sLdJlCpr0PN0gu6W4FFwIaA-z8q1FFttOj2Sp6Qf4wXpGC6Db3_dBW0V4yclQiH6goMO6J5U_aNLPvBd5Dp1Urn03EaIcD6GMrA43jReEBj3Yy1QxI/s1600/Park-Lake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZEcYmkbq0zX3T48P1fezJufbJ6sLdJlCpr0PN0gu6W4FFwIaA-z8q1FFttOj2Sp6Qf4wXpGC6Db3_dBW0V4yclQiH6goMO6J5U_aNLPvBd5Dp1Urn03EaIcD6GMrA43jReEBj3Yy1QxI/s400/Park-Lake.jpg" border="0" alt="Park Lake."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702892625302637906" /></a><br />The frozen surface of Blue Lake was like glass. I think we both may have set 'personal best' rock throwing distance records.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrGbZlc6_wwNWmiwo0vc5p44ImntAO5zgGkN7oQrSHzL4Kphh4_Mj2OitZ3uRub4g3MNg3HsEj4YwUg-Gz0MFafIBF7aZUPWxKEi_EhLt8Xdpzlo4EpKsjFr_0SmqN4JXsop-tHbVOEo/s1600/Dry-Falls-Visitor-Center.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrGbZlc6_wwNWmiwo0vc5p44ImntAO5zgGkN7oQrSHzL4Kphh4_Mj2OitZ3uRub4g3MNg3HsEj4YwUg-Gz0MFafIBF7aZUPWxKEi_EhLt8Xdpzlo4EpKsjFr_0SmqN4JXsop-tHbVOEo/s400/Dry-Falls-Visitor-Center.jpg" border="0" alt="Dry Falls visitor center."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702892616445069346" /></a><br />Luke checks out displays at the Dry Falls State Park visitor center. Those are some impressive teeth!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQrHWCa69gmaeT9oQAKzmKWiPobouq6DQxWqk9Tz0BexIzLyUGpMArQ8TsmXWq2d6iHkZT_CkDTfnLhYxg-Rpg3w310AZwaMQwMS5DQie4ovyo5JQk3jyDA4sfS-pSsqhR_WK3SYxD7g/s1600/Smithsonian-Gold.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfQrHWCa69gmaeT9oQAKzmKWiPobouq6DQxWqk9Tz0BexIzLyUGpMArQ8TsmXWq2d6iHkZT_CkDTfnLhYxg-Rpg3w310AZwaMQwMS5DQie4ovyo5JQk3jyDA4sfS-pSsqhR_WK3SYxD7g/s400/Smithsonian-Gold.jpg" border="0" alt="Smithsonain Gold exhibit."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704714074833611986" /></a><br />Luke likes science and seems interested in geology. Teresa, Luke and I visited the Smithsonian in November. Lots of 'Smiling Luke' photos from that trip but - he struck a serious pose in front of the gold display ... and did the same when standing next to Eddie Van Halen's guitar.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZ7JBtN3L93JCMCrR3Ju1v2r781x1OEJ9MJ9LiOj4Jr6QI0a3mdsLu1tS2P7xP0FjG8cr2pPjFos_1IsZsphHTBN9vaBLmsM6vgtgOJbSU9KP9_LnHoNpc7U_QjmCcCYpN8qXpPKrTcY/s1600/Basalt-Frenchman-Springs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibZ7JBtN3L93JCMCrR3Ju1v2r781x1OEJ9MJ9LiOj4Jr6QI0a3mdsLu1tS2P7xP0FjG8cr2pPjFos_1IsZsphHTBN9vaBLmsM6vgtgOJbSU9KP9_LnHoNpc7U_QjmCcCYpN8qXpPKrTcY/s400/Basalt-Frenchman-Springs.jpg" border="0" alt="Scabland hiker."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702892611892746290" /></a><br />Luke's favorite activity is riding dirt bikes with his Dad. I'm glad he doesn't mind a few slow-paced scabland hikes with his uncle.<br /><br /><strong>Click below to watch Nick Zentner interview USGS Geologist Richard Waitt.</strong><br /><center><h2>New and Interesting!!!</h2></center><br /><center><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36034849?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe></center><br /><center><strong>Richard Waitt (USGS) - Interview</strong></center><br /><br />If you have a few minutes - check out the new <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/iaficgc/">Columbia Gorge IAFI Chapter</a> website. Chapter founder and president Terry Hurd is a good guy and works hard to help others understand and enjoy the Ice Age Floods story.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-52789666782746035152011-12-06T20:04:00.000-08:002011-12-18T19:46:43.422-08:00Starbuck via Hammer GradePlenty of December sunshine Sunday as I took a drive (and a few short hikes) to explore several <a href="http://hugefloods.com/">Ice Age Flood</a> features along the Snake River.<br /><br />I'd been wanting to check out the streamlined Palouse hills near Hammer Grade Road (Cheney-Palouse Scabland Tract) and had also been interested in visiting a viewpoint along the Little Goose Dam Road (South of river). Dam crossings are not allowed on weekends so ... I ended up driving to the gate on the north end of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Goose_Dam">Little Goose Dam</a> and then backtracking to Washtucna Coulee, then south and around to Starbuck. Not a problem, I like it out there.<br /><br />Before I get to the trip photos, let me add one taken last Thursday. Teresa and I made a trip to Ellensburg to attend the <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/hugefloods/Ellensburg.html">Ellensburg IAFI</a> meeting [Speaker: Richard Waitt USGS]. I wish I could make it up to more of their meetings. <a href="http://www.geology.cwu.edu/facstaff/nick/zentner.html">Nick</a> and <a href="http://www.cwu.edu/~geograph/faculty/lillquist.html">Karl</a> do a great job.<br /><br />On the way, we made a quick stop south of <a href="http://iceagefloods.blogspot.com/2009/10/sentinel-gap-and-mattawa-bar.html">Sentinel Gap</a> to view huge field of boulders that settled out as floodwater entered the Pasco Basin. <br /><br /><center><h3>[Click any image to enlarge]</h3></center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAUwBgam6WSi-bcHflDsgRG-oAIr59EqD_XYyd1HfcT61BaLUGa8nafFzXIqD-2yxcMxIDTvyN1Cw7AT4Zu9KWy93kMVyhGSDrByKuScVXT0ODbLvLJKL9x2fwi6_I95_oTCGn83lbmM/s1600/National-Geologic-Trail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 331px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAUwBgam6WSi-bcHflDsgRG-oAIr59EqD_XYyd1HfcT61BaLUGa8nafFzXIqD-2yxcMxIDTvyN1Cw7AT4Zu9KWy93kMVyhGSDrByKuScVXT0ODbLvLJKL9x2fwi6_I95_oTCGn83lbmM/s400/National-Geologic-Trail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683482290960353698" /></a><br />Teresa and erratic boulder near Mattawa, WA. Sentinel Gap in the distance. <br /><br /><center>Back to Sunday's trip.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3LwTp1RHTKwjl8wpgopUFoLkVH2zfjChPNwDX6EpKJGLKX9SiHr4Ohy_gO-EpknsX6nDRXp2nOtpeyE_xkpLnu0zm3D5ADy9VJfffxL0Y-N4PkkiVsqj3sVQcTaD625GX0rOmQPHhvU/s1600/Palouse-Falls-Pool.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv3LwTp1RHTKwjl8wpgopUFoLkVH2zfjChPNwDX6EpKJGLKX9SiHr4Ohy_gO-EpknsX6nDRXp2nOtpeyE_xkpLnu0zm3D5ADy9VJfffxL0Y-N4PkkiVsqj3sVQcTaD625GX0rOmQPHhvU/s400/Palouse-Falls-Pool.jpg" border="0" alt="Palouse Falls bottom of falls pool."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683244024499294450" /></a><br />Pretty good variety Sunday. Lots of streamlined Palouse hills, gravel bars and a quiet hike to the bottom of the Palouse River Canyon.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzmnLcqJuMufJSUBhpqnT3UxgXQSnBkZF8POqiNxJKFq8wHyEUXWQNIhiK_L8u7x4gpa16JbuQaSBWl1eZHN3EKVZsHi-xHE2ZDEaxR_Tz397gtLPs5AkEiHqAP-l3_S_EfIoWn1dko4/s1600/Streamlined-Palouse-Hill.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzmnLcqJuMufJSUBhpqnT3UxgXQSnBkZF8POqiNxJKFq8wHyEUXWQNIhiK_L8u7x4gpa16JbuQaSBWl1eZHN3EKVZsHi-xHE2ZDEaxR_Tz397gtLPs5AkEiHqAP-l3_S_EfIoWn1dko4/s400/Streamlined-Palouse-Hill.jpg" border="0" alt="Streamlined Palouse Hill left by the Ice Age Floods."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683217381533320050" /></a><br />Early morning along Hammer Grade Road. This area was once covered with rolling loess hills up to 250 feet thick. In major channels the Ice Age Floods removed huge amounts of loess (windblown silt), exposing the basalt bedrock. Many loess islands were left behind (like the one pictured above).<blockquote>"Here are streamlined, prow-pointed and steeply scarped loessial islands 150 feet high" <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Mystery.html">J Harlen Bretz</a></blockquote><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOi5lRUpoaAUA0bAsDb9pIVQq4sAv_YWRJAOQRQ8ZZLzvsNZi9uR_O-Il5W_HKEHs5aF2cCE4eppOJ9RASHl5LDdnY5xJvfTACi2hG3cSmW5npSlOHVANxVPuhM2J4qyyf0aL4LzlKqF4/s1600/Scabland-Tract.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOi5lRUpoaAUA0bAsDb9pIVQq4sAv_YWRJAOQRQ8ZZLzvsNZi9uR_O-Il5W_HKEHs5aF2cCE4eppOJ9RASHl5LDdnY5xJvfTACi2hG3cSmW5npSlOHVANxVPuhM2J4qyyf0aL4LzlKqF4/s400/Scabland-Tract.jpg" border="0" alt="The Lake Missoula floods left streamlined Palouse Hills."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683217255001370914" /></a><br />Wheat is grown for miles to the left of image. A ten mile wide flood tract exists to the right. [View South]<br /><br />1. Hammer Grade Road.<br />2. Wheat field.<br />3. Scarped Palouse hill.<br />4. Streamline Palouse hill.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8lYyhVNnVkyNaxIKmAoj43ZSVjw6LK0RIE4ByzbEyb-3xecDySh8yU5eKGNxrEET6ZdbzANH98EsSmrKBkjnxqTaTQeBbQ2UxLRmPj0u2IWp8aX-Aol7YP3fLOvg2lPBj8aSxUKue110/s1600/Hammer-Grade-Palouse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8lYyhVNnVkyNaxIKmAoj43ZSVjw6LK0RIE4ByzbEyb-3xecDySh8yU5eKGNxrEET6ZdbzANH98EsSmrKBkjnxqTaTQeBbQ2UxLRmPj0u2IWp8aX-Aol7YP3fLOvg2lPBj8aSxUKue110/s400/Hammer-Grade-Palouse.jpg" border="0" alt="Palouse Hills."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683217246666219378" /></a><br /><center>View North</center><br />Same thing here. Flood-swept basalt and streamlined hills to west. Wheat country on the right.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-o-lhFeV1cftaUS5oBvDxmsqfpJx7Du7KhgD4-lKaLpJDSiQGOd8mG5_X4VysIcN33yzX06wlpyHjb826sxhY0iLx_w2-rOK_rIUtzRr845jP-Eoz2valu1PQxP6hgPLLDEaNl50f_g/s1600/Hammer-Grade.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-o-lhFeV1cftaUS5oBvDxmsqfpJx7Du7KhgD4-lKaLpJDSiQGOd8mG5_X4VysIcN33yzX06wlpyHjb826sxhY0iLx_w2-rOK_rIUtzRr845jP-Eoz2valu1PQxP6hgPLLDEaNl50f_g/s400/Hammer-Grade.jpg" border="0" alt="Hammer Grade Road."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683217241107641346" /></a><br />Hammer Grade is no problem when bare. Might want to think twice before attempting to descend through snow and ice. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTs6grqdkX9xsNQgNTyVsyBpsQGr6PoE1o4aT4YI2xqsuNHq9OFTkeCt3zQOLVp5g4us3dGO-P8s_e97b16f7F4sIgcEHV3uFBDy4UQV03iL0kOAUKyiRpq4pwnS_v4ud8vTeCUKnxVU/s1600/Scarped-Palouse-Hills.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTs6grqdkX9xsNQgNTyVsyBpsQGr6PoE1o4aT4YI2xqsuNHq9OFTkeCt3zQOLVp5g4us3dGO-P8s_e97b16f7F4sIgcEHV3uFBDy4UQV03iL0kOAUKyiRpq4pwnS_v4ud8vTeCUKnxVU/s400/Scarped-Palouse-Hills.jpg" border="0" alt="Ice Age Floods scarped hills."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683217238251017698" /></a><br />Flood-swept scabland and scarped Palouse hills. If you want to search for the missing soil ... Try looking in the Willamette Valley and Pacific Ocean.<br /><br /><center><h3>Two photos below from Bruce Bjornstad</h3></center><br />I sure like these shots. I'm impressed the farmer has maximized his wheat acreage by farming a loess island! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1OlolfNH_XJ4ui55CMMpBrXUl3-SJylzEzE_W3feePZsvfYrI6Kka4at2z0BUkXo5lN6-7ARgDxSDM6sxW0YfYNEBHkc-RaSqPvOgzCGu2mtKzYHEttuzvWn1GxE5LwIRXkzglGSah0/s1600/SPH_1002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1OlolfNH_XJ4ui55CMMpBrXUl3-SJylzEzE_W3feePZsvfYrI6Kka4at2z0BUkXo5lN6-7ARgDxSDM6sxW0YfYNEBHkc-RaSqPvOgzCGu2mtKzYHEttuzvWn1GxE5LwIRXkzglGSah0/s400/SPH_1002.JPG" border="0" alt="Palouse Hills"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683609283556122130" /></a><br /><center>Surrounded by scabland.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-WwfsSRrUJaZRz_UyAXFCnC0If0fFo9j78hqYZk7pOuKjdzxc0xb-kMDWXU3slOdcA2q69EzVt5Q-4ZMIfbmKl3Ehuid6Z4Tl9kncCVPT4vR2lGIi4g9_UhNGeaMlz1sP6taKU4cDj0/s1600/Honn_Lks.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-WwfsSRrUJaZRz_UyAXFCnC0If0fFo9j78hqYZk7pOuKjdzxc0xb-kMDWXU3slOdcA2q69EzVt5Q-4ZMIfbmKl3Ehuid6Z4Tl9kncCVPT4vR2lGIi4g9_UhNGeaMlz1sP6taKU4cDj0/s400/Honn_Lks.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683609279928763874" /></a><br /><center>Flood-cut channel through Palouse hills.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2IVaYnzBrU5PH63FyVPM7FIlVSU3qJ0ebng3bgpz3IcL54Y-NOaMnxwbconto0qx5hX6iq92-CaRTG3rj2fmPF0X5KGE_CqFa4yC8Zz-YMikW2MUaiC7G92TWJL6Yjv90soVxQKpU5I/s1600/Hammer-Grade-Deer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2IVaYnzBrU5PH63FyVPM7FIlVSU3qJ0ebng3bgpz3IcL54Y-NOaMnxwbconto0qx5hX6iq92-CaRTG3rj2fmPF0X5KGE_CqFa4yC8Zz-YMikW2MUaiC7G92TWJL6Yjv90soVxQKpU5I/s400/Hammer-Grade-Deer.jpg" border="0" alt="Palouse deer."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683217234321941026" /></a><center>Large deer population along Hammer Grade.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqmZEUsWamd70huzGt1E9gXRZQSzvjFv_jWWj1aPPvhnAt0KQozQCKUwZk4H6vbnRx1RlwTDMNsVLaYJDoJfnhQ-s-aUozViIOT7bmrS_ZNMEqG_XW0jPXol-GZNpVFLKSItsQImBj2Y/s1600/Hammer-Grade-Deposit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqmZEUsWamd70huzGt1E9gXRZQSzvjFv_jWWj1aPPvhnAt0KQozQCKUwZk4H6vbnRx1RlwTDMNsVLaYJDoJfnhQ-s-aUozViIOT7bmrS_ZNMEqG_XW0jPXol-GZNpVFLKSItsQImBj2Y/s400/Hammer-Grade-Deposit.jpg" border="0" alt="Hammer Grade Ice Age Flood deposits."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683215420880930034" /></a><br />Once you get to the bottom of Hammer Grade (near the Snake River), start looking for depositional features left by the Ice Age Floods.<br /><br /><center><strong>[Hammer length: 10.5 inches]</strong></center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWFCeSkuqItopktY0oaewYRDMjiUqnTZ3KOCFE242s_JEUnPWl6Ibn9CSG1wJCHcjKEyAk7lniXyjflJojUaJlmKcqZ7-kWesV7HUcXrLhyk68eU3tl_ZrTmTc3DhD54B0-Lc8zdcRQjU/s1600/Little-Goose-Dam-Deposit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWFCeSkuqItopktY0oaewYRDMjiUqnTZ3KOCFE242s_JEUnPWl6Ibn9CSG1wJCHcjKEyAk7lniXyjflJojUaJlmKcqZ7-kWesV7HUcXrLhyk68eU3tl_ZrTmTc3DhD54B0-Lc8zdcRQjU/s400/Little-Goose-Dam-Deposit.jpg" border="0" alt="Little Goose Dam Ice Age Flood deposits."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683215413385303122" /></a><br />Exposed flood deposits near Little Goose Dam (Snake River). Note band of fine material that settled out during slackwater conditions. I'll add a few photos below that show similar slackwater band(s) exposed downstream at Lake Sacajawea Bar. Road in distance climbs to top of Little Goose Dam. Recreation area marked with "1".<br /><br /><blockquote>Call 1-888-DAMINFO (1-888-326-4636) for Dam Crossing Info.</blockquote> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7IHA-xg69FIEcoqC8Y15Z65j2Vqg7RvGCttVqgLDPSGdtWAnRjb5BRhZy5axa7Sq98VqRVNnSJlbZQnZqOmoYKNoDbKBjawtaj8Nf6116v00Iwg64wDTGpOvb1zLxOLViTvI9rY3dLCo/s1600/Little-Goose-Dam.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7IHA-xg69FIEcoqC8Y15Z65j2Vqg7RvGCttVqgLDPSGdtWAnRjb5BRhZy5axa7Sq98VqRVNnSJlbZQnZqOmoYKNoDbKBjawtaj8Nf6116v00Iwg64wDTGpOvb1zLxOLViTvI9rY3dLCo/s400/Little-Goose-Dam.jpg" border="0" alt="Little Goose Dam"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683240757759604690" /></a><center>Little Goose Dam - Army CE Photo</center><br />Red arrow marks exposed flood deposits shown in previous image.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HCkuamxjWF1fxMxDRhyphenhyphenWSEMokh2tz55sWiOCe-HWcs3o7QZ-ojOfKtrXvLFFdb-8hWmbkD2LdFNoOstBSOkfNShL1hwz33e7conBl453n1XmndwKkUwV_32-00hR5bK3IjjJnsFJPeU/s1600/Hammer-Grade-Structure.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HCkuamxjWF1fxMxDRhyphenhyphenWSEMokh2tz55sWiOCe-HWcs3o7QZ-ojOfKtrXvLFFdb-8hWmbkD2LdFNoOstBSOkfNShL1hwz33e7conBl453n1XmndwKkUwV_32-00hR5bK3IjjJnsFJPeU/s400/Hammer-Grade-Structure.jpg" border="0" alt="Hammer Grade dwelling."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683215404385562594" /></a><br /><center>Hammer Grade structure.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkNj9NURJW-NJ-DQ-sYsZwdzlxf1UdOkRLDLHJ5z574NFRAcwumpAfaYf7K3tzhohZhGrha_uVgMFGiNyDC9SED6j_RuKOgDgU0It1A6iPCSiP98ZFaQO-pWeLc18fBa1bGDnuBNPDWXg/s1600/Hammer-Grade-Snake-River.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkNj9NURJW-NJ-DQ-sYsZwdzlxf1UdOkRLDLHJ5z574NFRAcwumpAfaYf7K3tzhohZhGrha_uVgMFGiNyDC9SED6j_RuKOgDgU0It1A6iPCSiP98ZFaQO-pWeLc18fBa1bGDnuBNPDWXg/s400/Hammer-Grade-Snake-River.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683215400609809234" /></a><center>Hammer Grade warning sign has been rotated and bolted.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi644IKfEdwdKb7Xb_bobgykxfJbpZtb4NyWY0vKF2y9fZAxjZZwYHt1wl2XDV7Bx-yn90Yu2dKZUKSZKUtbQlOtnJWm1MOQstz0B78nqFQXDkk30p_A5KwhWIlbPczT8dLfH0kh8Uk5rQ/s1600/Washtucna-Chief-Basalt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi644IKfEdwdKb7Xb_bobgykxfJbpZtb4NyWY0vKF2y9fZAxjZZwYHt1wl2XDV7Bx-yn90Yu2dKZUKSZKUtbQlOtnJWm1MOQstz0B78nqFQXDkk30p_A5KwhWIlbPczT8dLfH0kh8Uk5rQ/s400/Washtucna-Chief-Basalt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683215393945870210" /></a><br /><center>Chief Washtucna watches over the coulee.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEIFOIvwz2EmhRY5JtcBrU3UmNyBGJu1HtJaQXVC_tByeictuwP1IMQ6DRYH9HRlAKzJw0a2ysh-gmdspX1I7XNdpzSPa56JrzCkb6SnvTPCu1INzYil8SI9IIZZ2HsxdLYCAoW8zl_k/s1600/Steve-Coffel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEIFOIvwz2EmhRY5JtcBrU3UmNyBGJu1HtJaQXVC_tByeictuwP1IMQ6DRYH9HRlAKzJw0a2ysh-gmdspX1I7XNdpzSPa56JrzCkb6SnvTPCu1INzYil8SI9IIZZ2HsxdLYCAoW8zl_k/s400/Steve-Coffel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683214668744509938" /></a><br /><center>Photo by Steve Coffel (Florence, MT)</center><br /><br />Steve recently sent me a few Snake River photos that led me to the Little Goose Dam Road overlook. I like the soft lighting in this one along with the cool fence!<br /><br />Thanks again Steve and I hope we can get out for a hike next spring!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPp8anQitzgtKN6w22-aMRfw6GtsHKWonIL-tfvyveWGx7fuaPdp7DijnIotstM_ptWlxhuXrqRCi7mfIWnBpaHXDFOdU07DV1yiRc3rbfXCiiW_5-DRyCWV3mcab6UgqeBXXKRQy7MOo/s1600/Snake-River-Map.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPp8anQitzgtKN6w22-aMRfw6GtsHKWonIL-tfvyveWGx7fuaPdp7DijnIotstM_ptWlxhuXrqRCi7mfIWnBpaHXDFOdU07DV1yiRc3rbfXCiiW_5-DRyCWV3mcab6UgqeBXXKRQy7MOo/s400/Snake-River-Map.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683214663697858514" /></a><br />Map shows lower Hammer Grade Road, Old Vantage Bridge (Moved from Vantage area when Wanapum Dam built) and Starbuck, WA. The Old Vantage Bridge crosses the Snake River just below Palouse and Snake confluence.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJFaT2CvvX5sN0TMSyIZNCWdiKMRRAkKT4TNvnwjVAfRlb5zFgnT2YaaAt-7vZ0olp56w3LrQTF0HwjXxjp1e12otdntOnbKtsFw7i253awaO0FnFtf65Jhvj-Pyo8h-DvqLXu6CQ67o/s1600/Rawhide-Bar-and-Grill.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJFaT2CvvX5sN0TMSyIZNCWdiKMRRAkKT4TNvnwjVAfRlb5zFgnT2YaaAt-7vZ0olp56w3LrQTF0HwjXxjp1e12otdntOnbKtsFw7i253awaO0FnFtf65Jhvj-Pyo8h-DvqLXu6CQ67o/s400/Rawhide-Bar-and-Grill.jpg" border="0" alt="Rawhide Bar and Grill Starbuck, WA."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683214659270376706" /></a><center>Starbuck now has two restaurants.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjV9Z7HWKW0awalpWLq5CMdIiMkTeWQyoS6mzWF3Q9iTPzqSa5HNAhn7vX98g9iBl-YkAjq7XsVH2ztLrujLjAVWiWIHPvqKTpxTQbgQ2Kfmecpx1jeJLXvKLt_HeWvVOHLMeAgbIYPI/s1600/Starbuck-Little-Goose-Map.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjV9Z7HWKW0awalpWLq5CMdIiMkTeWQyoS6mzWF3Q9iTPzqSa5HNAhn7vX98g9iBl-YkAjq7XsVH2ztLrujLjAVWiWIHPvqKTpxTQbgQ2Kfmecpx1jeJLXvKLt_HeWvVOHLMeAgbIYPI/s400/Starbuck-Little-Goose-Map.jpg" border="0" alt="Starbuck, WA and Little Goose dam map."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683405297701989378" /></a><br />Little Goose Dam at top left. Interesting flood deposits are found along SR-261 near Starbuck. Steve's overlook is marked with camera symbol.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqGoqcIKQTm1WtuoQGBlnKE27JYBkuGcJe3RJZD1SkT-vrK4vRigV2Nph5I2aAbhrgYb5kj1_Qk6_Ob4dNxKLuti2It_iAmlstzwz-1RFX-i13YmmhzExPkIen5SCXcaZViJE1aiqid0/s1600/Snake-River-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqGoqcIKQTm1WtuoQGBlnKE27JYBkuGcJe3RJZD1SkT-vrK4vRigV2Nph5I2aAbhrgYb5kj1_Qk6_Ob4dNxKLuti2It_iAmlstzwz-1RFX-i13YmmhzExPkIen5SCXcaZViJE1aiqid0/s400/Snake-River-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt="Mid-Canyon bar Snake River."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683214657422204290" /></a><center>View downstream from overlook.</center><br />1. Huge flood bar. I'm trying to find a name for it.<br />2. Mid-Canyon Bar (J Harlen Bretz described this feature in 1928).<br />3. Mouth of Palouse River Canyon (right).<br /><br />Bruce Bjornstad describes the Mid-Canyon Bar in his book <a href="http://keokeebooks.com/IceAgeFloods.html">On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods</a>.<br /><br /><blockquote>"Floodwaters rushing down the Palouse River cataract canyon plowed into the high walls of the Snake River valley, forcing the water to split and rush in opposite directions. Some floodwaters surged up the Snake River for 80 miles, all the way to Lewiston, Idaho, and beyond. The rest of the floodwater went down the Snake River, eventually emptying into the Pasco Basin."</blockquote><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhAOOQHhqSO_IHLtiFmnlbbo0N84xB3g3SKmqWSeDJj_ZBmxW4FpaWjMCegXvPZqN0WKMzR8xcDSy1fpAPvgMNCBwVlPSK6ZRcpBu7iITsc38ZyJeVXrIgJQ9vA2pNSYRIfGaC7RkGV0/s1600/Snake-River-Gravel-Bar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhAOOQHhqSO_IHLtiFmnlbbo0N84xB3g3SKmqWSeDJj_ZBmxW4FpaWjMCegXvPZqN0WKMzR8xcDSy1fpAPvgMNCBwVlPSK6ZRcpBu7iITsc38ZyJeVXrIgJQ9vA2pNSYRIfGaC7RkGV0/s400/Snake-River-Gravel-Bar.jpg" border="0" alt="Snake River gravel bar."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683214651176665570" /></a><br /><center>View east from overlook. Looks like the pit is active.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeEaPbXXdpvWKHsBV6LAO4UzSfJ4WpxPIEob7IbjEeiF6wtG4WbXsRNCcvDV71F188pLF0hoPlG5r6crtaN41idEp-F72pHbe1ey8AWUxTKn0_VUwvyWPynjyiuRHnUX2I3aA9f3oilsY/s1600/Ice-Age-Gravel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeEaPbXXdpvWKHsBV6LAO4UzSfJ4WpxPIEob7IbjEeiF6wtG4WbXsRNCcvDV71F188pLF0hoPlG5r6crtaN41idEp-F72pHbe1ey8AWUxTKn0_VUwvyWPynjyiuRHnUX2I3aA9f3oilsY/s400/Ice-Age-Gravel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683558647230641794" /></a><br />The Mid-Canyon Bar is 2.5 miles long. A tremendous amount of gravel has been removed from bar below the mid-Canyon Bar (note the giant current ripples that are about to disappear).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZF9P4oAY4jRmVcvOtsEh3MetCQptscQ_U6D9CxZct9KGATUw6m77BfLIP64TPK420Yh3OSWQb1KhqDUUwrHe2GXE1utjJrOUCgzgbxDzZ28lMsABUQiSh6b8zTbKEYZ6Vz5H_8Ko84Bg/s1600/Starbuck_16W_01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZF9P4oAY4jRmVcvOtsEh3MetCQptscQ_U6D9CxZct9KGATUw6m77BfLIP64TPK420Yh3OSWQb1KhqDUUwrHe2GXE1utjJrOUCgzgbxDzZ28lMsABUQiSh6b8zTbKEYZ6Vz5H_8Ko84Bg/s400/Starbuck_16W_01.jpg" border="0" alt="Little Goose Dam airport."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683213897445391762" /></a><br /><center>- WSDOT - Photo</center><br /><a href="http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/aviation/AllStateAirports/Starbuck_LittleGooseLock.htm">Little Goose Dam Airport</a> was built on a Snake River bar. The water behind Little Goose Dam (Lake Bryan - Max. pool 646.5 feet) covers much of the bar.<br /><br /><center><iframe width="400" height="301" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aRW96hexyQg?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br />YouTube video uploaded by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/fazonsazar">fazonsazar</a> on Sep 8, 2007. Video shows Cessna 172 landing at Little Goose Dam and Lock on a windy afternoon in late August.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvesCVexTxY5l2Jhm2Bn0bnOHpcOh6nyLYhZew16IXDmcwxHIkQ_kHJZHjw4mCX7of5WywOWiBgP-XuDjPYeYNgZfB_BlnogGNn_ZC6Eg4UfD-LZFDUSoQ9Q98WR0_wnyLyDMPy9a11QA/s1600/Tucannon-WA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvesCVexTxY5l2Jhm2Bn0bnOHpcOh6nyLYhZew16IXDmcwxHIkQ_kHJZHjw4mCX7of5WywOWiBgP-XuDjPYeYNgZfB_BlnogGNn_ZC6Eg4UfD-LZFDUSoQ9Q98WR0_wnyLyDMPy9a11QA/s400/Tucannon-WA.jpg" border="0" alt="Tucannon Valley."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683213889377895090" /></a><br />Please scroll back up about six images (Google Earth) and check out the Tucannon drainage. Huge volumes of sediment laden floodwater surged into this valley during Ice Age Flood events.<br /><br />Ya gotta feel sorry for the beavers living on this stretch of river 15,000 years ago. Feeling safe living off the main Snake channel ... Then suddenly forced to ride out a 700 foot deep flood surge that came from a downstream direction!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJ8E4X-C4Vy6EGL-t4JYDB4_qiO7BIVpPdsZuQ09Vqk3ykB6dicj0l7I3vSpYAqeXEOBjLGtpHrEqs36YZFhIiKSf_sdPhpv5N7b7cATgRLF31InR3RiE_8xSc1auZup2fT4x860tWt8/s1600/Tucannon-Valley.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 184px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJ8E4X-C4Vy6EGL-t4JYDB4_qiO7BIVpPdsZuQ09Vqk3ykB6dicj0l7I3vSpYAqeXEOBjLGtpHrEqs36YZFhIiKSf_sdPhpv5N7b7cATgRLF31InR3RiE_8xSc1auZup2fT4x860tWt8/s400/Tucannon-Valley.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683213882200681026" /></a><br />Tucannon Valley - View west from Little Goose Dam Road (on the way to the overlook). FYI- There isn't an official "Overlook". Just pull over when Snake River is in view.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYptBxTOiPBwU5UoI8EvTaMjRZWjWQAGR4HQ0cJqDtSKYw0IjvGiD-9F-9Af6tncUBHkNyaptLoCRgFSc0hySK-qkP8Axy8BCzcNnhRKOqKtPU02KBm8TjBwertwelUDDaJikN6PVCG0/s1600/Tucannon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYptBxTOiPBwU5UoI8EvTaMjRZWjWQAGR4HQ0cJqDtSKYw0IjvGiD-9F-9Af6tncUBHkNyaptLoCRgFSc0hySK-qkP8Axy8BCzcNnhRKOqKtPU02KBm8TjBwertwelUDDaJikN6PVCG0/s400/Tucannon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683213877263517618" /></a><br />At least six rhythmites are visible at the Starbuck exposure. Approximatly 25 have been found in the Tucannon Valley. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWbtZ-flO8puTfa3PB74FmNL8h11S5AfOrMsdXmVeIMbYH6aSP95eSVR3IZt0tGLtoFPk3i8lNPKk3OvBvQ8M3iALOzyRp-xK2SjrfYcCL6lV7lTZnIz8ZL5IC9rcXY0WfpCPei_0Tsc/s1600/Starbuck.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWbtZ-flO8puTfa3PB74FmNL8h11S5AfOrMsdXmVeIMbYH6aSP95eSVR3IZt0tGLtoFPk3i8lNPKk3OvBvQ8M3iALOzyRp-xK2SjrfYcCL6lV7lTZnIz8ZL5IC9rcXY0WfpCPei_0Tsc/s400/Starbuck.jpg" border="0" alt="Missoula Flood rhythmites."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683213876683843490" /></a><br />Bruce Bjornstad explains that the coarse basaltic gravel between some of the beds may be material shed off the steep valley walls between floods.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFV5RcK4IVKbbo5hnVE4-JA_p4lADXtYllgrwn1lqLFqZTcg47wiDA4BR6V3QkQvXBOhBh037MrBc9blOqCyndkYWRPHd8z-rhPNVrgwuGQxB0TVb-T6Rge745mjD6Vw-Xseje_Xsg1gM/s1600/Starbuck-Washington.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFV5RcK4IVKbbo5hnVE4-JA_p4lADXtYllgrwn1lqLFqZTcg47wiDA4BR6V3QkQvXBOhBh037MrBc9blOqCyndkYWRPHd8z-rhPNVrgwuGQxB0TVb-T6Rge745mjD6Vw-Xseje_Xsg1gM/s400/Starbuck-Washington.jpg" border="0" alt="Starbuck, WA Ice Age Floods rhythmites."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683212760821281618" /></a><br />Use caution if you visit this area on foot. Motorists are dealing with curves and elevation changes ... probably not expecting pedestrians.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3BubTViqmdohhdIzGKRjWCuXKfr6pNHwCMxNlrf0TWC5fWfpF7JLmpuVTRzDYi13Bgv548IBp9nNAi86976cq_gfEHzkzKutgck4guYT9bJLPSNbEmr2V0IVyNdJ_-v0Ami-lhpONSk/s1600/Starbuck-Wa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3BubTViqmdohhdIzGKRjWCuXKfr6pNHwCMxNlrf0TWC5fWfpF7JLmpuVTRzDYi13Bgv548IBp9nNAi86976cq_gfEHzkzKutgck4guYT9bJLPSNbEmr2V0IVyNdJ_-v0Ami-lhpONSk/s400/Starbuck-Wa.jpg" border="0" alt="Ice Age Floods rhythmites near Starbuck, WA."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683212758912449218" /></a><br />The last time I visited this location, a woman stopped to ask "Are you OK?". I don't think she had much of an appreciation for the flood feature I'd driven many miles to examine.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGjgtovldA3CpbuiHmBdgvgtYy9dDZk1iJbY6JiS9ZlBlacQoy7nT787IEzUC2an3ZP8kDgq3ZJvvL7N7RKmJo3ve7NtO76Y_s02Yqje6MsYbsqyOAyTiCEICevxejHDrFcTCz1K9pRE/s1600/Starbuck-Rhythmites.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGjgtovldA3CpbuiHmBdgvgtYy9dDZk1iJbY6JiS9ZlBlacQoy7nT787IEzUC2an3ZP8kDgq3ZJvvL7N7RKmJo3ve7NtO76Y_s02Yqje6MsYbsqyOAyTiCEICevxejHDrFcTCz1K9pRE/s400/Starbuck-Rhythmites.jpg" border="0" alt="Ice Age Flood rhythmites draped over Columbia River Basalt near Starbuck, WA."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683212772557177410" /></a><br />Ice Age Flood rhythmites and Columbia River Basalt. I'm standing too close!!! Good thing Skye Cooley thought enough to back up and capture a panoramic view of this exposure. See below.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTCkmYXl5F9hAReKlge6IlRAf__uUKNKG1Mzm_u6JWL5hwDJHXL83q4KDIGs2IY3NF07ENMuVk867vF8SOQdCRdnxRY5tgFvyGZBbEygv5pXRuNinSF59kc2UrNfPbXHX23vDRG5ZL8pA/s1600/Starbuck_Pano1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTCkmYXl5F9hAReKlge6IlRAf__uUKNKG1Mzm_u6JWL5hwDJHXL83q4KDIGs2IY3NF07ENMuVk867vF8SOQdCRdnxRY5tgFvyGZBbEygv5pXRuNinSF59kc2UrNfPbXHX23vDRG5ZL8pA/s400/Starbuck_Pano1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683212749541329762" /></a><br />Thanks to Skye for letting me use this amazing shot of Starbuck rhythmites draped over <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Basalt.html">Columbia River Basalt</a>. (Click to enlarge)<br /><br />Check out some great shots at Skye's: <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/skyecooley/ClasticDikesGallery#">Picasa Clastic Dikes Gallery</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56sBB2DeQv6vpbdqEIxEhyphenhyphenJBl9yYB71OkGmi4HPf_oJzja-TfwAqvjx2I1KKan2ASFEKGVdM0velILuo5qw7tKRm8ENkObUMMUckrJgXaDs8Cb7sIjcubJu55fA3JGeS22P1-0OupeWw/s1600/Hammer-Grade-Deposits.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56sBB2DeQv6vpbdqEIxEhyphenhyphenJBl9yYB71OkGmi4HPf_oJzja-TfwAqvjx2I1KKan2ASFEKGVdM0velILuo5qw7tKRm8ENkObUMMUckrJgXaDs8Cb7sIjcubJu55fA3JGeS22P1-0OupeWw/s400/Hammer-Grade-Deposits.jpg" border="0" alt="Hammer Grade flood deposits from Little Goose Dam Road."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683212745216712098" /></a><br />Now I'm on the south side of the Snake River - Looking at the first flood deposits shown above. The exposure between Hammer Grade and Little Goose Dam. You can see the slackwater band.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMb7F3_eZXGVnKz4HAbqB13s_c7Q16CkExJI_nndXEHYSFzpESk6Oiik_7vaUCBP6lMhoEl8dupJs5c0r8qmc4FHwPhKAofsTVLSrYtU3Q7xXIW0rdECsey6ynBWVO7trREHEnCIXvVXE/s1600/Slackwater-Deposit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMb7F3_eZXGVnKz4HAbqB13s_c7Q16CkExJI_nndXEHYSFzpESk6Oiik_7vaUCBP6lMhoEl8dupJs5c0r8qmc4FHwPhKAofsTVLSrYtU3Q7xXIW0rdECsey6ynBWVO7trREHEnCIXvVXE/s400/Slackwater-Deposit.jpg" border="0" alt="Lake Sacajawea Bar rhythmites."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683211934001681794" /></a><br />Here's a shot of a similar slackwater band exposed downstream on the 400' tall Lake Sacajawea Bar.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHBgSajJdSO-pJu4MFlhX1Dakj_ZhUEyQ1AKyZj6eLq0q5LQBT4x8Nq5IDvnFrwRNeYfrJX2GyVw38NMGDRL_BScXlGkYD0tkk0AOPkoOazdfkeavgcaBnhD7Mshp6U8-IwSxfaj1DuY/s1600/Lake-Sacajawea-Bar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHBgSajJdSO-pJu4MFlhX1Dakj_ZhUEyQ1AKyZj6eLq0q5LQBT4x8Nq5IDvnFrwRNeYfrJX2GyVw38NMGDRL_BScXlGkYD0tkk0AOPkoOazdfkeavgcaBnhD7Mshp6U8-IwSxfaj1DuY/s400/Lake-Sacajawea-Bar.jpg" border="0" alt="Lake Sacajawea Ice Age Flood Bar."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683211928843293202" /></a><br />A few images here from a visit to the Lake Sacajawea Bar earlier this year. The size of many Snake River gravel bars is impressive. Hard to image what happened along the Snake River between Pasco and Lewiston at the end of the last Ice Age. Usually the floodwaters raced down the Snake and into the Pasco Basin. Other times when Wallula Gap restricted the flow, floodwater rushed up the Snake River. During several intervals, the flow stabalized and fine material was allowed to settle out to form the slackwater bands we see today.<br /><br /><center>Red arrow points to Walker Bar.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqNB-feo_F1n-cgvwwEuVNVuFvCppU5tGYP5S-N8K61XgUfw3bExQL_-DFNOhJLZ9qdBiNVQaElV55ElBv8C3tfY2sXEsUf321rb1Q-SLbTAnpfwmUiOsMdm3q3WDAaNoV8RAiyvqYA_Y/s1600/Walker-Borrow-Pit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqNB-feo_F1n-cgvwwEuVNVuFvCppU5tGYP5S-N8K61XgUfw3bExQL_-DFNOhJLZ9qdBiNVQaElV55ElBv8C3tfY2sXEsUf321rb1Q-SLbTAnpfwmUiOsMdm3q3WDAaNoV8RAiyvqYA_Y/s400/Walker-Borrow-Pit.jpg" border="0" alt="Walker Bar along Snake River."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683211922806417298" /></a><br /><center>Walker Bar borrow pit.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6qr_69tvWYTyH1-Aj2Z3WyRaNrj6ZWQZ1YIdVVXw-v5pLCMa5gr-FoYCuv4FX-X0ZqrzS2KUvfUHSQRHN0w0nbNTlqR-eD94aHG1fKAXqR6X25ssOxS4HJ70ycnIx3l57qS_zkXJpNA/s1600/Sacajawea-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp6qr_69tvWYTyH1-Aj2Z3WyRaNrj6ZWQZ1YIdVVXw-v5pLCMa5gr-FoYCuv4FX-X0ZqrzS2KUvfUHSQRHN0w0nbNTlqR-eD94aHG1fKAXqR6X25ssOxS4HJ70ycnIx3l57qS_zkXJpNA/s400/Sacajawea-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt="Lake Missoula flood deposits."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683211917236687362" /></a><br /><center>Still looking at Lake Sacajawea Bar flood deposits.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2OtuXUsrgnJxxe7f-SetGDmVmCs5FUj0erx9PlbdzAclMG7wny6oh-ttZ8b4r9yTMRvSDerjdmKxf3CcYBiSNbr09qoZOxFqIoxL5Rgn7CIt3ECrzzXYAMDllbGS4TqnezqPYSH5Wjs/s1600/Ice-Age-Floods-Snake-River.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2OtuXUsrgnJxxe7f-SetGDmVmCs5FUj0erx9PlbdzAclMG7wny6oh-ttZ8b4r9yTMRvSDerjdmKxf3CcYBiSNbr09qoZOxFqIoxL5Rgn7CIt3ECrzzXYAMDllbGS4TqnezqPYSH5Wjs/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-Snake-River.jpg" border="0" alt="Contact between flood gravel and slackwater deposits."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683211914449549602" /></a><br /><center>The drastic material change is cool. Some of these contacts are super sharp.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ufJJ5RQiGpC2Z9Xogqb0LhNwwDDm8L4zhaezsIh0BY7YR_gMN0AtYQUlWmTxYa36S_7Qb4QSI8qW7Ha2UzELtMWAMqpcdGlPkCbS1ugWOukIvyxqVFPMKgSdqE1yw_6Pl2vnQ6RjRvk/s1600/Sacajawea-Flood-Bar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ufJJ5RQiGpC2Z9Xogqb0LhNwwDDm8L4zhaezsIh0BY7YR_gMN0AtYQUlWmTxYa36S_7Qb4QSI8qW7Ha2UzELtMWAMqpcdGlPkCbS1ugWOukIvyxqVFPMKgSdqE1yw_6Pl2vnQ6RjRvk/s400/Sacajawea-Flood-Bar.jpg" border="0" alt="Snake River flood deposits."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683211068194916130" /></a><br />Bruce Bjornstad has placed an interesting <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=8ea771b2-b189-4424-8973-07c90689b506">Geocache</a> near this location.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQC7fReF_E5dN0CkfW8NHH7SrUCrGbI2lYvN6p0htSyRwF1gA5Hxp5bpzKvhXslglUoyxx8zuyMuk_h6pGwARh_Oh3zPVC5KsFDEbfySDQo9V5ckxclbo23pqlmsLy44T63qns9lDTIY/s1600/Snake-River-Bar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQC7fReF_E5dN0CkfW8NHH7SrUCrGbI2lYvN6p0htSyRwF1gA5Hxp5bpzKvhXslglUoyxx8zuyMuk_h6pGwARh_Oh3zPVC5KsFDEbfySDQo9V5ckxclbo23pqlmsLy44T63qns9lDTIY/s400/Snake-River-Bar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683211063010736450" /></a><br /><center>Railroad spike for scale.</center><br /><blockquote>"The gravel pit excavated by the railroad here has a scarp 200 feet high. The gravel is unindurated and slides easily, so that the structure is difficult to decipher. But it is 99 per cent basalt." - J Harlen Bretz 1925</blockquote><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6T8-ncLcKE4S3vAQ3zc749aLleRfBOs2lhPPu5_vDCUbiJoudK9BtWtStQaJ65zDQlQUEPgJMNNwk_WLSlwkQn1_pafK715bgNJZwrKKXuta4B4ETlRw9tO9m74YHBjw42dJ6Na8vouk/s1600/Streamlined-Hill.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6T8-ncLcKE4S3vAQ3zc749aLleRfBOs2lhPPu5_vDCUbiJoudK9BtWtStQaJ65zDQlQUEPgJMNNwk_WLSlwkQn1_pafK715bgNJZwrKKXuta4B4ETlRw9tO9m74YHBjw42dJ6Na8vouk/s400/Streamlined-Hill.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683211056179987570" /></a><br />The streamlined hill shapes are often referred to as teardrop, ship-like or airfoil-like. Earlier this year I attended an Ellensburg IAFI chapter meeting and heard <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Vic-Baker.html">Vic Baker</a> compare them to "A trout in a stream". I like that one. <br /><br />Several excellent examples of streamlined Palouse Hills are visible from the intersection of SR-261 and the entrance road to Palouse Falls State Park.<br /><br /><blockquote>"These hills consist of "islands" of loess that appear to float in a sea of basalt scabland. Their teardrop shape consists of a prominant steep prow on the upstream end and long tapered tails on the downstream end. This shape, which was repeated over and over again in the formation of streamlined sedimentary hills, is not a coincidence. During Ice Age flooding, the hills were streamlined so their length was usually about three times longer than their width; this hydrodynamic shape provided the least amount of drag to the floodwaters that formed them. - Bjornstad" </blockquote><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaSzUzqXPHpm_WEEtwOhF0_bLQXHgMGE4ybUWAEUrUXlHSiy4bi07XJ4iPl_2kowCgAWX3SduGPKEDr047jlHReuVku1yJ4rOw6gdTTnfDysIoB8gJRyd-UeHNc4iofthaB6A_WHxbKs/s1600/NASA.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaSzUzqXPHpm_WEEtwOhF0_bLQXHgMGE4ybUWAEUrUXlHSiy4bi07XJ4iPl_2kowCgAWX3SduGPKEDr047jlHReuVku1yJ4rOw6gdTTnfDysIoB8gJRyd-UeHNc4iofthaB6A_WHxbKs/s400/NASA.jpg" border="0" alt="NASA Mars streamlined hills."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683211053985158594" /></a><br />NASA has some impressive shots of streamlined hills on Mars. Scientist estimate flood volumes on Mars were 10 times the largest Missoula flood.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxCDXNt4WdDrQkvkLVHKf_7YeRLGBu6ZPVGrftDM5jVruYCe6IhBSebjoAxB6xu10zrH4SmfvBpJD3UBMfR2TQH2ecJe5QADc8V6TxToHyBfHMNwYZF4VdcAvRoEZyNJrKUCntFP96Q4/s1600/Palouse-Hill.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxCDXNt4WdDrQkvkLVHKf_7YeRLGBu6ZPVGrftDM5jVruYCe6IhBSebjoAxB6xu10zrH4SmfvBpJD3UBMfR2TQH2ecJe5QADc8V6TxToHyBfHMNwYZF4VdcAvRoEZyNJrKUCntFP96Q4/s400/Palouse-Hill.jpg" border="0" alt="Scarped hills near Palouse Falls State Park."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683211050032722418" /></a><br />SR-261 near the entrance to Palouse Falls State Park - The scarped Palouse hills aren't too far off the highway.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNIatkB1_fj6zXocVf8xSUpJ3z2QSCzEP5Vg09vSAK_tuBEOUdBVOUeg7QgPe4_e5V274DILlpbGbQzBgdX5JkjbRbYpy6ghTfgthrhfq6d6BqB7bCe3UtPOj3w6TUaO3AvDVAVyW6fE/s1600/Smithsonian.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNIatkB1_fj6zXocVf8xSUpJ3z2QSCzEP5Vg09vSAK_tuBEOUdBVOUeg7QgPe4_e5V274DILlpbGbQzBgdX5JkjbRbYpy6ghTfgthrhfq6d6BqB7bCe3UtPOj3w6TUaO3AvDVAVyW6fE/s400/Smithsonian.jpg" border="0" alt="Palouse River Canyon - Smithsonian Museum."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683210258359144466" /></a><br />Teresa and I were in Washington, DC the week of Thanksgiving - I noticed this <a href="http://iceagefloods.blogspot.com/2008/11/palouse-river-canyon-hike.html">Palouse River Canyon</a> USGS photo in the <a href="http://www.mnh.si.edu/">Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History</a>.<br /><br /><center>Cool! Franklin County in the Smithsonian.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvK0SELb-Kgi39vgIYo_wsKaMJsJBoOOi7WIuyM2gByn8jjX8oOOO5JJs2Lgq3dInd7COBzvpGaZqmkTkFIu1fQNHtZ6faNHUBbEcymgoGaPTxFbND1hCH9wKkDk8aSelfX2APIUTYS8/s1600/Palouse-River.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJvK0SELb-Kgi39vgIYo_wsKaMJsJBoOOi7WIuyM2gByn8jjX8oOOO5JJs2Lgq3dInd7COBzvpGaZqmkTkFIu1fQNHtZ6faNHUBbEcymgoGaPTxFbND1hCH9wKkDk8aSelfX2APIUTYS8/s400/Palouse-River.jpg" border="0" alt="View from bottom of Palouse River Canyon, Palouse Falls State Park."id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683210256396113106" /></a><br /><center>- Palouse Falls -</center><br /><br /><center><a href="http://iceagefloods.blogspot.com/2009/10/palouse-falls-and-palouse-river-canyon.html">Link to 2009 hike in this area.</a></center><br /><br />Nice day. Too much driving and not enough hiking but still fun!<br /><br /><center>Merry Christmas! Tom</center><br /><br /><center><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/30743887?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe></center><br />Glacial Lake Missoula floodwaters were responsible for most of the features pictured above; However, another large flood swept through this stretch of the Snake River about 17,400 years ago. Click video above to watch Nick Zentner interview USGS Geologist <a href="https://profile.usgs.gov/oconnor/">Jim O'Connor</a>. Jim talks about the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Bonneville.html">Lake Bonneville Flood</a> at the 14 minute mark of interview.<br /><br />Watch Nick interview other guests from the US Geological Survey and various regional organizations at <a href="http://www.geology.cwu.edu/centralrocks/"><strong>Central Rocks</strong></a>.<br />"Central Rocks" aims to promote an appreciation and understanding of Washington geology - while also shedding light on research and teaching of CWU faculty.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-63901967276112766272011-11-03T20:37:00.000-07:002011-11-07T20:48:14.181-08:00Grand Coulee, Northrup Canyon, Umatilla Rock and Deep Lake PotholesMisc. photos from several hikes to view <a href="http://hugefloods.com/">Ice Age Flood</a> features near Banks Lake - Fourth weekend in October 2011.<br /><br />I'll try to follow this post with shots from the Vantage, WA area along with a few from the lower Grand Coulee.<br /><br />Sorry I've been slow to post images from hikes. I still like to get out in the spring and fall ... Just not getting around to posting. <center><h2>Click any image to enlarge.</h2></center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrhBZ_cx2gDT0p6t1tJ8l1wkzroLRRoE4ALxDOcMnXd0Do_bzOVOtCvn7r0EJ5omCvwehoY7Y5O2n_eOVjaGpZyzl97lwoZOY4Lk3_tGSaCfoG9ysmJYgQKO1vycOXUWcydW8WeOra9w/s1600/Dry-Falls-State-Park.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrhBZ_cx2gDT0p6t1tJ8l1wkzroLRRoE4ALxDOcMnXd0Do_bzOVOtCvn7r0EJ5omCvwehoY7Y5O2n_eOVjaGpZyzl97lwoZOY4Lk3_tGSaCfoG9ysmJYgQKO1vycOXUWcydW8WeOra9w/s400/Dry-Falls-State-Park.jpg" border="0" alt="Bruce Bjornstad at Dry Falls State Park - Ice Age Floods." /></a><br />Bruce Bjornstad on Umatilla Rock (<a href="http://www.parks.wa.gov/parks/?selectedpark=Sun%20Lakes">Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park</a>). <br /><br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJavi0e-Oow7XVJ9MZJOFb0d251-iIJjvfVz_43T5FJ7CcB1ojIKZ1z1ly58JJQjToslJ6MmceqBr0M9tujr5NaEQkJ8u6dKgegKK46snjADaPTip06ZcZI3NaByv7uiur07oA0vT9qbc/s1600/Dry-Falls-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJavi0e-Oow7XVJ9MZJOFb0d251-iIJjvfVz_43T5FJ7CcB1ojIKZ1z1ly58JJQjToslJ6MmceqBr0M9tujr5NaEQkJ8u6dKgegKK46snjADaPTip06ZcZI3NaByv7uiur07oA0vT9qbc/s400/Dry-Falls-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt="Dry Falls cataract system." /></a><br />Flood-swept basalt plateau and small portion of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_Falls">Dry Falls</a> cataract system. Hikes over the weekend covered flood features between Sun Lake-Dry Falls State Park and Northrup Canyon. <br /><br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyHCYhxxjO49TFr2_t0XJjkmbv4gxAZLzA3n6ac_R0-9tFnp_tKvFQlJNPquo_tztrtiXmaLQu2Jw8dKowsJPJCqtNA21t834VPmcPwETED1EWN51Vr6m0noDACF8GTaSA8YA4iOTvRM/s1600/Glacial-Lake-Columbia.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyHCYhxxjO49TFr2_t0XJjkmbv4gxAZLzA3n6ac_R0-9tFnp_tKvFQlJNPquo_tztrtiXmaLQu2Jw8dKowsJPJCqtNA21t834VPmcPwETED1EWN51Vr6m0noDACF8GTaSA8YA4iOTvRM/s400/Glacial-Lake-Columbia.jpg" border="0" alt="Bruce Bjornstad photographs Glacial Lake Columbia deposits."/></a><br />Bruce inspects flood deposits (sand and gravel) beneath layers of slackwater deposits that settled to the floor of Glacial Lake Columbia. <br /><br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdTbCZiEKMcyRrMX6od30fWHOSsOVbVMSzLUazUUUZppTJVSDQs-CXMEJ2y_6DJvg7vdC8Mlu_yFqCjO9hA47rreiLmExAWJtoG8c0RuGUM1cI48k3A8YVeQAnZA0ZGLgkMoHdEtcPYw/s1600/Columbia-River-Basalt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdTbCZiEKMcyRrMX6od30fWHOSsOVbVMSzLUazUUUZppTJVSDQs-CXMEJ2y_6DJvg7vdC8Mlu_yFqCjO9hA47rreiLmExAWJtoG8c0RuGUM1cI48k3A8YVeQAnZA0ZGLgkMoHdEtcPYw/s400/Columbia-River-Basalt.jpg" border="0" alt="Columbia River Basalt Group." /></a><br />The Grand Coulee is a great place to view <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Basalt.html">Columbia River Basalt</a>.<br /><br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIKCSIC7Qo8xnx3AsTrU_OSTGpj3qCqa2Gy9XetbbC8rVKfuXgrBQhPZHzoLAn9es-pq5sIxB17CfvHWo5Kh2c0hgyQBExYWGPbbnR4egclPu0s2REpZpPPJXDDMPK1f1gC6E5aa8zaY/s1600/Grand-Coulee-Erratics.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIKCSIC7Qo8xnx3AsTrU_OSTGpj3qCqa2Gy9XetbbC8rVKfuXgrBQhPZHzoLAn9es-pq5sIxB17CfvHWo5Kh2c0hgyQBExYWGPbbnR4egclPu0s2REpZpPPJXDDMPK1f1gC6E5aa8zaY/s400/Grand-Coulee-Erratics.jpg" border="0" alt="Ice-rafted erratic in the Grand Coulee." /></a><center>Hard working erratic</center><br />This ice-rafted erratic has been put to work holding a Grand Coulee fence post.<br /><br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVStVDlP0lBmzUdUoeN0_kHmGp-yQ-pCrBlIrqGr3QHEhEDKPYsWdpMOpe7Or_BByqudoWrSpmdJS5DAi0HEN2q3lcb_Fs8YEKuJJKfnEw7p-KSJwDm4cR_zeQCYRr56kVWHhT9k8DaI/s1600/Coulee-Corridor.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvVStVDlP0lBmzUdUoeN0_kHmGp-yQ-pCrBlIrqGr3QHEhEDKPYsWdpMOpe7Or_BByqudoWrSpmdJS5DAi0HEN2q3lcb_Fs8YEKuJJKfnEw7p-KSJwDm4cR_zeQCYRr56kVWHhT9k8DaI/s400/Coulee-Corridor.jpg" border="0" alt="The Coulee Corridor." /></a><br />When you see signage that includes these towns ... You're getting close to some of the best features in the entire Ice Age Flood region.<br /><br />The <a href="http://couleecorridor.com/map.htm">Coulee Corridor</a> group maintains a nice website that describes this section of SR-17. Click link to visit its site.<br /><strong><blockquote>It possesses almost every characteristic feature of scabland, and most of them are on the huge scale consistent with the flood conception.</blockquote></strong><center>J Harlen Bretz describes the Grand Coulee (1933)</center><br /><br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq44bh1FRUx68pGVJdseolUtHAVuvwJU-43Z0Mrchrb_cqAIvwXWras0t37b_1iXo-7tPjjLk0uZ_I-8sn1WSEZyTYvjeFQV3pIvf4IHyGSbWq6G_tYbDFP5xu0bTyXoHeu5twDPY73nE/s1600/Northrup-Canyon-Map.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq44bh1FRUx68pGVJdseolUtHAVuvwJU-43Z0Mrchrb_cqAIvwXWras0t37b_1iXo-7tPjjLk0uZ_I-8sn1WSEZyTYvjeFQV3pIvf4IHyGSbWq6G_tYbDFP5xu0bTyXoHeu5twDPY73nE/s400/Northrup-Canyon-Map.jpg" border="0" alt="Northrup Canyon aerial view." /></a><br />J Harlen Bretz called Northrup Canyon a "Very peculiar tributary" in his 1932 guidebook "The Channeled Scabland".<br /><br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvidkqKZNJ3602oEqA956nXjZZ95M_MD8Njn1_ATxQY7X04aDEX1hGdZ7NgsvN8Do1ICESd57_bdHCSpSOL9g-DCUiNPLQ2OnP7URquPXOC6TkYaf6hjJRCbbco-dbzBfW4EAJVU8lcxY/s1600/Northrup-Lake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvidkqKZNJ3602oEqA956nXjZZ95M_MD8Njn1_ATxQY7X04aDEX1hGdZ7NgsvN8Do1ICESd57_bdHCSpSOL9g-DCUiNPLQ2OnP7URquPXOC6TkYaf6hjJRCbbco-dbzBfW4EAJVU8lcxY/s400/Northrup-Lake.jpg" border="0" alt="Northrup Canyon Lake" /></a><br />Canyon leaves were beautiful. Loved the reds and yellows around lake. Heart-shaped lake photo for Teresa.<br /><br />Open link to visit Bruce's <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a99f365c-7d77-49e7-b692-8c3a75c0c127">Northrup Lake</a> geocache page. Great text and illustrations!<br /><br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGXHad29kLuvUUoHDyRW6mDPfaUZOgJQUiEOCN8u2fXaeHWi0UnGTus-0fFaWnN37R-8zVlWOyHeEr3X4zuA_7DEr89dUvp8LB14r0s-TSDIjVnFNsZmYTyzLkdXDiRypgMYkW758BlU/s1600/Northrup-Canyon-Granite.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGXHad29kLuvUUoHDyRW6mDPfaUZOgJQUiEOCN8u2fXaeHWi0UnGTus-0fFaWnN37R-8zVlWOyHeEr3X4zuA_7DEr89dUvp8LB14r0s-TSDIjVnFNsZmYTyzLkdXDiRypgMYkW758BlU/s400/Northrup-Canyon-Granite.jpg" border="0" alt="Northrup Canyon Granite and Columbia River Basalt Group." /></a><br />The canyon is amazing ... You're near the edge of the Columbia River Basalt Group flows (not very thick up here). At this location the floods have ripped away basalt and exposed underlying granite.<br />The granite is significantly older (50-100 million years) compared to the basalt which is only 15-17 million years old. <br /><br /><blockquote>"One can stand on the brink of Northrup Canyon and aver with confidence that it can never be satisfactorily explained except as an extinct Niagara."<br />J Harlen Bretz 1932</blockquote><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSCxunhc1cXLbfR-9-Cg_mfDLMH9KLMVZXSIO2QJ4ixYVS4tFDTOnPAfF6EkNTPKHXKPWX-zejZyq96wsj5IP1hxesTxEc6oqt_fl3pV0ppIhL_M4zrZJcFiwJoHaDDSAbbbBWhvL5OA/s1600/Northrup-Lake-Canyon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSCxunhc1cXLbfR-9-Cg_mfDLMH9KLMVZXSIO2QJ4ixYVS4tFDTOnPAfF6EkNTPKHXKPWX-zejZyq96wsj5IP1hxesTxEc6oqt_fl3pV0ppIhL_M4zrZJcFiwJoHaDDSAbbbBWhvL5OA/s400/Northrup-Lake-Canyon.jpg" border="0" alt="Northrup Lake and Northrup Canyon geology." /></a><br />I like this Google Earth image showing the granite ridge. Aerial images on <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a99f365c-7d77-49e7-b692-8c3a75c0c127">Bruce's geocache page</a> show grooves and potholes on the plateau.<br /><br />Bretz noted <i>"Buried granite hills exhumed by erosion of the glacial torrent are also seen"</i> when describing Northrup Canyon.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdcuaa2VauiGPTgoVuOh_tiJeOcwbKWvcfolKlPOD-UW6n9hSpzDwuZcdCqfkkKV08KzzzWaGn5MwGyZ8ctfZ433ukUWf7XctnqwO7FM4UFbwXFKVv8ZVgoQPyV-k3AhHfoFJ9Yu1RZM/s1600/Northrup-Canyon-Granite.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdcuaa2VauiGPTgoVuOh_tiJeOcwbKWvcfolKlPOD-UW6n9hSpzDwuZcdCqfkkKV08KzzzWaGn5MwGyZ8ctfZ433ukUWf7XctnqwO7FM4UFbwXFKVv8ZVgoQPyV-k3AhHfoFJ9Yu1RZM/s400/Northrup-Canyon-Granite.jpg" border="0" alt="Northrup Canyon granite." /></a><br /><center>No erratics here. This granite is right where it belongs.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmyrEVe26ibxJwWbeaITkmxMFHrqyPfhFAXOJ1el36L5vPD2iAJPNxEDrxLy202G__lz0HwN2Oz2JdkmiBh0thyphenhyphenX1giaTY34FqlxgwPOX-N3EumkmHCViHcgQwxAyjP23FkXsX8hpnkM/s1600/Northrup-Canyon-Trail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmyrEVe26ibxJwWbeaITkmxMFHrqyPfhFAXOJ1el36L5vPD2iAJPNxEDrxLy202G__lz0HwN2Oz2JdkmiBh0thyphenhyphenX1giaTY34FqlxgwPOX-N3EumkmHCViHcgQwxAyjP23FkXsX8hpnkM/s400/Northrup-Canyon-Trail.jpg" border="0" alt="Fall color in Northrup Canyon." /></a><br /><center>Bruce and bright trees in lower canyon.</center><br /><center><br /><iframe width="400" height="233" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SGx997bo7Mw?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /></center><br />Click arrow to play short aerial video by GeoCosmicREX. Footage shows upper Northrup Canyon - Check out granite ridge - canyon center. Northrup Lake visible about 20 seconds into video. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwekrTk3Pf7dasYclE1g6lxYPYIjI5uYZ3mwdOPfeiSV0-zKXXLyuKle6myaLtOXjanUk9hgLUe_9morvgQM2_pv99tcPjKicg3S8fw8BWwGqDhEajSOstjV1XpCuqwlR5kT7qyTGs4VY/s1600/The-Northern-Reaches.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwekrTk3Pf7dasYclE1g6lxYPYIjI5uYZ3mwdOPfeiSV0-zKXXLyuKle6myaLtOXjanUk9hgLUe_9morvgQM2_pv99tcPjKicg3S8fw8BWwGqDhEajSOstjV1XpCuqwlR5kT7qyTGs4VY/s320/The-Northern-Reaches.jpg" border="0" alt="On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods - The Northern Reaches." /></a><br />Bruce will have a new Ice Age Floods guidebook out soon - Published by <a href="http://keokeebooks.com/">Keokee Books</a>. I hope it comes out soon. The Grand Coulee guidebook I'm currently using was published in 1932!<br /><br />Awesome cover art by <a href="http://stevominski.com/?nav=about">Stev Ominski</a> shows Dry Falls area (includes Okanogan Ice Lobe and receding Ice Age Floodwater). <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlB8pB8Rh6SYzqeV-bopNbTgKaluhHCzSCflu8ntt25pI5jE9xSEi_wHopoBCNW1u4ewNlZat_fvT3TT7xcTfYsonR6NyFU3A00H5Tg3kLV83RF1QjYusNoaZ1iEg3MfD1jP5Wura9Bzo/s1600/Banks-Lake-2011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlB8pB8Rh6SYzqeV-bopNbTgKaluhHCzSCflu8ntt25pI5jE9xSEi_wHopoBCNW1u4ewNlZat_fvT3TT7xcTfYsonR6NyFU3A00H5Tg3kLV83RF1QjYusNoaZ1iEg3MfD1jP5Wura9Bzo/s400/Banks-Lake-2011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="USBOR Banks Lake draw-down." /></a><br />The Bureau of Reclamation has lowered Banks Lake 30 feet to perform maintenance on equipment at Dry Falls dam. Lots of mud and sand exposed in the Grand Coulee. This shot shows mud flat between Steamboat Rock and mouth of Northrup Canyon. Note Glacial Lake Columbia deposits being blown around (arrow).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8TM6wNE0D1HMNJDmTFbhzJLfVUXQMqK1bAaMBnkx795sRqYttfBx5aTkPn-3Ku5EYyB8-1HgTh7C-0D4jVYsFobx146Zgc9uFj8pNLisTaV5XqcKEykS7IVzHkTme9lRnp07chJw_4w/s1600/Banks-Lake-Draw-Down.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8TM6wNE0D1HMNJDmTFbhzJLfVUXQMqK1bAaMBnkx795sRqYttfBx5aTkPn-3Ku5EYyB8-1HgTh7C-0D4jVYsFobx146Zgc9uFj8pNLisTaV5XqcKEykS7IVzHkTme9lRnp07chJw_4w/s400/Banks-Lake-Draw-Down.jpg" border="0" alt="Banks Lake - Coulee City, WA" /></a><br /><center>Inundated scabland reappears north of Coulee City.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbGuA398C41K97tp934TYN8Q4mxZLHIC9I4bzCcuevnYt7bkbvuIonlV-9GbtmaGE9ZjQhEoRmdXNc-Oaz7P7HsjFM_QPLrDh5kdKKKKSFTVGTffmJsr884_hrVy1RM_cARPl-y-jCwM/s1600/Drawdown-Banks-Lake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbGuA398C41K97tp934TYN8Q4mxZLHIC9I4bzCcuevnYt7bkbvuIonlV-9GbtmaGE9ZjQhEoRmdXNc-Oaz7P7HsjFM_QPLrDh5kdKKKKSFTVGTffmJsr884_hrVy1RM_cARPl-y-jCwM/s400/Drawdown-Banks-Lake.jpg" border="0" alt="Banks Lake drawdown." /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Zxwqa7BIFRmOcFQhxU8aEFIM9pJJ1Z_CCGbFJPWIknqVnjAHNse8n-oVfpd8oRQmJboe3r5_RfaG8tIfcm3cjewOCpT3tOCpeNpivKIi5c_wAFXHXI9bNbqaQ722uWqtgyhxQ-LJ6xQ/s1600/Coulee-City.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Zxwqa7BIFRmOcFQhxU8aEFIM9pJJ1Z_CCGbFJPWIknqVnjAHNse8n-oVfpd8oRQmJboe3r5_RfaG8tIfcm3cjewOCpT3tOCpeNpivKIi5c_wAFXHXI9bNbqaQ722uWqtgyhxQ-LJ6xQ/s400/Coulee-City.jpg" border="0" alt="Coulee City, WA." /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1iCpS8rK3Q482rFZ11ttQ-_dtC8zeWd-FR8T0jyBj4VZPrLwo8AIQlzXhQvagL_kDb2HmvEwcoXZkx1Us7pmfprKIoyhS3rLJ2Njf8Y_FIKyj_tLdMnLJKLJve-98hBFbC3XfrAsBDH8/s1600/Banks-Lake-USBOR-Draw-Down.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1iCpS8rK3Q482rFZ11ttQ-_dtC8zeWd-FR8T0jyBj4VZPrLwo8AIQlzXhQvagL_kDb2HmvEwcoXZkx1Us7pmfprKIoyhS3rLJ2Njf8Y_FIKyj_tLdMnLJKLJve-98hBFbC3XfrAsBDH8/s400/Banks-Lake-USBOR-Draw-Down.jpg" border="0" alt="Banks Lake" /></a><br /><center>Dark blue areas remain underwater.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hBn-pCqVlQjz0OlABkjX5cB5NW0_YHM6bO3f8llfPNpN-brBLciRTrVuqXZ3Is4CQnX4EgaGSVVLVDwOgxFrHS6urokEgissuHaDUItS1w2ayBl-VDr-i5ifZulENvgSoVrb-yPdmps/s1600/Draw-Down-Banks-Lake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hBn-pCqVlQjz0OlABkjX5cB5NW0_YHM6bO3f8llfPNpN-brBLciRTrVuqXZ3Is4CQnX4EgaGSVVLVDwOgxFrHS6urokEgissuHaDUItS1w2ayBl-VDr-i5ifZulENvgSoVrb-yPdmps/s400/Draw-Down-Banks-Lake.jpg" border="0" alt="Steamboat Rock USBOR Banks Lake draw-down." /></a><br /><center>Lake down 30 ft. - Things look different near Steamboat Rock.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2BYj3f6urEhlVKQqfV3JQP3QVVvLAT91avIJzaI4b7N6nsXHTEKrL8wWnmJEonRNGIi916-AgAQff2eYiHjjT6EmS2L-gCeJ512qOiLRvj9ME8rSvge1_4WcY2d11ZcfD_a9ednNuMSs/s1600/Banks-Lake-USBOR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2BYj3f6urEhlVKQqfV3JQP3QVVvLAT91avIJzaI4b7N6nsXHTEKrL8wWnmJEonRNGIi916-AgAQff2eYiHjjT6EmS2L-gCeJ512qOiLRvj9ME8rSvge1_4WcY2d11ZcfD_a9ednNuMSs/s400/Banks-Lake-USBOR.jpg" border="0" alt="Banks Lake draw down." /></a><br />I thought it might stink but there was no odor. The mud/silt/sand didn't really stick to shoes - Enjoyed walking around out there.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46ZmY89gnTsAZr_YPw3hBOAPhzEzWtHZeIzRS-Fq0d0iUkINWKz3bgZ9Qi1mtuUrWRP2vpdO_GCAwWgvxTnwMWnZR7SGSpd-dCCeCsapt6CeIadzL333pcGdFj4XVl0Rs3Kphko219AA/s1600/Lake-Columbia-Deposits.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg46ZmY89gnTsAZr_YPw3hBOAPhzEzWtHZeIzRS-Fq0d0iUkINWKz3bgZ9Qi1mtuUrWRP2vpdO_GCAwWgvxTnwMWnZR7SGSpd-dCCeCsapt6CeIadzL333pcGdFj4XVl0Rs3Kphko219AA/s400/Lake-Columbia-Deposits.jpg" border="0" alt="Glacial Lake Columbia." /></a><br />It was easy to get around and explore Glacial Lake Columbia deposits.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2HLLqXtuFNXPZhKCBB0XMhHROIhGcjXvhIoZx72jJj-nHTL53dCs101Zd04ELs1p-uKIsSK8jDfwyG7IMbQ468qFnfhOkhYprP_amDeBNgYSwxdqaQGu5-I8hy2LT6MRblIrnVdOIuU/s1600/Dry-Falls-Map.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2HLLqXtuFNXPZhKCBB0XMhHROIhGcjXvhIoZx72jJj-nHTL53dCs101Zd04ELs1p-uKIsSK8jDfwyG7IMbQ468qFnfhOkhYprP_amDeBNgYSwxdqaQGu5-I8hy2LT6MRblIrnVdOIuU/s400/Dry-Falls-Map.jpg" border="0" alt="Dry Falls area." /></a><br />1. Dry Falls Visitor Center.<br />2. Umatilla Rock.<br />3. Deep Lake potholes.<br />4. Dry Falls Dam.<br />5. Coulee City.<br />6. Main Canal (<a href="http://hugefloods.com/GrandCoulee.html">Columbia Basin Irrigation Project</a>).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglorCpoaSbMB-Skslfsr2iRUXJOSkGgmfgzF8p41oo0bvrE0p1VPSynNdBzl7K0Xw8CqI2mI3OyLCLyqB1J3KEgQA15fIBsq0ilLfpPnnZXvibFKHILKIklm8YIbm2F3ZWn9WtXgRxh34/s1600/Deep-Lake-Road.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglorCpoaSbMB-Skslfsr2iRUXJOSkGgmfgzF8p41oo0bvrE0p1VPSynNdBzl7K0Xw8CqI2mI3OyLCLyqB1J3KEgQA15fIBsq0ilLfpPnnZXvibFKHILKIklm8YIbm2F3ZWn9WtXgRxh34/s400/Deep-Lake-Road.jpg" border="0" alt="Deep Lake road." /></a><br />The road to Deep Lake is closed this time of year. Easy walk or bike ride to lake and pothole area.<br /><br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_RCRacdvm35yIwk0WITZMa83E76BbPSe5z0obN7wPB9bIFZQFGO9n8TigNFVI0H2YxfwIWbeaXEhuWXXXzLYeF0jScU_Z8mWxdQMCLkSsexsZri4cPDtCWL-zMgAqCK1aT6CuewhQD8/s1600/Tom-Foster-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_RCRacdvm35yIwk0WITZMa83E76BbPSe5z0obN7wPB9bIFZQFGO9n8TigNFVI0H2YxfwIWbeaXEhuWXXXzLYeF0jScU_Z8mWxdQMCLkSsexsZri4cPDtCWL-zMgAqCK1aT6CuewhQD8/s400/Tom-Foster-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt="Tom Foster Ice Age Floods" /></a><br /><center>Photo by Bruce</center><br />OK ... The plan was to try and get a better angle with camera when photographing Deep Lake potholes. Before I waved my Nikon around on a 16 ft. pole - I supplemented the attachment point with several wraps of duct tape.<br /><br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggvuylXGJlbtPFRMmP1b547T6D_CHrc6b_RDaUv6vSr6SZdj3ZoqdPrFoteTBejCuEfH6QZAouOHaC7pBYKRWOLg8sDLM08zUxwT39e48VeSdb45FmYx1824bKMc3Syw29tEWldZY0BQ/s1600/Ice-Age-Flood-Pothole.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggvuylXGJlbtPFRMmP1b547T6D_CHrc6b_RDaUv6vSr6SZdj3ZoqdPrFoteTBejCuEfH6QZAouOHaC7pBYKRWOLg8sDLM08zUxwT39e48VeSdb45FmYx1824bKMc3Syw29tEWldZY0BQ/s400/Ice-Age-Flood-Pothole.jpg" border="0" alt="Tom Foster Lake Missoula floods." /></a><br /><center>It should work.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9hX_3iZbY14eaJwaFqO97yRqDzaAkd5LPrteJx6d_vl3Bcm2maUZnc5n7ozuO8Tt3ZxRdioKW0F5yp83o9OT8wBWg0t3YymI85OFCdHHrXLiXNz_1UC4B-pgbf_asnf1GH24VTmvSIg/s1600/Pothole-Pole-Photography.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9hX_3iZbY14eaJwaFqO97yRqDzaAkd5LPrteJx6d_vl3Bcm2maUZnc5n7ozuO8Tt3ZxRdioKW0F5yp83o9OT8wBWg0t3YymI85OFCdHHrXLiXNz_1UC4B-pgbf_asnf1GH24VTmvSIg/s400/Pothole-Pole-Photography.jpg" border="0" alt="Pothole pole photo." /></a><br /><center>First few pothole pole photos were a little rough.</center> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBExmqxLT1zmhnrHA-DLu0udla7xr-hsRZbxgWQM7h5nx-FR2Qrfu1iCAbmgPOYip5moslr7eoy6To3jEO6weyomyGoIcymMP0pk4OD2MpjLvfZUoLTHDiwNPWFReF8tm0ihsGwmex198/s1600/Lake-Missoula-Flood.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBExmqxLT1zmhnrHA-DLu0udla7xr-hsRZbxgWQM7h5nx-FR2Qrfu1iCAbmgPOYip5moslr7eoy6To3jEO6weyomyGoIcymMP0pk4OD2MpjLvfZUoLTHDiwNPWFReF8tm0ihsGwmex198/s400/Lake-Missoula-Flood.jpg" border="0" alt=""Ice Age Flood pothole created during Lake Missoula floods." /></a><br /><center>Getting better with the pole.</center><br />The potholes out here are really cool! Whirlpool-like currents called kolks, drilled into the basalt. <br /><br />View from the top of a Lowe's 16' telescopic painter's pole. Looking west down Deep Lake channel to Lower Grand Coulee. Bruce standing near pothole rim (left).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAHaa17aP2F7myUQsBhod8OT_wFqr34Xgm-zFRje87sMrmoaUP7uyvs0anzlBEoryCVnxp0iv_0uYRvmf39Svy6Ukn8yWZbNwaI7iFPA4FO0oNsURb953pGjdk49BWNsReD7ssXVBjgk/s1600/Deep-Lake-Pothole-Entrance.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAHaa17aP2F7myUQsBhod8OT_wFqr34Xgm-zFRje87sMrmoaUP7uyvs0anzlBEoryCVnxp0iv_0uYRvmf39Svy6Ukn8yWZbNwaI7iFPA4FO0oNsURb953pGjdk49BWNsReD7ssXVBjgk/s400/Deep-Lake-Pothole-Entrance.jpg" border="0" alt="Deep Lake pothole tunnel." /></a><br /> Here's a strange place Bruce heard about from Mark Buser (<a href="http://iafi.org/">Ice Age Floods Institute</a> President). <br />A short tunnel allows easy access to the pothole floor. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr96LRxVUEunhmmLLcVVbs0ht2wiQyJRm1MHmoTLqouXcwixLYcVN5l_5EQLjzh6KIyEfp1ZKdkNXryySRJGYbcZuJHUziAFDfa2ZJd1ulFcnoPV7vSI7t2ZT3s1N6DKf0eMBXDCN3F6Q/s1600/Bruce-Bjornstad-Pothole.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr96LRxVUEunhmmLLcVVbs0ht2wiQyJRm1MHmoTLqouXcwixLYcVN5l_5EQLjzh6KIyEfp1ZKdkNXryySRJGYbcZuJHUziAFDfa2ZJd1ulFcnoPV7vSI7t2ZT3s1N6DKf0eMBXDCN3F6Q/s400/Bruce-Bjornstad-Pothole.jpg" border="0" alt="Bruce Bjornstad in Ice Age Flood pothole." /></a><center>Bruce standing on pothole floor.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCF1gDrURC8eSVyWzxJrFzDERqdG7Qa4R0_oor144Ge_jMqGhf63UvrpWMLXlMiQF6A1_D0p3D8vC-XKm3RChwL7W2K6bzRADyWu_dsRrBF72B7FRk3Ngx3evSFwVGb25qoGbUABIzQc/s1600/Deep-Lake-Tunnel-Pothole.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCF1gDrURC8eSVyWzxJrFzDERqdG7Qa4R0_oor144Ge_jMqGhf63UvrpWMLXlMiQF6A1_D0p3D8vC-XKm3RChwL7W2K6bzRADyWu_dsRrBF72B7FRk3Ngx3evSFwVGb25qoGbUABIzQc/s400/Deep-Lake-Tunnel-Pothole.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />View over pothole with tunnel entrance (red diamond). Bruce standing on wall between lake channel and pothole.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOIzlxCzbBjmtNI4uiZt5x2XHo9C8jnCo3x2UiYWbHkqx1Jn34SP9DV4GMfJ1XCKUV5wuqO1y6323zw4QFDOQYRY74eH7PuWhU96EEwx2b74zPgkes0FozNGQORCnKBoJDUOixqWqw5UU/s1600/Deep-Lake-Pothole-Tunnel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOIzlxCzbBjmtNI4uiZt5x2XHo9C8jnCo3x2UiYWbHkqx1Jn34SP9DV4GMfJ1XCKUV5wuqO1y6323zw4QFDOQYRY74eH7PuWhU96EEwx2b74zPgkes0FozNGQORCnKBoJDUOixqWqw5UU/s400/Deep-Lake-Pothole-Tunnel.jpg" border="0" alt="Deep Lake, Sun Lakes State Park." /></a><br /><center>Headed back to the lake.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDq3cfdPqB-AgxHMBJZA457oNHbcfiSUdvfcl6bnvHONrL-Ski1TG-9rwzjp-ZIYBX3jrAyMFkDlulDrQkFGmG2cIFpGGoPNJwZleFXG-XwQvlnYr_Qyuvdtbs3vcBQMe296Lj5OavJhQ/s1600/Deep-Lake-Potholes-Aerial.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDq3cfdPqB-AgxHMBJZA457oNHbcfiSUdvfcl6bnvHONrL-Ski1TG-9rwzjp-ZIYBX3jrAyMFkDlulDrQkFGmG2cIFpGGoPNJwZleFXG-XwQvlnYr_Qyuvdtbs3vcBQMe296Lj5OavJhQ/s400/Deep-Lake-Potholes-Aerial.jpg" border="0" alt="Deep Lake potholes." /></a><br />Google Earth image shows tunnel entrance pothole (1) and pole photo pothole (2).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAoz8Bs9ZUopgAlzplb8M00p6iAXapzmwv1O3ad06mvZeAV8s_SU31Py80HWwHtxaGp6jldpjKDqOlvDDzmoDaXTfsFXT_5yMPm4hprEDX9_OZauLhTcprEj4cYr1I5nLiC8Tljxow_A/s1600/Umatilla-Rock-Dry-Falls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAoz8Bs9ZUopgAlzplb8M00p6iAXapzmwv1O3ad06mvZeAV8s_SU31Py80HWwHtxaGp6jldpjKDqOlvDDzmoDaXTfsFXT_5yMPm4hprEDX9_OZauLhTcprEj4cYr1I5nLiC8Tljxow_A/s400/Umatilla-Rock-Dry-Falls.jpg" border="0" alt="Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park." /></a><br /><center>Pretty quiet out here. Umatilla Rock in the distance.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7ggI_x171IRHww2kZUnrFptVlyvuse3Bmxy0kPxwefBstOXo92Lz2izNvaCH4hYERceHjFc2DxQ0Y1G15ISjpt9xHwfacb3yFlCkZhIOPZNIbUEv1UFxKSKdHhYt6CiAVzA9_4GQ1Wo/s1600/Bjornstad-Trail-of-Ice-Age-.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7ggI_x171IRHww2kZUnrFptVlyvuse3Bmxy0kPxwefBstOXo92Lz2izNvaCH4hYERceHjFc2DxQ0Y1G15ISjpt9xHwfacb3yFlCkZhIOPZNIbUEv1UFxKSKdHhYt6CiAVzA9_4GQ1Wo/s400/Bjornstad-Trail-of-Ice-Age-.jpg" border="0" alt="Geologist Bruce Bjornstad." /></a><br />That's Bruce and he's ... <a href="http://keokeebooks.com/IceAgeFloods.html"><i>"On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods"</i></a>. <br /><br />No trail to the top of Umatilla Rock ... just a talus slope with some scrambling near the top.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzFdp4i-bKdGP_F3jNh5sE084-ZNGkGMz3uZFUJEjaQU6sa0QnibrokMIrRUcHm4ujpv2hAAV-c1Wvq2_Aj356WpJWiRn7u0o9ukWsJmop52KSULEHZKW69i0aI2fBPqx3h-PjjyElAQ/s1600/Deep-Lake-Channel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLzFdp4i-bKdGP_F3jNh5sE084-ZNGkGMz3uZFUJEjaQU6sa0QnibrokMIrRUcHm4ujpv2hAAV-c1Wvq2_Aj356WpJWiRn7u0o9ukWsJmop52KSULEHZKW69i0aI2fBPqx3h-PjjyElAQ/s400/Deep-Lake-Channel.jpg" border="0" alt="Bruce Bjornstad on Umatilla Rock." /></a><br />Confluence of Monument Coulee and Deep Lake Channel in the distance.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tN8hJKTlhnRWV9sHtFxG6uo2sY_k_t982NA5-fM3_FUcEHBnCZ2ugzfc32ggPwQW1L3F0BfVZb4pnRHFmy8sEgCKSRUHavcJB1M6si360I9oJ39OTWYI5QCCMv_Z5B1QwNR5z_16EiU/s1600/Monument-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tN8hJKTlhnRWV9sHtFxG6uo2sY_k_t982NA5-fM3_FUcEHBnCZ2ugzfc32ggPwQW1L3F0BfVZb4pnRHFmy8sEgCKSRUHavcJB1M6si360I9oJ39OTWYI5QCCMv_Z5B1QwNR5z_16EiU/s400/Monument-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt="Scabland features." /></a><br />Three images here show view into flood-scoured Monument Coulee.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsB5_4XpXE2wAp3wf-nabC6zUZnq_QBhD3S1F5imddgPUL7vhPNyjw0vi4bqOK3OQcA8gtp9KspMZkZCXphSq7OpjuNrVWTReK6OP9xQ1FQIBufL2102_4d9gNBWJXVoqzXeGUZMhpIFg/s1600/Monument-Coulee-Boulders.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsB5_4XpXE2wAp3wf-nabC6zUZnq_QBhD3S1F5imddgPUL7vhPNyjw0vi4bqOK3OQcA8gtp9KspMZkZCXphSq7OpjuNrVWTReK6OP9xQ1FQIBufL2102_4d9gNBWJXVoqzXeGUZMhpIFg/s400/Monument-Coulee-Boulders.jpg" border="0" alt="Channeled scabland." /></a><br />I like the rubble rings around some of the giant basalt boulders. Rings probably formed as smaller blocks broke away from the biggest boulders due to post-flood freeze-thaw activity.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwLIdflmOsUwW-yS2iVCV2QqUJYI17Da7JRUZwhy0XIDuFBO8lxygVA4OyLAeXKaSmcg1NI6IvRMoVEaSdVX1iTd2cfe2-ifKQnrY4eUiA0_J0Nw0vlszssqPimQ4FpwFlzHCbJ3nHvk/s1600/Monument-Coulee-Wall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwLIdflmOsUwW-yS2iVCV2QqUJYI17Da7JRUZwhy0XIDuFBO8lxygVA4OyLAeXKaSmcg1NI6IvRMoVEaSdVX1iTd2cfe2-ifKQnrY4eUiA0_J0Nw0vlszssqPimQ4FpwFlzHCbJ3nHvk/s400/Monument-Coulee-Wall.jpg" border="0" alt="Monument Coulee wall." /></a><br /><center>Interesting basalt wall on Monument Coulee floor.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzkSUxAl4Vo9rd42asaXJ0H5oj3hybaw0qp7rXPORBdmDJ0u4cI03EDThZn7D83oeNIeiRareZELlss1LsTANLAnmLciC5I7znpQ1XGKeYs4Vvo0E9PJlJsn17NjtX7gQWHUU3WIUKvU/s1600/Umatilla-Rock-Bjornstad.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzkSUxAl4Vo9rd42asaXJ0H5oj3hybaw0qp7rXPORBdmDJ0u4cI03EDThZn7D83oeNIeiRareZELlss1LsTANLAnmLciC5I7znpQ1XGKeYs4Vvo0E9PJlJsn17NjtX7gQWHUU3WIUKvU/s400/Umatilla-Rock-Bjornstad.jpg" border="0" alt="Bruce Bjornstad - Ice Age Floods." /></a><br />Bruce explores the top of Umatilla Rock. Nice views from up here. What an amazing place!<br /><br />When you view the floor of Monument Coulee from the top of Umatilla Rock (or hike in the coulee) you may notice several large granite boulders.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv1pfMJHJHfJWCydJJzabE8GMjPFqFA7wpdMPCUEYYGIVJ1mSKy90UpfIrDazUXxIOhrGjxyYZ-UNX7yUrrhyphenhyphenzbXtTu3TPzwYOk60hzcBPoWpbCapt9aYdoWM7Su8C5ngIH5Yne0BM8Js/s1600/Bedload-Erratic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv1pfMJHJHfJWCydJJzabE8GMjPFqFA7wpdMPCUEYYGIVJ1mSKy90UpfIrDazUXxIOhrGjxyYZ-UNX7yUrrhyphenhyphenzbXtTu3TPzwYOk60hzcBPoWpbCapt9aYdoWM7Su8C5ngIH5Yne0BM8Js/s400/Bedload-Erratic.jpg" border="0" alt="Ice Age Flood bedload." /></a><br />Large granite boulders near our home in the Pasco Basin were rafted within icebergs. Many found near Dry Falls were transported in the bedload.<br /><br /><center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FwJZOYNLuNw?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br />Cool video posted by SRGSclips - Click to play. Shows bedload movement in lab flume.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_18Ws4wew0mUW22FMBfLjVkzfF2H6mUkiKOHBholfUkNgp07SOCdOibGN5aWtOR-48H7XYZxzMx1h2L0zz7DViEjtrS9JxSUyfviKMXoMBCFVsJGN3HxRj6CMu9wWE4SX7DcdHou5QRc/s1600/Monumnet-Coulee-Erratic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_18Ws4wew0mUW22FMBfLjVkzfF2H6mUkiKOHBholfUkNgp07SOCdOibGN5aWtOR-48H7XYZxzMx1h2L0zz7DViEjtrS9JxSUyfviKMXoMBCFVsJGN3HxRj6CMu9wWE4SX7DcdHou5QRc/s400/Monumnet-Coulee-Erratic.jpg" border="0" alt="Monument Coulee erratic transported in Lake Missoula Floods." /></a><br />After watching lab video above ... Extrapolate out and replace flume with The Grand Coulee and multiple Ice Age Floods. Boulders this size would have easily moved through the coulee without the aid of ice.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqN5-GBKlHGC4Q8GBCWP_-wfgbyVAEp0zEHBVk1_MgXpqU1AIv73ganPw7l2GG0eJVoTogRMCuco5r9I5GT4OAB6NNnSB8q6jPPFiq0Z3Vu3qO_bhaoGb4WPBIzpw4ff8f6JlUaineu3U/s1600/Armoured-Bar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqN5-GBKlHGC4Q8GBCWP_-wfgbyVAEp0zEHBVk1_MgXpqU1AIv73ganPw7l2GG0eJVoTogRMCuco5r9I5GT4OAB6NNnSB8q6jPPFiq0Z3Vu3qO_bhaoGb4WPBIzpw4ff8f6JlUaineu3U/s400/Armoured-Bar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="Armored flood bar." /></a><br />Many flood bars in this area are covered with large boulders - "Armored bars". <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3MK2EOhmLVni9RdMaQP4ummHKM1t41bG13ZnhheTGxirrRqArWOnmFWozTwseci1z41w0aYOBoUOXepkKJQT9nMXBzj9d8Nt8FlkmGxl0x6UyavBT3Yh4U_ejsXosDdcmodPNhhANsg/s1600/Dry-Falls-Visitor-Center.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3MK2EOhmLVni9RdMaQP4ummHKM1t41bG13ZnhheTGxirrRqArWOnmFWozTwseci1z41w0aYOBoUOXepkKJQT9nMXBzj9d8Nt8FlkmGxl0x6UyavBT3Yh4U_ejsXosDdcmodPNhhANsg/s400/Dry-Falls-Visitor-Center.jpg" border="0" alt="Dry Falls - Ice Age Floods." /></a><br /><center>Bruce walks along coulee rim. Visitor center on rim at left.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhr7Q1ALCzpj1RToaOnPuZ_ATp3UBNqHbZYpiROOlVzeT-n9IYVmmPJLPp_o-vUOl1MBwlkGNo8zQwMY1yQ62NFahKi_o-74ib5pBuLW3ptkE5pRrfRI81kFfDkZyBwex317xZdtBejg/s1600/Sun-Lakes-State-Park.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 121px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhr7Q1ALCzpj1RToaOnPuZ_ATp3UBNqHbZYpiROOlVzeT-n9IYVmmPJLPp_o-vUOl1MBwlkGNo8zQwMY1yQ62NFahKi_o-74ib5pBuLW3ptkE5pRrfRI81kFfDkZyBwex317xZdtBejg/s400/Sun-Lakes-State-Park.jpg" border="0" alt="Dry Falls Visitor Center." /></a><br />Next time you visit Dry Falls - Make sure to take a few minutes to walk through the Visitor Center. The ranger that smiles and says "Hello" is Maurya.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHznSj_RVjDqTjfWmDlDcCqETPTF_Rl1e-MY3VpImwZyTisOZ3rKLs3joDqCACXHZPy7Ai_6xsO_GyMhhhKzaPMs_uVzLvSMKCV5BK027U8mVt7XRA4TmEn2L18smNG6ZfHSD4juOiV9A/s1600/Monument-Coulee-Rock-Fence.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHznSj_RVjDqTjfWmDlDcCqETPTF_Rl1e-MY3VpImwZyTisOZ3rKLs3joDqCACXHZPy7Ai_6xsO_GyMhhhKzaPMs_uVzLvSMKCV5BK027U8mVt7XRA4TmEn2L18smNG6ZfHSD4juOiV9A/s400/Monument-Coulee-Rock-Fence.jpg" border="0" alt="Monument Coulee wall." /></a><br />Maurya can tell you about the basalt wall in Monument Coulee.<br /><br />Dates and Hours from State Parks site - November 2011.<br /><br />Dry Falls Visitor Center summer hours: May 1 - Sept. 30, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily<br /><br />Dry Falls Visitor Center winter hours: Oct. 1 - April 30, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., <strong>closed Thursdays</strong> <br /><br />Dry Falls Visitor Center is closed on the following holidays: Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Presidents Day.<br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZgWSha7JJagAVBATLv0aobrfpqleR4krhslm8njkslkWK_Z1yd3L2d5mgI3-Nbtq18dIBskrYBReeqMZwEIVutkHkm4kUaOpQ7EGTodPHU_cyyQr7y176LUwHnQrK5sv2SPhhs4hs5o/s1600/Niagra-Falls-Dry-Falls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZgWSha7JJagAVBATLv0aobrfpqleR4krhslm8njkslkWK_Z1yd3L2d5mgI3-Nbtq18dIBskrYBReeqMZwEIVutkHkm4kUaOpQ7EGTodPHU_cyyQr7y176LUwHnQrK5sv2SPhhs4hs5o/s400/Niagra-Falls-Dry-Falls.jpg" border="0" alt="Niagara Falls - Dry Falls comparison." /></a><br /><center><h3>Google Earth view - Niagara Falls</h3></center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-685wqSx7Vpy7QIXfc3X1FOLNLA-SjpD99gEQA2UlZ6U6woYFumfZRHwl5JGzQfFdsxbKPfzLBnzGXXpG5JDhU9Li9o1qYDMMnj0YdbgmkRbew9GGKGGvpujPaCpGUIJE7ZTD7HLNag/s1600/Dry-Falls-Niagra.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-685wqSx7Vpy7QIXfc3X1FOLNLA-SjpD99gEQA2UlZ6U6woYFumfZRHwl5JGzQfFdsxbKPfzLBnzGXXpG5JDhU9Li9o1qYDMMnj0YdbgmkRbew9GGKGGvpujPaCpGUIJE7ZTD7HLNag/s400/Dry-Falls-Niagra.jpg" border="0" alt="Dry Falls - Niagara Falls Comparison."/></a><br /><center><h3>Google Earth comparison: Dry Falls - Niagara Falls.</h3></center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMdhhtTu6Ugat-ieRWS9-JHcAk33qEBRcZz0nKNEB4Sr8U12ZPKXlue5Y0qkYrBHzxSEeV0qBXVSQSy0N7dWcwAsyin19PggUPyIQLSlYdcEtJwIHxBeKk-7DGmO3S6hmtOM3zNxcuZLQ/s1600/Discover-Pass.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMdhhtTu6Ugat-ieRWS9-JHcAk33qEBRcZz0nKNEB4Sr8U12ZPKXlue5Y0qkYrBHzxSEeV0qBXVSQSy0N7dWcwAsyin19PggUPyIQLSlYdcEtJwIHxBeKk-7DGmO3S6hmtOM3zNxcuZLQ/s400/Discover-Pass.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669141761329802386" /></a><br />If you plan to explore Ice Age Flood features in Washington State - you'll need one of these. I'll bite my tongue and move on to the next picture.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBDXre21sPkyk80AYiSaX3tXeW2LZE8dfRzwDkY1etfM9ZbiKoTXMn2imCpVZoKw138g3OdukxSA5cN6f_cRpZ34UksCvOfFYdiDv7y8Fgw-16i1YAbtYUIdY0XnS6rewgq_A25mSvvk/s1600/Caves-Lake-Lenore.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBDXre21sPkyk80AYiSaX3tXeW2LZE8dfRzwDkY1etfM9ZbiKoTXMn2imCpVZoKw138g3OdukxSA5cN6f_cRpZ34UksCvOfFYdiDv7y8Fgw-16i1YAbtYUIdY0XnS6rewgq_A25mSvvk/s400/Caves-Lake-Lenore.jpg" border="0" alt="Ice Age Floods - Sun Lakes State Park." /></a><br />Walked by this interpretive panel that shows Teresa standing in front of flood-cut caves used by early residents of the area. Floodwater at top of image by Stev Ominski.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvdlhowQvTEVfKhQkXe9-0LZ9-h0ZN6OLGeVTdbnV2JapoCjroLjR77oxpNnlhOjXPbx9t45rlqOpd4OIXcMLnmF_bAg05qlZl_2JYNKp1N3Bjujp9t6G8cymt_nFjUs84safXLcsTnU/s1600/Dry-Falls-Sunrise.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvdlhowQvTEVfKhQkXe9-0LZ9-h0ZN6OLGeVTdbnV2JapoCjroLjR77oxpNnlhOjXPbx9t45rlqOpd4OIXcMLnmF_bAg05qlZl_2JYNKp1N3Bjujp9t6G8cymt_nFjUs84safXLcsTnU/s400/Dry-Falls-Sunrise.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670618231236891314" /></a><br /><center><strong>Dry Falls</strong></center><br /><center>Not the best sunrise - but a great place to start the day.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6ev3UH2gQG_dxiSldHUruct7reyESfv7na95lLsX3vAD4y6acAJXGOpzKxS1gK0iDB0OnihaKppyCMvMWpT23dZQtkbS3jZMV8SbjNJGeRyZy2mN-MjxbhcjM1MgEYlyJkffWSESD48/s1600/Couleegans-Coulee-City.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 338px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6ev3UH2gQG_dxiSldHUruct7reyESfv7na95lLsX3vAD4y6acAJXGOpzKxS1gK0iDB0OnihaKppyCMvMWpT23dZQtkbS3jZMV8SbjNJGeRyZy2mN-MjxbhcjM1MgEYlyJkffWSESD48/s400/Couleegans-Coulee-City.jpg" border="0" alt="Couleegan's Coulee City." /></a><br />Samuel Adam's Octoberfest tasted pretty good at <a href="http://www.couleegans.com/">Couleegan's</a> in Coulee City.<br /><br />Wanted to try <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Banks-Lake-Brew-Bistro/277824129324#!/pages/The-Banks-Lake-Brew-Bistro/277824129324?sk=photos">The Banks Lake Brew & Bistro</a> for coffee but they don't open until 0900 on Sunday. Good thing the friendly folks at <a href="http://www.bigwallysfishing.com/">Big Wally's</a> have their "<strong>Shut Up and Fish Blend</strong>" brewed early each morning.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydCo3VoGmxEhFmL4DyKVKq0-MheGPHGRAgkcHZuMFzjzexCPx85zyUXwRjSNrtnK2DxRnb9xNw48oVtoQHLOMtKbeHLgFYoAZBydVN7NF6tFxlVV97evxQu5ZrCky6q1zTEo0Si6jW5s/s1600/Coulee-City-Motel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydCo3VoGmxEhFmL4DyKVKq0-MheGPHGRAgkcHZuMFzjzexCPx85zyUXwRjSNrtnK2DxRnb9xNw48oVtoQHLOMtKbeHLgFYoAZBydVN7NF6tFxlVV97evxQu5ZrCky6q1zTEo0Si6jW5s/s400/Coulee-City-Motel.jpg" border="0" alt="Coulee City motel." /></a><br />A giant sign that says "<strong>MO</strong>" is just across the street from coffee stop.<br /><br /><center>- <a href="http://www.bigwallysfishing.com/FishingReport.htm">Big Wally's Fishing Report</a> -</center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="420" height="243" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/K9Y40NGFX4I?rel=0&hd=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center><br />Short Dry Falls panorama (video) shot earlier this year. Click arrow to play.<br /><br /><center><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/5118980?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe></center><br />If you have a little time - Click to watch CWU's <a href="http://www.geology.cwu.edu/facstaff/nick/zentner.html">Nick Zentner</a> interview Bruce on <a href="http://www.geology.cwu.edu/centralrocks/">Central Rocks</a>.<br /><br /> Link to <a href="http://iceagefloods.blogspot.com/2009/05/umatilla-rock-dry-falls.html">Umatilla Rock</a> blog images posted a couple years ago. Spring trip to Dry Falls area. Deep Lake pothole views from rim.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-31218168956026719422010-11-18T19:04:00.000-08:002010-11-18T19:50:39.087-08:00Lake Bonneville Flood Video - NEWLink to presentation featuring Lake Bonneville and the Bonneville Flood at bottom of this post.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVbrpbS7vu83ExdHROhjqxDFquLnHGBS-huCd5NM_r35vHU2ZfeqyjF9zI9XPXFmOwdk6nhCWzba9k8l-0_Vssz1BrU1nF0Hg17BrUYYoXlHCokZSDOWPuOZf9Gba1mOEEiJ3VL_B4xFQ/s1600/Shoshone-Falls-Bonneville-F.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVbrpbS7vu83ExdHROhjqxDFquLnHGBS-huCd5NM_r35vHU2ZfeqyjF9zI9XPXFmOwdk6nhCWzba9k8l-0_Vssz1BrU1nF0Hg17BrUYYoXlHCokZSDOWPuOZf9Gba1mOEEiJ3VL_B4xFQ/s400/Shoshone-Falls-Bonneville-F.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541091833074447954" /></a><br /><center><i>Shoshone Falls</i></center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnNZ3oHhIPYqtgWNdFY2-tFAFHdLEiARQVcdwWEy1FcTzs5islhQXevpHYGEEoHBvaEYKE2w_26HFEcFRFMK6vxROk13GO6HMPbDyZS5lxKdBo8kaBDEvt7AnW62mIZL8vChR41bCfDdM/s1600/Melon-Gravel-Halverson-Bar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnNZ3oHhIPYqtgWNdFY2-tFAFHdLEiARQVcdwWEy1FcTzs5islhQXevpHYGEEoHBvaEYKE2w_26HFEcFRFMK6vxROk13GO6HMPbDyZS5lxKdBo8kaBDEvt7AnW62mIZL8vChR41bCfDdM/s400/Melon-Gravel-Halverson-Bar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541091829182040658" /></a><br /><center><i>Flood-Tumbled Boulders along Snake River (Halverson Bar area)</i></center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7M32u8m74s7eORk5z3mdcVo4IGtJ5_w11lEIEd_tF_VACNXqrbIgt1LwsJ3sMMaLNkM2qcPganiw3LuPFtyKN-YfDGucnrMa9-KBPDME7GGRiq_Fbrq2j2CogZKWa3iEFCrRoniBXj3U/s1600/Lake-Bonneville-Flood.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7M32u8m74s7eORk5z3mdcVo4IGtJ5_w11lEIEd_tF_VACNXqrbIgt1LwsJ3sMMaLNkM2qcPganiw3LuPFtyKN-YfDGucnrMa9-KBPDME7GGRiq_Fbrq2j2CogZKWa3iEFCrRoniBXj3U/s400/Lake-Bonneville-Flood.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541091828239984066" /></a><br /><center><i>Video includes description and maps of Lake Bonneville</i></center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5MCbb_AzpIyP-4VE-50O0vJXgYFX1N-fa5gayeAZSctbfDnSn6YPQEOZo6bLmTamvS_lliNnV4_u4KSCcrWUogGz7s_8soY8cGrAEiC7_TJb6OWP0vrgUZw_5ZbSMCHYkGTWzZ8AUbg4/s1600/Ice-Age-Floods-YouTube.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5MCbb_AzpIyP-4VE-50O0vJXgYFX1N-fa5gayeAZSctbfDnSn6YPQEOZo6bLmTamvS_lliNnV4_u4KSCcrWUogGz7s_8soY8cGrAEiC7_TJb6OWP0vrgUZw_5ZbSMCHYkGTWzZ8AUbg4/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-YouTube.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541091823831042098" /></a><br /><center>Click blue link to open: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/hugefloods?feature=mhsn"><strong><FONT COLOR=blue>Ice Age Floods YouTube Channel</font></strong></a> .</center><br /><center>NOT image above</center><br /><br><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrGJmCJbxoRwWGt2SPz5UxRelvfXyfn3wMZbaIjtIeAbN0YeZ0q8XKr5S0ob5jKLuw9imYjWk1HuYSjAADjKDVTcGWRCe9fuIYwqpTVMwJmNbsootcCUOwLaaQwWmqZAkIZuFgYF9-Qg/s1600/YouTube-Control.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrGJmCJbxoRwWGt2SPz5UxRelvfXyfn3wMZbaIjtIeAbN0YeZ0q8XKr5S0ob5jKLuw9imYjWk1HuYSjAADjKDVTcGWRCe9fuIYwqpTVMwJmNbsootcCUOwLaaQwWmqZAkIZuFgYF9-Qg/s400/YouTube-Control.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541094196404815826" /></a><br /><i>Once you open video on YouTube channel page ...If you have a fairly quick internet connnection ... You might try clicking the 1080p HD option and then click the box with four arrows to play presentation fullscreen. Thanks for watching! The flood features in southern Idaho are amazing.</i><br /><br /><center>Ice Age Floods channel on YouTube includes other flood video links.</center>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-64498164985975804812010-05-18T06:44:00.000-07:002010-05-28T06:23:01.526-07:00Suicide Point - Hells Canyon, IDPhotos from (16 May) hike to view <a href="http://hugefloods.com/">Ice Age Floods</a> features along the Snake River in Hells Canyon. Friday evening, I camped near Lewiston and spent a little time viewing (from road) exposures of <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Bonneville.html">Bonneville Flood</a> deposits that are capped by <a href="http://hugefloods.com/LakeMissoula.html">Missoula</a> deposits south of town.<br />On Saturday, I explored south of Clarkston, WA (Photos from that area later). After looking at <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Basalt.html">basalt</a> and wildlife near Joseph Creek, I headed back to Clarkston then south on US-95 to White Bird, Id.<br /><br />From White Bird I followed signs to Pittsburg Landing and drove down to bottom of canyon. Plenty of elevation change on the way as you need to cross Salmon River drainage before descending into canyon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6FPT4LOXoiQyX5LtWkq5L5WRMcY5G7NhDPMbcvhoYpLc8X97CYw9rMT7bklq14YV6P0cfBa3g24EdNkDzqYWQ3_YbI_2745KNulyG7AMkqBX4VAdUXhrmgqgCQEsIAI6Ljd_0E-Ge9Q/s1600/Suicide-Point-Hells-Canyon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6FPT4LOXoiQyX5LtWkq5L5WRMcY5G7NhDPMbcvhoYpLc8X97CYw9rMT7bklq14YV6P0cfBa3g24EdNkDzqYWQ3_YbI_2745KNulyG7AMkqBX4VAdUXhrmgqgCQEsIAI6Ljd_0E-Ge9Q/s400/Suicide-Point-Hells-Canyon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473347213209710834" /></a><br />View upstream from Suicide Point in Hells Canyon. Huge gravel bars (terraces) created during Bonneville Flood. -Click any image to expand.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UigsuQBagHAo9AjNft_uYSraLxIs9RSsREnbvt5ZEPq71EjQDQU4UeUeXVLk2YrGsyx5jIiVBDIW5Wr1SiXTgYTWk2QC6p207OBVAAl4JRR_ZI4addoXgSgIxzeIv_U0WIIqogJHH2o/s1600/Bonneville-Missoula.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UigsuQBagHAo9AjNft_uYSraLxIs9RSsREnbvt5ZEPq71EjQDQU4UeUeXVLk2YrGsyx5jIiVBDIW5Wr1SiXTgYTWk2QC6p207OBVAAl4JRR_ZI4addoXgSgIxzeIv_U0WIIqogJHH2o/s400/Bonneville-Missoula.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473347079037011506" /></a><br /><center>Tammany Bar south of Lewiston, Id.</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PRaL0guFHlRdR8MPySoJLGG7qz62hcbb2OhCZR8OuTZ1q38E3B_HdN58r1_KZdk__-rldvkf9naKupJfORT2dL46syihrxpedT2bALal2otciSoLvuaMo3A07iYNnAfNdKhKrvDL49U/s1600/Tammany-Bar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PRaL0guFHlRdR8MPySoJLGG7qz62hcbb2OhCZR8OuTZ1q38E3B_HdN58r1_KZdk__-rldvkf9naKupJfORT2dL46syihrxpedT2bALal2otciSoLvuaMo3A07iYNnAfNdKhKrvDL49U/s400/Tammany-Bar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473347075250573394" /></a><center>Another shot of Tammany Bar (Large house for scale)</center><br /><br />Amazing to be viewing backflooded Missoula deposits so far from Wallula Gap. Even more amazing to find Missoula deposits at Snake River mile 215!!! Yep ... Missoula material is found at Pittsburg Landing. The Idaho Geological Survey map explains that the deposits found at Pittsburg Landing may be the farthest upstream recorded Missoula deposits. <a href="http://hugefloods.com/LakeLewis.html">Lake Lewis</a> was HUGE!<br /><br />I was down here to look at flood evidence from from the Bonneville Flood but once again found myself also looking at incredible features created when the massive glacial lake in Montana drained.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6bP9V4JM7xtujtoLDxQiCGdguI7JnDOGWOodVTptTX4NSiW-CmW2ZWikkSzTD4Lyb-zolBEHxRZT1470K74TyhsBXzUjBZ7d9XjkzISYM7qkKzbno6Te0kvRbV_zVVDu9r8hw6B9ZTY/s1600/Lake-Missoula-Pickering.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6bP9V4JM7xtujtoLDxQiCGdguI7JnDOGWOodVTptTX4NSiW-CmW2ZWikkSzTD4Lyb-zolBEHxRZT1470K74TyhsBXzUjBZ7d9XjkzISYM7qkKzbno6Te0kvRbV_zVVDu9r8hw6B9ZTY/s400/Lake-Missoula-Pickering.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474160446052241842" /></a><br /><center><a href="http://www.pickeringstudio.com/lkms.html"><strong>"Glacial Lake Missoula"</strong></a></center><br />Painting by <a href="http://www.pickeringstudio.com/artist.html">Byron Pickering</a>. View Byron's "<a href="http://hugefloods.com/Lake-Missoula-Video.html">Ice Age Flood</a>" video story. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhboz5rZbECaQdYETtgAsn1Bf8EnsTeftcmij-lOS6cGK3lddsIyGUv7Df29CioQ9bfFJ2o_LzyUMBj2Dbehib4rrjW_1VyJphFwwOPBqlNVlrA2A1CZ8F0C7LRqdWBXiSOpUQy56uC9U4/s1600/Hells-Canyon-Basalt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhboz5rZbECaQdYETtgAsn1Bf8EnsTeftcmij-lOS6cGK3lddsIyGUv7Df29CioQ9bfFJ2o_LzyUMBj2Dbehib4rrjW_1VyJphFwwOPBqlNVlrA2A1CZ8F0C7LRqdWBXiSOpUQy56uC9U4/s400/Hells-Canyon-Basalt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473347069769716674" /></a><br />Canyon rim above Pittsburg Landing. Hells Canyon is recognized as North America's deepest river gorge. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RfALBH8pvJKnStOkQLSLIPA1FmxOytTigmwnlRhOT7EC4Eq4DNWfM1ES28lbo9OYL3dvvwcV7At9m-7PItOURN684yth0gcBCDToRMp_VWhuSlAG4mLr8WQ3OPEdbfn0iXnDaceoR6g/s1600/Pittsburg-Landing-Road.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RfALBH8pvJKnStOkQLSLIPA1FmxOytTigmwnlRhOT7EC4Eq4DNWfM1ES28lbo9OYL3dvvwcV7At9m-7PItOURN684yth0gcBCDToRMp_VWhuSlAG4mLr8WQ3OPEdbfn0iXnDaceoR6g/s400/Pittsburg-Landing-Road.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473347066981168146" /></a><br />Allow plenty of time to travel between White Bird and the Pittsburg Landing. Speed limit 25 mph, grade up to 16% in some places. My map had warning on road - <i>"Steep, winding road. Good transmission and brakes vital</i>".<br />I found road to be in very good shape.<br /><br />Open <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/hellscanyon/">Hells Canyon National Recreation Area</a> page for hiking and camping information.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtw2A8JaZLLvQOUPDeFqk0pBCs-RDwpkSfLiYZXxyqRuwNLU9zMa8vZ97Ba4LjGUguc1-AwiJsLk_jmdx_80LxwTN3iAOBuiRfTsZdCHrOlwBGAG4cmqqIw7ryL411yleIv0gO1OPJxvw/s1600/Pittsburg-Landing-Ripples.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtw2A8JaZLLvQOUPDeFqk0pBCs-RDwpkSfLiYZXxyqRuwNLU9zMa8vZ97Ba4LjGUguc1-AwiJsLk_jmdx_80LxwTN3iAOBuiRfTsZdCHrOlwBGAG4cmqqIw7ryL411yleIv0gO1OPJxvw/s400/Pittsburg-Landing-Ripples.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473347062334363970" /></a><br />Giant Current Ripples are found on Upper Pittsburg - Red box locates ripples shown in next image. Looking south - upstream. Idaho/Oregon border.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDJg0qMz3S5eLCyhCxrayIwdyS0NwLqtXXY2yN2KUi5mEOAmGPjOVECOgQ7TrN6ZvEyoqbHG8yCnIWmxT81IU4b6rdHD60O2XxalXxLq1CuAlRdHtIiqqXls11ZbfAswNxuPxWH7G3CU/s1600/Giant-Current-Ripples.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDJg0qMz3S5eLCyhCxrayIwdyS0NwLqtXXY2yN2KUi5mEOAmGPjOVECOgQ7TrN6ZvEyoqbHG8yCnIWmxT81IU4b6rdHD60O2XxalXxLq1CuAlRdHtIiqqXls11ZbfAswNxuPxWH7G3CU/s400/Giant-Current-Ripples.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473345670757157506" /></a><br /><center>Giant Current Ripples</center><br /><br /><center><object width="400" height="250"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/putNoDEEtSw&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/putNoDEEtSw&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="250"></embed></object></center><br />Click arrow to play short video from trip. About 25 seconds into video, you'll see deer (for scale) grazing on Pittsburg ripples.<br /><center><br /><iframe width="425" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Soap+Lake,+Grant,+Washington&t=k&ll=45.624633,-116.463962&spn=0.018008,0.018239&z=15&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Soap+Lake,+Grant,+Washington&t=k&ll=45.624633,-116.463962&spn=0.018008,0.018239&z=15&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small><br /></center><br />Pittsburg Landing giant current ripples - center of image. Use mouse to navigate Google imagery.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0iKuZUMvfhm9GmgkO-dn88yHJprfkZ6EJTUG1W5FCoTAdSsWgV5oL2-K5LGTMmpmY11-bJShGEz7flgyJpRU2T6DhhcuA26e3-37qaBYVIIrJ_5YfWfoEtCxpGg4IGUxkfVZ2yhDj6k/s1600/Mega-Ripples-Pittsburg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0iKuZUMvfhm9GmgkO-dn88yHJprfkZ6EJTUG1W5FCoTAdSsWgV5oL2-K5LGTMmpmY11-bJShGEz7flgyJpRU2T6DhhcuA26e3-37qaBYVIIrJ_5YfWfoEtCxpGg4IGUxkfVZ2yhDj6k/s400/Mega-Ripples-Pittsburg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473345670710016354" /></a><br /><center>Another view of ripples from north.</center><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2it2Y6WDWH1FudnzR8ehzsRA67BIOuooqHKEbs1haJP4xdyxVOlCLZARp2aUZXCMzF6BqqNac2h6CIDoUS0zgZzAMsDRdTH_IhvQc2kCc7aG8md_YQ7bDN4RTKZpgSKLyndx_sizNPE/s1600/Bonn_megaripples.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH2it2Y6WDWH1FudnzR8ehzsRA67BIOuooqHKEbs1haJP4xdyxVOlCLZARp2aUZXCMzF6BqqNac2h6CIDoUS0zgZzAMsDRdTH_IhvQc2kCc7aG8md_YQ7bDN4RTKZpgSKLyndx_sizNPE/s400/Bonn_megaripples.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475184931232938066" /></a><br />View of Pittsburg megaripples from the other side of river. Photo by <a href="http://www.lcsc.edu/klschmidt/">Keegan Schmidt</a> (Assistant Professor Geology - <a href="http://www.lcsc.edu/">Lewis-Clark State College</a>).<br /><br /><center>-Click image to expand-</center><br />Open Keegan's - <a href="http://geology.isu.edu/Digital_Geology_Idaho/Module4/Virtual_Tour_of_Hells_Canyon.pdf"><i>Virtual Tour of Hells Canyon</i></a> to view several other interesting features near Pittsburg Landing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ1bShQmNxU-258yTp9UdBQiaFbvQTm8qhm1XJ_GQ_yQLG1HKol8OGB3HSYUPDgzTJ8NkUPvUeOIj50Nwqbnz7Tbq24-TZlEV-otg1I_ypdGURQLvKbyLJhw1UjxXLFd9IW8BIu7-TXU/s1600/Pittsburg-Landing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ1bShQmNxU-258yTp9UdBQiaFbvQTm8qhm1XJ_GQ_yQLG1HKol8OGB3HSYUPDgzTJ8NkUPvUeOIj50Nwqbnz7Tbq24-TZlEV-otg1I_ypdGURQLvKbyLJhw1UjxXLFd9IW8BIu7-TXU/s400/Pittsburg-Landing.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473345664543108610" /></a><br />Boats at Pittsburg Landing launch. Note huge Bonneville flood bar.<br /><br />Area Missoula and Bonneville deposits are shown on Idaho Geological Survey map: <a href="http://www.idahogeology.org/PDF/Digital_Data_%28D%29/Digital_Web_Maps_%28DWM%29/GravePoint_DWM-111-m.pdf">Grave Point Quadrangle</a>. Large file ... Pittsburg Landing shown on map at lower left.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfaHLn6bWRlPyHUBJmd8ofMzhvzs_g1hr_my9tWPO42GE5Q_IfF_QvzFjW4GRMsqlQ0e9vvLwb-OFS5WbBZ-6YYK8EXnz-p0e2I3FpQjCQsJlFqenxH-wFf_AZfyOUFVQ8SJnpZSTIGY/s1600/Hells-Canyon-Petroglyphs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfaHLn6bWRlPyHUBJmd8ofMzhvzs_g1hr_my9tWPO42GE5Q_IfF_QvzFjW4GRMsqlQ0e9vvLwb-OFS5WbBZ-6YYK8EXnz-p0e2I3FpQjCQsJlFqenxH-wFf_AZfyOUFVQ8SJnpZSTIGY/s400/Hells-Canyon-Petroglyphs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473345659956973362" /></a><br />Long history of man at Pittsburg Landing. Pictographs and petroglyphs are found at many locations throughout the canyon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZUPkf8o_OgtVxeeLrkLMNKiktbCyE9vc56xA1NVuC3TxC6bEb_jMk3hgwtfML8BlOs_JpzmG3J1Ith0sgq3eYgjnHGF3NBkZCaXTO7E8GbHiKsctWg0pH76hssQayMuCsukhnUObdGNM/s1600/Mazama-Ash-Snake-River.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZUPkf8o_OgtVxeeLrkLMNKiktbCyE9vc56xA1NVuC3TxC6bEb_jMk3hgwtfML8BlOs_JpzmG3J1Ith0sgq3eYgjnHGF3NBkZCaXTO7E8GbHiKsctWg0pH76hssQayMuCsukhnUObdGNM/s400/Mazama-Ash-Snake-River.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474117145144741490" /></a><br /><center>Mazama Ash</center><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAADiiPulzlpts1XaN5yW8WUqw0oW9kwCIXoBxF62bQH1K361HtJt1Tb3qss3RvnhPyMSKv4C_0a6OQOadg_ahX4NnXQ0-IqFsp8KHwsh4Y0Gh5sYt2qg4anvWGZnJeGWcrtC7X8U-J0Y/s1600/Upper-Pittsburg-Snake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAADiiPulzlpts1XaN5yW8WUqw0oW9kwCIXoBxF62bQH1K361HtJt1Tb3qss3RvnhPyMSKv4C_0a6OQOadg_ahX4NnXQ0-IqFsp8KHwsh4Y0Gh5sYt2qg4anvWGZnJeGWcrtC7X8U-J0Y/s400/Upper-Pittsburg-Snake.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473345653842817730" /></a><br /><center>Another look at Pittsburg Bar.</center><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48Za98cnNBizzH04l1Mh81WIrfzcgx597KpjtKMBudZSL16MehyphenhyphenOwyak8l8lumSv2OCu4TcddGUVrRluTuwHBcU39h57OAbGGdeGd0iaxDZp5j5YYhbskVUxOYjcquJnGeNByi4wvb4w/s1600/Snake-River-Trail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48Za98cnNBizzH04l1Mh81WIrfzcgx597KpjtKMBudZSL16MehyphenhyphenOwyak8l8lumSv2OCu4TcddGUVrRluTuwHBcU39h57OAbGGdeGd0iaxDZp5j5YYhbskVUxOYjcquJnGeNByi4wvb4w/s400/Snake-River-Trail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473344851273700018" /></a><br />USFS text: <i>"The Snake River National Recreation Trail # 102 follows the.Wild and Scenic Snake River of Hells Canyon for nearly 27 miles. The trail crosses large river bars, climbs over steep rocky outcrops above the river, and is close to the shoreline at times. The river is within your view while hiking the majority of the time. Visit the Kirkwood Historic Ranch and Museum located approximately 6 miles up river from the trailhead. Experience the old homesteads in the canyon. View prehistoric pictographs left by ancient cultures along the trail. Hells Canyon is also one of Idaho's premier places for viewing wildlife and wonderful early spring wildflowers." </i><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlvImTOPQ3Sf-ciw9IO3ooHt5KPE1bwdvgAnnQjYTvc6aeHXMpGanJJ8AUovk573jey53QgQTXQa2DOrW4njPKpB1Cad2YjkbT-ubTr4y59BnYI8sKbSX4XwXr7fboZbU_WINC93jMwI/s1600/Hells-Canyon-Deer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlvImTOPQ3Sf-ciw9IO3ooHt5KPE1bwdvgAnnQjYTvc6aeHXMpGanJJ8AUovk573jey53QgQTXQa2DOrW4njPKpB1Cad2YjkbT-ubTr4y59BnYI8sKbSX4XwXr7fboZbU_WINC93jMwI/s400/Hells-Canyon-Deer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473344845591287618" /></a><br />I crossed paths with these guys about halfway between Pittsburg Landing and Kirkwood. They're featured in Youtube video above. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IZEhUqkFl6pcjrUdS31tDF_Q0pmYb-k83wLIG2nELqQE8cNCEzXQmu8ckm50aDgDxFWmA2kcnkx-mnhgt4GRRNUVv-2G79VlMIbWxZRhMorkjvExo_ac0128Y-rDb3nRQREx7lSQVPw/s1600/Canyon-Trail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IZEhUqkFl6pcjrUdS31tDF_Q0pmYb-k83wLIG2nELqQE8cNCEzXQmu8ckm50aDgDxFWmA2kcnkx-mnhgt4GRRNUVv-2G79VlMIbWxZRhMorkjvExo_ac0128Y-rDb3nRQREx7lSQVPw/s400/Canyon-Trail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473344842968508370" /></a>In many places, the trail is cut into rock. River along trail is beautiful.<br /><br />Snake River Trail #102 is in excellent condition. ... but ... Poison ivy is thick in some areas and ... if you hate snakes ... maybe hike earlier in the spring.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj753zPDnviGNHkCstaFsu903c5VOiOSMjKQIzlrjhBP8mCy0YB1wFE878CJx6nwKOAo32f2jeXQrKV_wSGltAidIR-A_gImjcEwQbKZ0ln9nZHs3ymQvITr_ve_kse3TbYXYerRut5PuU/s1600/Kirkwood-Hells-Canyon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj753zPDnviGNHkCstaFsu903c5VOiOSMjKQIzlrjhBP8mCy0YB1wFE878CJx6nwKOAo32f2jeXQrKV_wSGltAidIR-A_gImjcEwQbKZ0ln9nZHs3ymQvITr_ve_kse3TbYXYerRut5PuU/s400/Kirkwood-Hells-Canyon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473344832516098386" /></a><br />Arrow marks historic Kirkwood Ranch located near the mouth of Kirkwood Creek. I visited the ranch several years ago (by boat) and enjoyed looking at the collection of old farming equipment.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_OxoSHBkmza33r8WFIyjreYR-024gvizZm35TMBIvqyjY5zKn3_hb1JCOLkwTosG-Fy0ffxAQ2DwU2RIQWtAMkzFTWA4QL7eRxIsBD2KRiP-yy-Y8xH_WQCURLm77ato1cycIP4oYJU/s1600/Kirkwood-Snake-River.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_OxoSHBkmza33r8WFIyjreYR-024gvizZm35TMBIvqyjY5zKn3_hb1JCOLkwTosG-Fy0ffxAQ2DwU2RIQWtAMkzFTWA4QL7eRxIsBD2KRiP-yy-Y8xH_WQCURLm77ato1cycIP4oYJU/s400/Kirkwood-Snake-River.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473344827336963042" /></a><br />Kirkwood Ranch is a popular lunch stop for tour boats. The small museum/visitor center is interesting (some great photos of early canyon residents). It was nice to hit ranch while iris garden was at peak bloom<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2xqbA-qS3wFT0i4U7NsUFdec0BCyrmvaz7IkwcLRGZTYRwXLUk52W8jd0g78IjiUMVxfpLnjQWUghH5sRCppxsFdKS0jX3RJtHf8wjai1yXkhXPtsKHviTnJDlNABqmLbpCl40QP9kc/s1600/Suicide-Point.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp2xqbA-qS3wFT0i4U7NsUFdec0BCyrmvaz7IkwcLRGZTYRwXLUk52W8jd0g78IjiUMVxfpLnjQWUghH5sRCppxsFdKS0jX3RJtHf8wjai1yXkhXPtsKHviTnJDlNABqmLbpCl40QP9kc/s400/Suicide-Point.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473344008458562274" /></a><center>Looking back at Suicide Point</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4HebY7OZ_I23dcjkbTPYye1Ve__Ijgm6j1nsSfgknBex4twc-IrDuVIshcGb4dUAhs1y98yLFIkZeYF4h9h8rK-4ID-XaXbCU88jVIad_bkb9CdcjCxNE3HAFL4kEm-dNV4aErigMSI/s1600/Snake-River-Trail-102.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4HebY7OZ_I23dcjkbTPYye1Ve__Ijgm6j1nsSfgknBex4twc-IrDuVIshcGb4dUAhs1y98yLFIkZeYF4h9h8rK-4ID-XaXbCU88jVIad_bkb9CdcjCxNE3HAFL4kEm-dNV4aErigMSI/s400/Snake-River-Trail-102.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473344001182509410" /></a><br /><center>Trail near Suicide Point</center><br />I wasn't here to "End it all" ... I was here for the great view of Big Bar (Bonneville Flood). I'm not aware of anyone jumping off the point. Reading trail history, it sounds like some early trail users were nervous when riding horseback around the point - before trail was widened.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDF4nL1EUkZtQG7r1zPCvNCinsRJEX16NXHNQawSjxq1IwnheK2M4KhAXDZOuHHNc_jOfZrkdc6-e9VvidinvxN2I-0CdjLw_5vmI2TlKbMenM615PDN8_rCOAv8p6bSkSGAOI0NBCv4/s1600/Snake-River-Bar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDF4nL1EUkZtQG7r1zPCvNCinsRJEX16NXHNQawSjxq1IwnheK2M4KhAXDZOuHHNc_jOfZrkdc6-e9VvidinvxN2I-0CdjLw_5vmI2TlKbMenM615PDN8_rCOAv8p6bSkSGAOI0NBCv4/s400/Snake-River-Bar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473343999132705010" /></a><br /><center>Hominy Bar</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRt0ya6t_wWm56ToHKegVSJG51drEVY3aeXAnD7I3DBE3qmDMmEbHzRstU9dQ193k7BFV92o4GlauLL5GkDDgnvz-btpw1Q-DsEbjLmUoZiRZJmBwkmWiIM6zI96KI7FIHGEigfyu7o6c/s1600/Big-Bar-Airstrip.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRt0ya6t_wWm56ToHKegVSJG51drEVY3aeXAnD7I3DBE3qmDMmEbHzRstU9dQ193k7BFV92o4GlauLL5GkDDgnvz-btpw1Q-DsEbjLmUoZiRZJmBwkmWiIM6zI96KI7FIHGEigfyu7o6c/s400/Big-Bar-Airstrip.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473343989672227026" /></a><br />Looking back from south end of Big Bar. Note small airstrip on lower bar.<br /><br /><center><object width="400" height="250"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/38ULS-RMOc0&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/38ULS-RMOc0&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="250"></embed></object></center><br />Big Bar airstrip gets some traffic. Plane in video was the only one I saw all day. Pilot landed and took off about 15 minutes later.<br /><br />If you're interested in aviation, you might like Youtube video posted by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/lameusernameguy">lameusernameguy</a> embedded at bottom of this page. Cool approach into Salmon Bar with rock walls out all windows.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8-YmFlFyErfU_BTGyfYZhexTfFIdAbN2o-sTY7Nsc5BfGg7iisnsIJVF1-8tqVW0_9CVeAdT5OH-alv0yuxpQ0wnZXVXiFsVTU2diUxciSer_jikKpYmZsCHbDInBNjZSqRrkVM1Bs0/s1600/Sickle-Bar-Mower.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8-YmFlFyErfU_BTGyfYZhexTfFIdAbN2o-sTY7Nsc5BfGg7iisnsIJVF1-8tqVW0_9CVeAdT5OH-alv0yuxpQ0wnZXVXiFsVTU2diUxciSer_jikKpYmZsCHbDInBNjZSqRrkVM1Bs0/s400/Sickle-Bar-Mower.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473343988165789858" /></a><br />This sickle bar mower is one of many farm implements left on Big Bar. At one time, 13 acres of alfalfa were grown on top of the bar and a large sheep operation was established on the lower bar.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1Md4Fuyuq7YLLF-7XRxSW0S-NUOrZ53vMYqRi17OSL0EiRvfgQDp0gQwtNornokH6RIIdjEsuKK_suiehSxZCNyadvJgCgJnQSlKInb_yXOOeGTgGPmOSd_BtQ8BCIaUpXbZiE8Fr4s/s1600/Bonneville-Bar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1Md4Fuyuq7YLLF-7XRxSW0S-NUOrZ53vMYqRi17OSL0EiRvfgQDp0gQwtNornokH6RIIdjEsuKK_suiehSxZCNyadvJgCgJnQSlKInb_yXOOeGTgGPmOSd_BtQ8BCIaUpXbZiE8Fr4s/s400/Bonneville-Bar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473343389508853250" /></a><center>View into one of the bars along trail.</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxn6j8aMtYJ773L0JWN8l8agfgsPD0RViCeqQje0Vqz6zLyjsXZg_ZRqxBt5tZ78c-NuafNXiG2Qp44lyvkbbxzWTbKNkIPo6X2fgK2ooFFH7gRzx5o1Zu7v_q4JzDBTzDNRfab-oIYRM/s1600/Hells-Canyon-Snake-River.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxn6j8aMtYJ773L0JWN8l8agfgsPD0RViCeqQje0Vqz6zLyjsXZg_ZRqxBt5tZ78c-NuafNXiG2Qp44lyvkbbxzWTbKNkIPo6X2fgK2ooFFH7gRzx5o1Zu7v_q4JzDBTzDNRfab-oIYRM/s400/Hells-Canyon-Snake-River.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473343387965246530" /></a><br /><center>This is where I turned around south of Big Bar</center><br />USFS <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/hellscanyon/life_and_the_land/geology/"><strong>Geology of Hells Canyon Page</strong></a> describes huge terraces in this part of the canyon:<br /><i>The spillover of water from Lake Bonneville at American Falls, Idaho, 15,000 years ago, had an enormous effect on the canyon as we see it today. The volume of water during this event was at least 1,000 times greater than during present spring run-off levels. This tremendous.flow did not deepen the canyon, but it did increase the width of the canyon and formed the large terraces seen near the mouth of Temperance Creek, at Johnson Bar, and at Pittsburg Landing.<br /><br />These terraces formed on the upstream side of temporary natural dams. Water velocity decreased behind the dams, allowing sediment to fall to the lake floor. Continued down-cutting by the river formed a channel through the sediment, leaving behind the flat terraces.</i><br /><br /><center><iframe width="400" height="700" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Soap+Lake,+Grant,+Washington&t=f&ecpose=45.51032767,-116.55052805,1670.12,-162.601,43.399,0&ll=45.499899,-116.55519&spn=0.021056,0.021415&z=15&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Soap+Lake,+Grant,+Washington&t=f&ecpose=45.51032767,-116.55052805,1670.12,-162.601,43.399,0&ll=45.499899,-116.55519&spn=0.021056,0.021415&z=15&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small></center><br />Google Earth view of canyon (above my turnaround point) looking south. Drag image around and travel upstream to Hells Canyon Dam. Gravel face on bar at bottom of Google Earth image is the same feature visible in distance in photo of me at turnaround point.<br /><br /><center><object width="400" height="250"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lcCbvkdg80U&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lcCbvkdg80U&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="250"></embed></object></center><br />Click above to play video by one of the Hells Canyon tour operators.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJXkzgxUmR70d8jsnIB7qZ0SU1LwQy-5rWsdkmLTq_IbNVzcLhSHl7aGgMgg-gnjT5uj1v2u1CHKqhKI1DAXW8D_10BfCdAYAHuTF74okT3tFzBqdeLrnDvEEw6q_F8vxElKdIxYkRqk/s1600/Suicide-Point-Sign.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJXkzgxUmR70d8jsnIB7qZ0SU1LwQy-5rWsdkmLTq_IbNVzcLhSHl7aGgMgg-gnjT5uj1v2u1CHKqhKI1DAXW8D_10BfCdAYAHuTF74okT3tFzBqdeLrnDvEEw6q_F8vxElKdIxYkRqk/s400/Suicide-Point-Sign.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473343380046973890" /></a><br />While looking at early photos in the Kirkwood Ranch museum, I noticed the old Suicide Point sign on display.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNf1dm1WHm0UyI9JdUMjBeUB9JJ8CowJuZ6IWjOgtRhyphenhyphenKz4JM6zGYATW_DxAheIrdTpUE1HD-6_Fo_joyPvLbxbnL5TGE_BPxclV42Udk2Ii-iOti2dh1qySzp2U1tNJDRj6qyOy2cRM/s1600/Lower-Pittsburg-Snake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNf1dm1WHm0UyI9JdUMjBeUB9JJ8CowJuZ6IWjOgtRhyphenhyphenKz4JM6zGYATW_DxAheIrdTpUE1HD-6_Fo_joyPvLbxbnL5TGE_BPxclV42Udk2Ii-iOti2dh1qySzp2U1tNJDRj6qyOy2cRM/s400/Lower-Pittsburg-Snake.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473343376075187906" /></a><br />View shows Snake River pinched between canyon walls below Pittsburg Landing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxRyal60QTMl31yLNwx17VbzpmpQNSe1WkvPtz_KPg8geu9fkUlClfVA4qo4PlzwxRwYXh2C7U1n_g_Z88Rc5PhMsnRfO7-V6tzM6Vl3gYCg0n1zAQlZnfD0Z640YZ9NbV0i5JQ3XH_Y/s1600/Boat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxRyal60QTMl31yLNwx17VbzpmpQNSe1WkvPtz_KPg8geu9fkUlClfVA4qo4PlzwxRwYXh2C7U1n_g_Z88Rc5PhMsnRfO7-V6tzM6Vl3gYCg0n1zAQlZnfD0Z640YZ9NbV0i5JQ3XH_Y/s400/Boat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473343367934515634" /></a><br /><center><strong>Megaflood Preparedness near White Bird</strong></center><br /><br /><center><object width="400" height="330"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r6q87Jenecw&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r6q87Jenecw&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="330"></embed></object></center><br /><center>Click above to play video by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/lameusernameguy">lameusernameguy</a>.</center><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.seaportstriders.com/hell/hellscanyon.htm">Hell’s Canyon Adventure Run</a></center><br />Annual trail run is held in the spring between Hells Canyon Dam and Pittsburg Landing. I sure liked the hike Sunday and hope I can make the long run with the group next year to see the rest of the trail. A boat ride up and a 31 mile run/hike back sounds like a great (and very long) day. GPS told me Sunday hike was just over 21 miles.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-71129983798058178462010-04-27T06:49:00.000-07:002010-04-28T13:28:31.942-07:00Drumheller Channels & The Great BladeApril visit to Drumheller Channels and Lower Grand Coulee. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcvb3SMXu_W4ka4mOjGyOKklA90tCeDgVrDR_Tfs6ihY5ZgH3d1Ybfw2fMU9HzOt1MsG8ahO2VHmklW6wOlv3ac0Up0Bnzfd-uk8Q6GVn9PNx1L6wsY6yVGiFLEZ_8v2vNbLaDR7NUKY/s1600/Grand-Coulee-Wildflowers.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcvb3SMXu_W4ka4mOjGyOKklA90tCeDgVrDR_Tfs6ihY5ZgH3d1Ybfw2fMU9HzOt1MsG8ahO2VHmklW6wOlv3ac0Up0Bnzfd-uk8Q6GVn9PNx1L6wsY6yVGiFLEZ_8v2vNbLaDR7NUKY/s400/Grand-Coulee-Wildflowers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462434855109862434" /></a><br />Balsamroot and lupine near Lake Lenore seemed to be at peak bloom.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-28fnXg15ugp62ee6iS-IRL5IqyMVdvuxOaXnfnUPQHz5MRzjf0P-82WFlMoMRYrZUlS5zQKeuYg0uoBkXMeZSxAdmGQsewT4VLGJKyw8Y9xrxHlJU33GOrbqQFFLWE8gSZqZ5DgTufs/s1600/Drumheller-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-28fnXg15ugp62ee6iS-IRL5IqyMVdvuxOaXnfnUPQHz5MRzjf0P-82WFlMoMRYrZUlS5zQKeuYg0uoBkXMeZSxAdmGQsewT4VLGJKyw8Y9xrxHlJU33GOrbqQFFLWE8gSZqZ5DgTufs/s400/Drumheller-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462434847876684114" /></a><br /><P>I wasn't able to drive straight through from Pasco to the lower Grand Coulee. A side trip through Drumheller Channels led me to an unscheduled hike.</p><br /><center><strong>Drumheller Channels</strong></center><br /><p><i>"It is a marvelous region of <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Scablands.html"><strong>scabland</strong></a> buttes and knobs, canyoned channels, rock basins interrelated in a complex unparalleled elsewhere, even in the scablands."</I> - <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Mystery.html"><strong>J Harlen Bretz</strong></a> 1928 <br /></P><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvoH-uvr0Ax_KRinhXUDL35mejluCf9Y75EoVnpfWfZGThSSW9jbiD06YMXDaB6F5mgKrHGBlIVws5OykhzqvK77K-mkge5ngqyWhSAXznbq-eUBnH8Bjz2LXgK2jVRT4uGiNcG97-ho/s1600/Lake-Lenore-Lower-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvoH-uvr0Ax_KRinhXUDL35mejluCf9Y75EoVnpfWfZGThSSW9jbiD06YMXDaB6F5mgKrHGBlIVws5OykhzqvK77K-mkge5ngqyWhSAXznbq-eUBnH8Bjz2LXgK2jVRT4uGiNcG97-ho/s400/Lake-Lenore-Lower-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462969025504712082" /></a><br /><br /><center>Lower Grand Coulee - Looking north</center><br />Google Earth vantage point is just north of Soap Lake, WA. <br />1. Great Blade, 2. Alkali Lake, 3. Blue Lake, 4. Park Lake.<br />Note huge flood channel east of the Great Blade.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEA_Oh10XMRCEaTYcC5yTY72UP4vPtXfImGA5yFoqd1I8AIilyslzG3GzSPQ5l6lObNCcPnOgGxzX5Pn5TUNsboP9WTnd3xJDA-qeVaWPBwSbhvvvu_TjvWpKMBEMCz5sQFMXv-7DivR4/s1600/Lake-Lenore-Cave.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEA_Oh10XMRCEaTYcC5yTY72UP4vPtXfImGA5yFoqd1I8AIilyslzG3GzSPQ5l6lObNCcPnOgGxzX5Pn5TUNsboP9WTnd3xJDA-qeVaWPBwSbhvvvu_TjvWpKMBEMCz5sQFMXv-7DivR4/s400/Lake-Lenore-Cave.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462434838603108770" /></a><br /><br /><P>One of many caves found near Lake Lenore. Interpretive display at Dry Falls shows Native Americans utilizing caves for shelter. I've been told that the caves were used like a garage (for storage) rather than shelter. Signage along highway will direct you to an interesting cluster of caves that were formed during <a href="http://hugefloods.com/">Ice Age Flood</a> events.</P><br /><strong>BONUS</strong>: Embedded video at bottom of page was shot in another of the Lake Lenore caves. You'll need to turn on speakers. Thanks for posting video Glen!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkX08o23CkP5fkKzeEjyrwC9UH3shFHorRs4huuGjLFfrZCBeJoloMKzYgraUSzzp8iat3MDcLleltwTBfITGcHi9dIb-OcJKa12psx0aiekqqtpnka-tQYmXeC804gxv9ei_7rGBurw/s1600/Lower-Grand-Coulee-Pothole.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkX08o23CkP5fkKzeEjyrwC9UH3shFHorRs4huuGjLFfrZCBeJoloMKzYgraUSzzp8iat3MDcLleltwTBfITGcHi9dIb-OcJKa12psx0aiekqqtpnka-tQYmXeC804gxv9ei_7rGBurw/s400/Lower-Grand-Coulee-Pothole.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462434835176211042" /></a><br /><center>Pothole</center><br /><P>I like to park near mile-marker 83 and hike through cut into the east channel. Some incredible evidence of high-energy flooding can be found in this area. Great Blade - top right.<br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Soap+Lake,+Grant,+Washington&t=h&ll=47.488847,-119.510157&spn=0.0087,0.00912&z=16&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Soap+Lake,+Grant,+Washington&t=h&ll=47.488847,-119.510157&spn=0.0087,0.00912&z=16&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small></center><br /><br />Check out those potholes! Use your mouse to move around and explore the area.<br /><br /><P>I usually park between the 17's - Small pull-off (east) just big enough for a couple cars. The guy in your rearview mirror isn't expecting you to be pulling over here. <strong>Be careful!</strong> The longer gravel parking strip at top left is also available.</P><br /><P>Once you get parked, the hike up through terraces to east channel is easy. You'll pass through a fence opening with a WDFW "No Vehicles" sign. </P><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVZXZuF8Rc3JCMSdZE-8_PFvDap8SYr041YABwojzX-op1vEihwN-lqOecoLQ5mSjZDhTYDrRiBhlVx4fivhnH2mwbhgxEXNDjCSeSKWtP-G3zEWBjAH2XkOHMyPZKBkUN03eRP72Pz8/s1600/East-Channel-Erratic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVZXZuF8Rc3JCMSdZE-8_PFvDap8SYr041YABwojzX-op1vEihwN-lqOecoLQ5mSjZDhTYDrRiBhlVx4fivhnH2mwbhgxEXNDjCSeSKWtP-G3zEWBjAH2XkOHMyPZKBkUN03eRP72Pz8/s400/East-Channel-Erratic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462434824579379570" /></a><br /><br />Strange place to find this thing? Angular erratics resting in flood channels isn't something you often find. Several large ice-rafted erratics are located along the east margin of this channel, but this piece of argillite is the largest erratic I'm aware of out near the center of the channel where the bedrock had a hard time sticking around. Great Blade in distance. The boulder does sit on the crown of a basalt formation and must have been carried here on one of the last floods to reach this level.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhboK7GWnKBSnMTaRBltTk8H5ogRLgEVs96PcLC68eyx-acFhoaBAEMD6kzy7inLV9HPoNBcDz7KNo9zlPzouY20_JNp2zDfvOFl_zAAqTerjywZeOlyni8I57FEwxXKQUUzbI2iSTbKJA/s1600/Ice-Age-Floods-Grand-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhboK7GWnKBSnMTaRBltTk8H5ogRLgEVs96PcLC68eyx-acFhoaBAEMD6kzy7inLV9HPoNBcDz7KNo9zlPzouY20_JNp2zDfvOFl_zAAqTerjywZeOlyni8I57FEwxXKQUUzbI2iSTbKJA/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-Grand-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462436310444285858" /></a><br /><P>Several other erratics surround the piece of argillite pictured above. Rounded erratics like this are more typical of what you can expect to find in flood channels containing dramatic errosional features. This type of erratic would have started its journey in an iceberg before dropping into the floodwaters or grounding at some point only to be tumbled in the next Ice Age Flood. Angular corners on bedload carried erratics would have quickly been rounded by impacts with bedrock and other boulders carried in the floodwaters.</P><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_miskayazliTRdmxR50hETBWyRjhj32OfDTqWZ9S8HHE5u7O-0-59tU3AqP12N4j_RMDMSXYL7ZTVzWxfHCUtDqNuprP3GQjFdzDz2VPsQBAALN0IqC2kzBis7s_xeTXxuFnG4SANfu8/s1600/Erratic-Cluster.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_miskayazliTRdmxR50hETBWyRjhj32OfDTqWZ9S8HHE5u7O-0-59tU3AqP12N4j_RMDMSXYL7ZTVzWxfHCUtDqNuprP3GQjFdzDz2VPsQBAALN0IqC2kzBis7s_xeTXxuFnG4SANfu8/s400/Erratic-Cluster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462436299394455026" /></a><br /><P>Orange star marks argillite erratic in previous photo. Yellow stars identify surrounding granodiorite erratics.</P><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoc8Ysso45TtsV82faxV9BMuN_G3MTqzqv0QC2FXkPJgpGRp_5R-FibyJ2cepmFs1FJJrDXCZyHjq-KwS6mVrnhxYUvXsP6WXiN6C6SpOEAUlgGN_I-YwmY1Hb6bg5EiJyVmjBcXQn08/s1600/Ice-Age-Floods-Erratics.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoc8Ysso45TtsV82faxV9BMuN_G3MTqzqv0QC2FXkPJgpGRp_5R-FibyJ2cepmFs1FJJrDXCZyHjq-KwS6mVrnhxYUvXsP6WXiN6C6SpOEAUlgGN_I-YwmY1Hb6bg5EiJyVmjBcXQn08/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-Erratics.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462436293196449810" /></a><br />Angular erratics are sometimes found (in high-energy flood channels) wedged in or behind some sort of structure that provides shelter. Earlier in the day I found these angular erratics wedged into a notch in the basalt while hiking near Lower Hampton Lake.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8APBzQ1urAY8OHgXtS1CYZ5Ws3G2azHdlCPa0_IGJMJk8MXVjPvtj4xx0keeTEVDKxxcK0cNCozYRGHgrrvcSTAei15KDej_EFIrki9KnhAh4rvAQYjZCLLqDfoTeGCEUsVW8RpKjVJA/s1600/Drumheller-Ice-Age-Erratics.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8APBzQ1urAY8OHgXtS1CYZ5Ws3G2azHdlCPa0_IGJMJk8MXVjPvtj4xx0keeTEVDKxxcK0cNCozYRGHgrrvcSTAei15KDej_EFIrki9KnhAh4rvAQYjZCLLqDfoTeGCEUsVW8RpKjVJA/s400/Drumheller-Ice-Age-Erratics.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462436287951401218" /></a><br />They should be safe here for another flood or two but once the downstream lip of basalt is removed, they'll be introduced to the bedload and headed for lower Crab Creek.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbpMHF4aH9vFzIKU9A0N3aYbo7MbXbmQXLK8x7wReoFzydhfQFcKjbh5RmWypdXIgwN-FRNVcKnsyQrQVFGuNSIgYSmAXEohRoLbyfUh4rLSPB3jFqpQ2OipgqkTrP4bdVFBgwP58f-k/s1600/Ice-Age-Floods-Drumheller.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbpMHF4aH9vFzIKU9A0N3aYbo7MbXbmQXLK8x7wReoFzydhfQFcKjbh5RmWypdXIgwN-FRNVcKnsyQrQVFGuNSIgYSmAXEohRoLbyfUh4rLSPB3jFqpQ2OipgqkTrP4bdVFBgwP58f-k/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-Drumheller.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462964335025179250" /></a><br />Two examples of typical erratics found in the Drumheller Channels.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLvAcfJI2ViXn9kYVBo0W71vssS1KE1izgVkCUDqoyd1_D2UJfoawGrZL3xT6o53YiZlhh8uuk9wgEVyYKYmE3146E8MRTi0IdDkqqBHnYH9RSN9te7RSLnZLmiyECdvZ8dkepAidN3Y/s1600/Erratic-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLvAcfJI2ViXn9kYVBo0W71vssS1KE1izgVkCUDqoyd1_D2UJfoawGrZL3xT6o53YiZlhh8uuk9wgEVyYKYmE3146E8MRTi0IdDkqqBHnYH9RSN9te7RSLnZLmiyECdvZ8dkepAidN3Y/s400/Erratic-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463053013136904498" /></a><br /><br /><center><object width="400" height="250"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S36y7NgiLSo&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S36y7NgiLSo&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="250"></embed></object></center><br /><P>Click arrow to play a short video I shot later in the day from the top of the Great Blade. You'll get a better look at the east channel from up here.</P><P>THERE IS NO TRAIL to follow if you want to visit the top of the Great Blade. Bretz's 1932 "Grand Coulee" publication led me to believe that I'd find a find a way to the top.</P>"<i>The highest place on this cliffed ridge is literally a blade of rock, unscalable except at the south end." - J Harlen Bretz</i><br /><P> It took a little time to reach the southern terrace (some people will not like the route). Once I got up there, all I needed was a little help from "The Watchdog" to stand on top.</P><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VK2xR33RppIxyQGslZoyW6N-kAVSZCrsdCaXoKh13fRTUanPqUJgPjJG1UWi-EoAyMvSWngOItlAWjcPeq1V83-negSLvd6No5FyohP98tixw7hzbmJUyQ-YaQ6FCfBQbvRWdVjuRg0/s1600/Pothole.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VK2xR33RppIxyQGslZoyW6N-kAVSZCrsdCaXoKh13fRTUanPqUJgPjJG1UWi-EoAyMvSWngOItlAWjcPeq1V83-negSLvd6No5FyohP98tixw7hzbmJUyQ-YaQ6FCfBQbvRWdVjuRg0/s400/Pothole.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462436283564062146" /></a><br />Another pothole in the east channel.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2dWwr_R_ssy3oqcZBrHWtseiKtDxmWhIkYVzkiQmk05rlT06HIJ6t36nipcLjvxasSV0IoDE6D9i0nzYSWS75XNuzyNxm6It4LGkAMy2vRCpNFrKJbhcW07EjexPorUXEXzQNsnkgT0/s1600/Bitterroot-Flower.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2dWwr_R_ssy3oqcZBrHWtseiKtDxmWhIkYVzkiQmk05rlT06HIJ6t36nipcLjvxasSV0IoDE6D9i0nzYSWS75XNuzyNxm6It4LGkAMy2vRCpNFrKJbhcW07EjexPorUXEXzQNsnkgT0/s400/Bitterroot-Flower.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462440703755996082" /></a><br /><br />The first bitterroot blooms (my favorite wildflower) I've seen this year.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfF_4sdG8donYvw-bb8_sm32ABtQ1bn_diVtP-itq18kNcup6epBvRQTZ-CvZMitacwtuHNwPWB4kJXQgwCIeRcqgUZcobhrsHxuY8TL2vozwadvCnm9JSUfGxd6J2oLeNke8_d4rKOck/s1600/Lake-Lenore-Pothole.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfF_4sdG8donYvw-bb8_sm32ABtQ1bn_diVtP-itq18kNcup6epBvRQTZ-CvZMitacwtuHNwPWB4kJXQgwCIeRcqgUZcobhrsHxuY8TL2vozwadvCnm9JSUfGxd6J2oLeNke8_d4rKOck/s400/Lake-Lenore-Pothole.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462440697092682786" /></a><br />One wall of this pothole has been opened up. Pretty quiet around here today.<br /><P>Years ago they made some noise in this part of the coulee. Check out the B&W footage in Youtube video below!</P><br /><br /><center><object width="400" height="330"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HY7mTCMvpEM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HY7mTCMvpEM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="330"></embed></object><br /></center><br /><center><strong>"I know! Let's dump it in Lake Lenore!"</strong></center><br />Turn speakers on and click arrow if you haven't seen this before (AMAZING).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKFab5Yt3OQHjwOkfLgYlN4PszJacUDBBuC3EGjZruGpYfxL9owz6uBSwS83xMVNv10Y7jLz7LghUfdMJDzg4w2Xsya8_hI9EeymaJUZWqS_RYW2QFfxSP-DfZopggwPAiFAkhr7oJKY/s1600/The-Great-Blade.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKFab5Yt3OQHjwOkfLgYlN4PszJacUDBBuC3EGjZruGpYfxL9owz6uBSwS83xMVNv10Y7jLz7LghUfdMJDzg4w2Xsya8_hI9EeymaJUZWqS_RYW2QFfxSP-DfZopggwPAiFAkhr7oJKY/s400/The-Great-Blade.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462440685383912578" /></a><br /><center>South end of The Great Blade.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLntBwYTva2Cucp6-erZeCB2V1YGvnP7mNcB9edGp_extB9u0TAwZz6DKNdEQg-LJM0PnJFQRCjSi9mWwYjOw7tS39p85FZK_kxW_APDwUGmVsvA_BrYZKaBU79PJki2wDokNyXKjp6nU/s1600/Bobcat-Skull.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLntBwYTva2Cucp6-erZeCB2V1YGvnP7mNcB9edGp_extB9u0TAwZz6DKNdEQg-LJM0PnJFQRCjSi9mWwYjOw7tS39p85FZK_kxW_APDwUGmVsvA_BrYZKaBU79PJki2wDokNyXKjp6nU/s400/Bobcat-Skull.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462440694373479346" /></a><br /><center>Nice fang!</center><br /><center>I assume this was once part of a bobcat?</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImeCIKhyt5SdnC810MBwCcNrtLADwDiDRMUkkQsBObkiGr-CVu0gfoBkLLbx1eueUwZhhd2_cbgnP07Ew0zLWZBUhbJBIFcYMyBPvFer9-3W4tGzA8xIjnmsOhNpDsovxqOa_CBEO7n8/s1600/Coulee-Corridor.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImeCIKhyt5SdnC810MBwCcNrtLADwDiDRMUkkQsBObkiGr-CVu0gfoBkLLbx1eueUwZhhd2_cbgnP07Ew0zLWZBUhbJBIFcYMyBPvFer9-3W4tGzA8xIjnmsOhNpDsovxqOa_CBEO7n8/s400/Coulee-Corridor.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462440680880411074" /></a><br /><center>SR 17 (AKA ... "<i>Coulee Corridor</i>") crosses floor of the Lower Grand Coulee between Lake Lenore and Alkali Lake.</center><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.couleecorridor.com/default.htm">Coulee Corridor Home</a></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.couleecorridor.com/floods.htm">Coulee Corridor Ice Age Floods Page</a></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="500" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Soap+Lake,+Grant,+Washington&t=h&ll=47.516853,-119.497175&spn=0.028984,0.036478&z=14&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Soap+Lake,+Grant,+Washington&t=h&ll=47.516853,-119.497175&spn=0.028984,0.036478&z=14&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small></center><br /><center>Use your mouse to navigate Google map of area shown in previous photo.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIRQSKW2vWjOEcbMpO3_vMx1wJuPbSYVCYvlOEnHc6PXSqg58M6veBXbnsLSNHWQxoeemdHNx1XH8dWS96FFrFni8kNKerblwuq9SrDjkLGaVCbrzj9VPl2B3fS1hnRPb6E3G-Dtrpwiw/s1600/Great-Blade-Summit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIRQSKW2vWjOEcbMpO3_vMx1wJuPbSYVCYvlOEnHc6PXSqg58M6veBXbnsLSNHWQxoeemdHNx1XH8dWS96FFrFni8kNKerblwuq9SrDjkLGaVCbrzj9VPl2B3fS1hnRPb6E3G-Dtrpwiw/s400/Great-Blade-Summit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462446545297101794" /></a><br /><br />Great Blade summit plateau.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkMV0EsencoWl9yipKJUMs0Mkvs9lH6y1gHbilidDNERusszW83OZRTP0Elypkzn66O-Mt6HiI3NMx8AXEmuMti7QgzcWn4KLdBFii_aVXQUUcE2qdOivgf-xLaZr7RbOfvRWMmqMKPk/s1600/Grand-Coulee-Lower.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 122px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkMV0EsencoWl9yipKJUMs0Mkvs9lH6y1gHbilidDNERusszW83OZRTP0Elypkzn66O-Mt6HiI3NMx8AXEmuMti7QgzcWn4KLdBFii_aVXQUUcE2qdOivgf-xLaZr7RbOfvRWMmqMKPk/s400/Grand-Coulee-Lower.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462446538132530162" /></a><br /><br />J Harlen Bretz featured a similar photo in his 1932 publication "<i>THE GRAND COULEE</i>". Bretz used caption below to describe image:<br /><br /><P><i>Ridge between the monoclinal and synclinal channels, lower Grand Coulee. Looking north from the Great Blade. The lake surface is about 250 feet lower than the synclinal channel floor, and the ridge is about 75 feet higher. Hanging valleys west of the lake were once continuous across both lake canyon and ridge to the synclinal channel.</i></P><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FX_-bkjiYNyPJYkHWBp4wFjS-zxQcpi02dp8LoT0TIMR7izmDZ6jkZ_u4KbM0_LMW4OGkA6gHHpnMeEuVHVnLiMmvXJ85zq_KclgknPKXJYWrsrtDexhoeDaTVpZnttSZZ5fz42-JHg/s1600/Lake-Lenore-Channels.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FX_-bkjiYNyPJYkHWBp4wFjS-zxQcpi02dp8LoT0TIMR7izmDZ6jkZ_u4KbM0_LMW4OGkA6gHHpnMeEuVHVnLiMmvXJ85zq_KclgknPKXJYWrsrtDexhoeDaTVpZnttSZZ5fz42-JHg/s400/Lake-Lenore-Channels.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462963442552921826" /></a><br /><center>Interesting plateau</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDUtn-kQsYnRI96JYJjmOkulreLU4HsmzrzfM61jLYvGrcU_ylUUzNBT7PMTpk9uVrMydIc5ZlzU0lDZc-5xO0QG_6co56STIGMcQM2bD7jq7_gdPm7vUhZZ23RNrLjUfqwUj__96uy4/s1600/Potholes-Merge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDUtn-kQsYnRI96JYJjmOkulreLU4HsmzrzfM61jLYvGrcU_ylUUzNBT7PMTpk9uVrMydIc5ZlzU0lDZc-5xO0QG_6co56STIGMcQM2bD7jq7_gdPm7vUhZZ23RNrLjUfqwUj__96uy4/s400/Potholes-Merge.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462446530157096066" /></a><br />Unless you tell me differently ... I'm guessing Pothole A merged with with a pothole once located at C creating a small channel that will be joined by Pothole B during future floods. The A-C area will then join channel at top right creating Mesa D. Next photos shows examples of mesas lower in the east channel.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkB2VvkZXTaQMYcnPJeywC-DB6SFTzoZq6p_gRPs145KoScJj1HuUNPjQM_aGPJz5cVULHblOYXmMuxJTPdf00osQEn4so2HeDk2WiNzEIyLGQyWgs1rUK-iolcp0Pi7v_dg0Bqs2gcS0/s1600/Lake-Lenore-Mesas.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkB2VvkZXTaQMYcnPJeywC-DB6SFTzoZq6p_gRPs145KoScJj1HuUNPjQM_aGPJz5cVULHblOYXmMuxJTPdf00osQEn4so2HeDk2WiNzEIyLGQyWgs1rUK-iolcp0Pi7v_dg0Bqs2gcS0/s400/Lake-Lenore-Mesas.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462446526366317810" /></a><br /><center>East Channel Mesas</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghNDT86RE9A2kxTf4jy0Bw1DGO1LohO_ifE3OAVjm-g27bJpyEyotZHwRIQ4nGduN4Fne89DuMoCQ7NSHaiSsC9t0iQZgmAILpl2S1QrGUrPWQ9UYAHxoBnmCNvXHy74nCjsBAIXsfSng/s1600/Erosional-Feature.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghNDT86RE9A2kxTf4jy0Bw1DGO1LohO_ifE3OAVjm-g27bJpyEyotZHwRIQ4nGduN4Fne89DuMoCQ7NSHaiSsC9t0iQZgmAILpl2S1QrGUrPWQ9UYAHxoBnmCNvXHy74nCjsBAIXsfSng/s400/Erosional-Feature.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462446522499998770" /></a><br />Nice elevated walking surface between main channel and pothole.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAtg9KlJQYQdLlT87-fNc_zjexMjurGRYgd37CwkFzFv8ejx7yvbSxo0x3O9WBWgOOn2sqrG0eZmyJX33SdUlpz2N9AFcEsrqwwcKoSJXkOj8Hxl-flq5kl_hWqFa9j_aG3YabvTqdJY/s1600/The-Great-Blade-Summit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAtg9KlJQYQdLlT87-fNc_zjexMjurGRYgd37CwkFzFv8ejx7yvbSxo0x3O9WBWgOOn2sqrG0eZmyJX33SdUlpz2N9AFcEsrqwwcKoSJXkOj8Hxl-flq5kl_hWqFa9j_aG3YabvTqdJY/s400/The-Great-Blade-Summit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462448373486017858" /></a><br />Great Blade summit plateau. Red arrow points to "Watchdog Rock".<br />The flowers on this upper terrace were pretty. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrny7yjbSFbD4qAgTJ4ZYjL4s908sF8JfEaQacIYQ0rhi70PXM2tkeBpkcUBup9Q94lHMSKgWXxq_b_9VwthUXydBJfyg982pErBE6GdenWI-fuQxpdr77aNa5g2_Csg9ekEOCfV1Mtg/s1600/Watchdog-Rock-Lake-Lenore.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrny7yjbSFbD4qAgTJ4ZYjL4s908sF8JfEaQacIYQ0rhi70PXM2tkeBpkcUBup9Q94lHMSKgWXxq_b_9VwthUXydBJfyg982pErBE6GdenWI-fuQxpdr77aNa5g2_Csg9ekEOCfV1Mtg/s400/Watchdog-Rock-Lake-Lenore.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462448368612264754" /></a><br />Watchdog Rock came in handy as I tried to reach the top of the blade. Once my foot was on the Watchdog's shoulder, I had it made. Pretty cool that he's got a tail.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfwR2ubZtzoN5LMWrvua_wZIzJVaLiR7IhlsqSTy6DH6ThqBMUyJ1XIPCXPFbDigGa9t4kK_tgPQ_pbK9hsXQ7KT9-uVXsZMUcQA694mnEfB7sxuZwFpPa7Ssl_h9Xe-cU8mD7e5BQcM/s1600/Watchdog-Rock.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfwR2ubZtzoN5LMWrvua_wZIzJVaLiR7IhlsqSTy6DH6ThqBMUyJ1XIPCXPFbDigGa9t4kK_tgPQ_pbK9hsXQ7KT9-uVXsZMUcQA694mnEfB7sxuZwFpPa7Ssl_h9Xe-cU8mD7e5BQcM/s400/Watchdog-Rock.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462448361201712530" /></a><br />Not sure why someone felt the need to mark up the Watchdog???<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimK_Oqvo_w-tbLz6wam6dg2FqDizwRb88Pm6zcrLffAg70_VcnOzy0-26sRRPaK8OBE0NS6ozuzpfyKPiTb-ozLw_PnWdd69E92bUdQbyiDPNNZw2rfFfJEtNW8BiJCzifJbt_02oqnSg/s1600/Basalt-Column-Face.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimK_Oqvo_w-tbLz6wam6dg2FqDizwRb88Pm6zcrLffAg70_VcnOzy0-26sRRPaK8OBE0NS6ozuzpfyKPiTb-ozLw_PnWdd69E92bUdQbyiDPNNZw2rfFfJEtNW8BiJCzifJbt_02oqnSg/s400/Basalt-Column-Face.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462448354529158450" /></a><br /><center><strong>BACK TO DRUMHELLER</strong></center><br />I've always liked the basalt column w/face that looks out over Lower Hampton Lake.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsfsg3o7js7Ko850rrJvWOgdNAPvvWu5bkLPpuZEjZN7BmYJolx5hDu-B186GdClZhm9CqE5dL3_L1gk0ZKVgLQBiMNjpA_hnnUpJYbZPHJXa-N9__sMdyks2pf-8WOuynBFUC8E6pkA/s1600/Lower-Grand-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsfsg3o7js7Ko850rrJvWOgdNAPvvWu5bkLPpuZEjZN7BmYJolx5hDu-B186GdClZhm9CqE5dL3_L1gk0ZKVgLQBiMNjpA_hnnUpJYbZPHJXa-N9__sMdyks2pf-8WOuynBFUC8E6pkA/s400/Lower-Grand-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462448349015089842" /></a><br />View south to confluence of lower Grand Coulee and east channel. Note elevation difference.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqh3Iua8NED6sxHjrsR6C4KjCRMI08zSXD1ruohTFRVSqrQY3rz_Q45LMm1EoloMcdIpTlokqDSWM5-rzF8PaSOBKNJd0y19GnpWGSqiSGHu5EM94kDOr8yUXoV2pFuL98E7Fz3JFzyzs/s1600/Scabland.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqh3Iua8NED6sxHjrsR6C4KjCRMI08zSXD1ruohTFRVSqrQY3rz_Q45LMm1EoloMcdIpTlokqDSWM5-rzF8PaSOBKNJd0y19GnpWGSqiSGHu5EM94kDOr8yUXoV2pFuL98E7Fz3JFzyzs/s400/Scabland.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462449620853215682" /></a><br /><br />Arrow points to pothole with smooth upper walls. I marked its location on my GPS several years ago. When visiting this area I always take the time to walk over and marvel at the "Polished Pothole". I haven't found another one like it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQF1jJlwX7UuXvcEVl9a_co5esusFT6RoSIg4rb-P3GoXUolE2uBceNFnRsVSwOW3pNzvTmLnVWoSFR5GI2uvvWwlWLR_E5DG18hkLQ7zPq1sAfMqXN988FHnHwDv54eFpZZ2vx0_uBM/s1600/Polished-Pothole.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQF1jJlwX7UuXvcEVl9a_co5esusFT6RoSIg4rb-P3GoXUolE2uBceNFnRsVSwOW3pNzvTmLnVWoSFR5GI2uvvWwlWLR_E5DG18hkLQ7zPq1sAfMqXN988FHnHwDv54eFpZZ2vx0_uBM/s400/Polished-Pothole.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462964349581733266" /></a><br /><br />My pack sits on rim of the "Polished Pothole".<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcLW1PmPCip2sfIeW0rq7OosZlAfs7_hLMdyLExF0dY0Djo14tMbGo7icldPIijpkQAf17aV8ENoSlLZAtNoC-SmdFcMbwEXzjdAm9M9FyfVf48IlThXnBaie6iz1OUBmOjX-PB8A8QU/s1600/Lake-Lenore-East.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcLW1PmPCip2sfIeW0rq7OosZlAfs7_hLMdyLExF0dY0Djo14tMbGo7icldPIijpkQAf17aV8ENoSlLZAtNoC-SmdFcMbwEXzjdAm9M9FyfVf48IlThXnBaie6iz1OUBmOjX-PB8A8QU/s400/Lake-Lenore-East.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462449619466318082" /></a><br /><br />Bretz wrote about this channel:<br /><br /><i><P>The higher eastern channel has cataract ledges across it 50 to 75 feet high, rock basins on its floor 100 feet deep, and a maze of minor anastomosing channels channels and buttes.</P></i><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfgkA4VpkEAY1U_npy-H7HnPQ0TYwouI3nxwbXl6AqSYgtjdcfHtzVVKQUfQ8UdXLfZjKsolqXPkYF8nwRMC7Du48JGIQrW76O57RFCugmR2oOAgfCBkTpyLKCOowZNbOlOiPpoQwwJNY/s1600/Great-Blade-Wildflowers.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfgkA4VpkEAY1U_npy-H7HnPQ0TYwouI3nxwbXl6AqSYgtjdcfHtzVVKQUfQ8UdXLfZjKsolqXPkYF8nwRMC7Du48JGIQrW76O57RFCugmR2oOAgfCBkTpyLKCOowZNbOlOiPpoQwwJNY/s400/Great-Blade-Wildflowers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462449613739424770" /></a><br /><br />Nice clump of flowers thriving on top of the Great Blade.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNIB0qStiZGHaBLYpqeMHU7TgZSLSWtDL8NRGhQdnHftgaDPWy2ZEGmTedJP1eOyNXEtcXxKrR9i60rAUICLa44uRLw9E0iwMDSzK91eIjJjUf76FGYhIgPSqAy8dN1ScmQSqhsde3pnM/s1600/Lenore-Potholes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNIB0qStiZGHaBLYpqeMHU7TgZSLSWtDL8NRGhQdnHftgaDPWy2ZEGmTedJP1eOyNXEtcXxKrR9i60rAUICLa44uRLw9E0iwMDSzK91eIjJjUf76FGYhIgPSqAy8dN1ScmQSqhsde3pnM/s400/Lenore-Potholes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462449603470940546" /></a><br /><br /><center>East Channel</center><br />The floods drilled many incredible potholes into the floor of the east channel, including a couple huge ones at the south end. These potholes are amazing but I still have the Deep Lake area potholes at the top of my list.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjKwBHiKK7LuV70J1bAIsKj9I3hVqwnYLeMieY5CJ0b8Hf0gcDmbGWXZCMUV5cr11tgDI88S9v4UrCgVtFKqhCc6fkzZGSmuSiapGgcYj9uXgLBMhX5BcXyi263T9S9F6CFzrENbtZxc/s1600/Columbia-Wildlife-Refuge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjKwBHiKK7LuV70J1bAIsKj9I3hVqwnYLeMieY5CJ0b8Hf0gcDmbGWXZCMUV5cr11tgDI88S9v4UrCgVtFKqhCc6fkzZGSmuSiapGgcYj9uXgLBMhX5BcXyi263T9S9F6CFzrENbtZxc/s400/Columbia-Wildlife-Refuge.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462962514362163346" /></a><br />Drumheller Channels / <a href="http://www.fws.gov/columbia/">Columbia National Wildlife Refuge</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuqhl33zsjKDeJaeApjHoUra99QbhEiXZBdMqsCOOIZFkQ-93Lp3P0UZQt1GZy32SVpBLcheGU0A9wy9S1rFriGQyJWZxN23SrMFTRdVKTl8JZYwFBUA-Mo0sawe7MaS0kjXNukU-TOjI/s1600/Drumheller-Channels.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 352px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuqhl33zsjKDeJaeApjHoUra99QbhEiXZBdMqsCOOIZFkQ-93Lp3P0UZQt1GZy32SVpBLcheGU0A9wy9S1rFriGQyJWZxN23SrMFTRdVKTl8JZYwFBUA-Mo0sawe7MaS0kjXNukU-TOjI/s400/Drumheller-Channels.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462962504241538578" /></a><br />The huge system of scabland channels east of the Frenchman Hills sure stands out in this Google image. Irrigated farmland served by the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/GrandCoulee.html"><strong>Columbia Basin Irrigation Project</strong></a> borders the 8-mile-wide Drumheller Channels on the east and west. The Bureau of Reclamation uses several of the channels cut by Ice Age Floods to move irrigation water from the Quincy Basin to the Othello Basin.<br /><br />1. Potholes Reservoir<br />2. Othello, WA<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYfGksYS9mEetWMTk-0YAmid_DcvyspinUKEE_oLZ3S6fwtEuezi_dvCA5EL1LWo8BUbk3uolttWn-1JfEOdMUma4piYYWh2Kik5LpQiMk3fdtqYdcPgrtOZ2Uhch8JMBvG492CCvXBc/s1600/Sage-Lakes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUYfGksYS9mEetWMTk-0YAmid_DcvyspinUKEE_oLZ3S6fwtEuezi_dvCA5EL1LWo8BUbk3uolttWn-1JfEOdMUma4piYYWh2Kik5LpQiMk3fdtqYdcPgrtOZ2Uhch8JMBvG492CCvXBc/s400/Sage-Lakes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462449602874863762" /></a><br />Irrigation water fills many of the rock basins and potholes in the Drumheller Channels. The habitat created provides excellent opportunities for wildlife observation to Columbia National Wildlife Refuge visitors. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ykSmDtFc3glFJNUvYClaFOqwszicMjNghqu5BLINNi1m8WzXaR3H5FvI0JhwNLdnnKHstWqW0faltz5q3ThRwF_sd361T8eGJCCYeO-LLpnS4ZwZdsZSx_MEmSYTmEzDfPXWdrcR0zc/s1600/Drumheller-Aerial.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ykSmDtFc3glFJNUvYClaFOqwszicMjNghqu5BLINNi1m8WzXaR3H5FvI0JhwNLdnnKHstWqW0faltz5q3ThRwF_sd361T8eGJCCYeO-LLpnS4ZwZdsZSx_MEmSYTmEzDfPXWdrcR0zc/s400/Drumheller-Aerial.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462963471056073074" /></a><br />Google aerial image shows:<br />1. Pothole near Lower Hampton Lake.<br />2. Large pothole shown in previous image (foreground).<br />3. Irrigation channel cut by the USBOR at lower end of Long Lake (shown in next image)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECKEfez6nnrdID39zOaAQBCe9DjHbcgdzfCD4JWojo_tLZGMM2MOgKBOfjhXTkb5rt9bSzTVGD7qE9nl0TLb4CsseDen_LaNeAAn5n31JovlTEpfcbYFSohvUlofhHCbkD-79dzZFh4s/s1600/Columbia-Basin-Irrigation.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiECKEfez6nnrdID39zOaAQBCe9DjHbcgdzfCD4JWojo_tLZGMM2MOgKBOfjhXTkb5rt9bSzTVGD7qE9nl0TLb4CsseDen_LaNeAAn5n31JovlTEpfcbYFSohvUlofhHCbkD-79dzZFh4s/s400/Columbia-Basin-Irrigation.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462962498651680050" /></a><br />The floods didn't leave channels everywhere the USBOR needed them to move water between the Quincy and Othello Basins.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXU-zy3ARg3RR71QJipTac3IIFV8EzdgftRezd2XxNGdyxBNBBOZY0Pb1lxidEaQV1Ep8f1XcaHerv633iNJ6_mcTNOsOPx1uB4U4oo6gbK_LLxqEJVU2YheByGnkn7Hq-4tZlkaehoCw/s1600/Drumheller-Channels-Pothole.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 151px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXU-zy3ARg3RR71QJipTac3IIFV8EzdgftRezd2XxNGdyxBNBBOZY0Pb1lxidEaQV1Ep8f1XcaHerv633iNJ6_mcTNOsOPx1uB4U4oo6gbK_LLxqEJVU2YheByGnkn7Hq-4tZlkaehoCw/s400/Drumheller-Channels-Pothole.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462963452094679490" /></a><br />Pothole near Lower Hampton Lake shown in aerial photo above as "1".<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2hy8wsjfQjzl0ZDXwwmj032sl2e3pTT_3COQw76aYQV59niubJorqvsdVCf5SmuMjweqfU3W8SrnV7eukSaqc24iyIwbCpVLDLHdb5GN1BvqEfGV5DcFQR56X-uGP1maYAvsH_HhTeo/s1600/Drumheller-Ice-Age-Pothole.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2hy8wsjfQjzl0ZDXwwmj032sl2e3pTT_3COQw76aYQV59niubJorqvsdVCf5SmuMjweqfU3W8SrnV7eukSaqc24iyIwbCpVLDLHdb5GN1BvqEfGV5DcFQR56X-uGP1maYAvsH_HhTeo/s400/Drumheller-Ice-Age-Pothole.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462963445439387858" /></a><br />This pothole is impressive to view in person (shown as #2 in aerial above).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizV2f6FWSMaxksUrO8aSAWtydCh_tTMUz9sSIvqRJ8cOe9Yc9nvveR422LqTMudnNPCSIzz6ETxcXUG5qDfLuQsYnvecnRizJkqVfmVAf9YMfRZG05JfUNO3lB3U6xURuVjw4nNSRzvLQ/s1600/White-Pelican.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizV2f6FWSMaxksUrO8aSAWtydCh_tTMUz9sSIvqRJ8cOe9Yc9nvveR422LqTMudnNPCSIzz6ETxcXUG5qDfLuQsYnvecnRizJkqVfmVAf9YMfRZG05JfUNO3lB3U6xURuVjw4nNSRzvLQ/s400/White-Pelican.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462962490043657618" /></a><br />White Pelican - Lower Hampton Lake<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSU0Waayk056tktyosgwr4efIuYJy3OyAoTnF0eokLR77ZKqcpHWvvoQBA0_UAmRkDbRmz2b4RZf7UKS6MHK1-omCEQduiC68eCUkUUH9OFhU0Bd78CI1gODsctZRl-0zSzkzHk-13rbQ/s1600/Hampton-Lakes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSU0Waayk056tktyosgwr4efIuYJy3OyAoTnF0eokLR77ZKqcpHWvvoQBA0_UAmRkDbRmz2b4RZf7UKS6MHK1-omCEQduiC68eCUkUUH9OFhU0Bd78CI1gODsctZRl-0zSzkzHk-13rbQ/s400/Hampton-Lakes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462962483795854002" /></a><br />Signs introduce visitors to parts of the refuge trail system.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxjtoZLunoZsy7GtbSY4ZrgdQqoG-eEoXSpmv5HxKYLLEWQVBc3PfdFl8OMhs7gpuMsaxL61BHPyWPB3bIyThcpEBb4MV7RZHqPqY7wUybVxv45tKqa5XpB7yv8EbsPZY1r5iJvy0JaE/s1600/Pillar-Widgeon-Hapmpton-Lak.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxjtoZLunoZsy7GtbSY4ZrgdQqoG-eEoXSpmv5HxKYLLEWQVBc3PfdFl8OMhs7gpuMsaxL61BHPyWPB3bIyThcpEBb4MV7RZHqPqY7wUybVxv45tKqa5XpB7yv8EbsPZY1r5iJvy0JaE/s400/Pillar-Widgeon-Hapmpton-Lak.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462963459497690882" /></a><br /><br /><center><object width="400" height="330"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sBumUzHPg2s&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sBumUzHPg2s&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="330"></embed></object></center><br /><br /><center>Found this guy on Youtube - Bagpipes in Lake Lenore cave w/sound.</center>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-55744586291065229942009-11-15T05:56:00.000-08:002009-11-19T20:43:43.399-08:00Victoria Rock, Tarpiscan Bergmound and Cape Horn Traverse to West Bar RipplesLast week I visited Tarpiscan Canyon for the first time in years. The canyon is on the west side of the Columbia River above West Bar. A few significant <a href="http://hugefloods.com/">Ice Age Flood</a> features in the area are Moses Coulee, Moses Coulee Bar, Crater Coulee, Babcock Bench, Potholes Coulee and the West Bar Giant Current Ripples.<br /><br />I didn't see everything I wanted to on this hike. The short November day flew by.<br /><br /><hr width="70%" size="2" color="gray"><br /><P ALIGN="left"><h2>Victoria Rock</h2></P><br />Victoria Rock - An interesting <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Basalt.html">basalt</a> tower standing in the Columbia River channel that's withstood plenty of abuse by floods over the years.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5OnDB7rdd_dX0x3rTK_4FbcJWrBgUdWFwtCRE-NypxBC4pAoLkpEnhrEbyZPp0yUnLOayab_xq7b-yf1Mt8pH8GDDcCAbAYKtn3rzmaj8u96lkUXwV6DzqECxLbq2haWpuXGf7Zn_dU/s1600-h/Victoria-Rock-Symons.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5OnDB7rdd_dX0x3rTK_4FbcJWrBgUdWFwtCRE-NypxBC4pAoLkpEnhrEbyZPp0yUnLOayab_xq7b-yf1Mt8pH8GDDcCAbAYKtn3rzmaj8u96lkUXwV6DzqECxLbq2haWpuXGf7Zn_dU/s400/Victoria-Rock-Symons.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403587094920957458" /></a><center>Victoria Rock (Symon's-Downing Image)</center><br />I mentioned Lieutenant Symon's "<a href="http://books.google.com/books/download/Report_of_an_examination_of_the_upper_Co.pdf?id=YWsDAAAAYAAJ&output=pdf&sig=ACfU3U3JAyeCM8Kf0rnaGCHwgMMPVJmfXg">Report of an Examination of the Upper Columbia River: And the Territory in Its Vicinity in September and October, 1881</a>" in a recent post of <a href="http://iceagefloods.blogspot.com/2009/10/sentinel-gap-and-mattawa-bar.html">Sentinel Gap</a> area photos. In his report, Symon's describes Victoria Rock:<br /><br /><blockquote><strong><em>A few miles further down there stands in the Columbia River a rock which is one of the most perfect profile rocks in existence. Approaching it from the north, it presents a striking likeness to the profile of Queen Victoria, from which circumstance it was given the name of "Victoria Rock."<br /><br />Coming nearer to it and passing it on the west, the profile changes and merges into a more Grecian and Sphinx-like face, whose placid immobility takes one's mind involuntarily to far off Egypt. It rises from the surface of the water about one hundred feet, and a pair of eagles have selected it as their home, and upon its extreme top have built a nest, giving, as it were, a crown to this goddess of the Columbia. <br /><br />The rock is of columnar black basalt. The portion of the river in which this rock is situated is very grand and beautiful.</em></strong> </blockquote><br /><P ALIGN="right"><em>Lieutenant Thomas William Symons (1881)</em></P><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9dlF3qXROOaVpqkfaSb55b-uYbO5ip5XYpp_ouzz1MrWMR3AXtD4oJmR43ESLxDqA_Ui-pCRsVhJcZUJSXuavjHf12yPkgRIXxVkQkTGNB8JSu-5fbbHImp_MYjIFRYUea7D8mQii9g/s1600-h/Victoria-Rock-Columbia-Rive.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9dlF3qXROOaVpqkfaSb55b-uYbO5ip5XYpp_ouzz1MrWMR3AXtD4oJmR43ESLxDqA_Ui-pCRsVhJcZUJSXuavjHf12yPkgRIXxVkQkTGNB8JSu-5fbbHImp_MYjIFRYUea7D8mQii9g/s400/Victoria-Rock-Columbia-Rive.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403587090990787218" /></a><br />There it is ... Victoria Rock. Right where the Lieutenant said it would be. <br /><br />Construction of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanapum_Dam">Wanapum Dam</a> south of Vantage, was completed in 1963. Only the uppermost portion of Victoria Rock stands above today's reservoir level. <br /><br />It took an early start from Pasco to begin hiking before sunrise. I had to drive all the way to Wenatchee, cross the river and then drive south to reach the Tarpiscan Creek WDFW parking area. A <a href="http://wdfw.wa.gov/lands/vup/index.html">Vehicle Use Permit</a> is required in this area.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29VfBPKvyf5cJ5uMe02gOGQmWaVhpfCY1xUs4HgJHbTTalu0KfpJcPrjntWGPYkorxEVhWOpfF1cMKcv_5Me548t_P3dW0VO3HsDIESFAXX7YviwlX6GdEWI5TDuxdrR0epH8bH2Nn6M/s1600-h/Symons-Map-Victoria-Rock.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 217px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29VfBPKvyf5cJ5uMe02gOGQmWaVhpfCY1xUs4HgJHbTTalu0KfpJcPrjntWGPYkorxEVhWOpfF1cMKcv_5Me548t_P3dW0VO3HsDIESFAXX7YviwlX6GdEWI5TDuxdrR0epH8bH2Nn6M/s400/Symons-Map-Victoria-Rock.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403592312244896498" /></a><center>Lieutenant Symon's Map - 1881</center><br />Click map to enlarge and you should be able to see Victoria Rock below "Cabinet Rapids". Other notations on map from top are Bishop Rock, Sunken Rock, Rock Island Rapids, Bar of Rocks, Bad Ripple, Little Creek and two small bars just above "Flat" at West Bar.<br /><br />Looks like notation on top of rim west of Victoria Rock reads <em>"Magnificent Columnar Basaltic Bluffs"</em>. The area marked "Flat" at lower right is the NW corner of West Bar.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2GlS90fd4yDzY_X92HGOnDR1q4oYp8bEfB-aqW4j2iXHd_bF2d2W-Vcag7CSjpFg6PNg38yamGa_Lh4pjYTfgbIcDXsL0MH2PYlIhKk1LcEu7dmfogiqolCuxfM70cYtxEpuap7OFks/s1600-h/Moses-Coulee-Columbia-River.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2GlS90fd4yDzY_X92HGOnDR1q4oYp8bEfB-aqW4j2iXHd_bF2d2W-Vcag7CSjpFg6PNg38yamGa_Lh4pjYTfgbIcDXsL0MH2PYlIhKk1LcEu7dmfogiqolCuxfM70cYtxEpuap7OFks/s400/Moses-Coulee-Columbia-River.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403959219338181042" /></a>View northeast over Columbia River to mouth of Moses Coulee. Victoria Rock visible in river at lower right. The huge flood bar on far side of river is the Moses Coulee Bar. Much of the bar is out of frame to right.<br /><br />I'll try to post Moses Coulee images one of these days. In his book "<a href="http://iafi.org/wenval.html">The Geological History of the Wenatchee Valley and Adjacent Vicinity</a>" Charles Mason states: <strong><em><blockquote>"It is the author's opinion that Moses Coulee, above all else, has an atmosphere and character unmatched in our area. One would be hard pressed to find a more inspiring sight than a drive on an early sunny morning through the miles of majestic palisades of the lower coulee". </blockquote></em></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lDjCNDyKx3eporFwyd5jp38_iM-Ag8I-2znBNL7e3j6zKpJovbAPMph04LoKlxN8wZgVYOTQ1mTfruVMAUaI3BlP5SGCzYqL-PVy25KDOlC-mrVHnQRPzvOz7HmovtqgM2n-4JEe2CU/s1600/Moses-Coulee-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lDjCNDyKx3eporFwyd5jp38_iM-Ag8I-2znBNL7e3j6zKpJovbAPMph04LoKlxN8wZgVYOTQ1mTfruVMAUaI3BlP5SGCzYqL-PVy25KDOlC-mrVHnQRPzvOz7HmovtqgM2n-4JEe2CU/s400/Moses-Coulee-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404915890109666498" /></a><center>Moses Coulee</center><hr width="70%" size="2" color="gray"><br /><P ALIGN="left"><h2>Tarpiscan Creek Bergmound</h2></P><br />Tarpiscan Bergmound - Thousands of years ago, a huge iceberg floated into the Tarpiscan Creek drainage and grounded during one of the Ice Age Flood events. After the floodwaters receded and the ice melted, a large pile the glacial debris carried by the iceberg was left stranded in the canyon.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZts7_eGsmL5cL0WYuQBknl2RGbYwHnPq7OeNkb24EvUTdSyLBee7BkJb9FSFvbdRPSdhRZS-_7hsZLKWThM9d0Cji-KSgw1cWm6TQComjEWhHwW3_GuE7HlcoV1lFYmB1E7Y5FYT59g/s1600-h/Tarpiscan-Creek.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZts7_eGsmL5cL0WYuQBknl2RGbYwHnPq7OeNkb24EvUTdSyLBee7BkJb9FSFvbdRPSdhRZS-_7hsZLKWThM9d0Cji-KSgw1cWm6TQComjEWhHwW3_GuE7HlcoV1lFYmB1E7Y5FYT59g/s400/Tarpiscan-Creek.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403959222373701330" /></a><br /><center>Mouth of Tarpiscan Canyon - Google Earth View</center><br /><center>- Red circle marks bergmound -</center><br />I hiked up the canyon for several miles enjoying bright fall colors and the interesting basalt cliffs along the north rim. Way too much time was spent taking pictures of frosty leaves and pine cones (above maximum flood level).<br /><br />I'd had my eye on the big bar that sits between Tarpiscan Creek and the South Fork of Tarpiscan Creek. Once over the top of the bar I spotted a huge bergmound (marked in image above). <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzis2NG7ICuqpOWoIQa5z3f6sxWuCtGrU46fi5mGxIPG594RCObRsXo_zhDUFQTshtKCwJw3-oH6Ox2UpDSsAwpFqRLSh_JoClxaHkMlj3wZ5LIIq2xszKrQoEfhkA9CZCCMTNhi27A-0/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Floods-Erratic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzis2NG7ICuqpOWoIQa5z3f6sxWuCtGrU46fi5mGxIPG594RCObRsXo_zhDUFQTshtKCwJw3-oH6Ox2UpDSsAwpFqRLSh_JoClxaHkMlj3wZ5LIIq2xszKrQoEfhkA9CZCCMTNhi27A-0/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-Erratic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404448955083741570" /></a><center> - Large erratics on top of the bergmound -</center><br />Erratic I'm leaning on (#1 in photo below) measured over 12ft. end to end.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrz1d_k7OqznYcULbNdM3P8NzLSdWytv4fUF2hLvgN7n4qROdwjwGhaJxK19Vxk9BfUN8r3sJOusX-gKydnPDqPQf48Dek6CLMsSPyY2S-eNbP_ooLVLxu-o-Gd7f58MIhxylYwkV5Po/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Floods-Bergmound.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrz1d_k7OqznYcULbNdM3P8NzLSdWytv4fUF2hLvgN7n4qROdwjwGhaJxK19Vxk9BfUN8r3sJOusX-gKydnPDqPQf48Dek6CLMsSPyY2S-eNbP_ooLVLxu-o-Gd7f58MIhxylYwkV5Po/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-Bergmound.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404448970812698914" /></a><br />Another view of erratics shown above. Note smaller erratics in foreground. <br /><br /><center><strong>So how did the rocks end up in ice?</strong></center><br /><center><hr width="70%" size="2" color="gray"></center><br /><br />Hope you don't mind if we take a quick trip to the lower slopes of Mt. Rainier.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Q8XzPYBsSxmR1dXWt7GZoVx_C1jQFL_uHJf8nvvN1Q1j_V4qdyNMzil5Hm5hEMpYUdFZXMXyJD5ld5WgeFz_vxy3tg7n1kB2KHcafltUhdBWkH4DS5fe9xNtqXhyphenhyphenjreLDEU0JC0VYmw/s1600/Glacial-Debris-Erratic-Sour.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Q8XzPYBsSxmR1dXWt7GZoVx_C1jQFL_uHJf8nvvN1Q1j_V4qdyNMzil5Hm5hEMpYUdFZXMXyJD5ld5WgeFz_vxy3tg7n1kB2KHcafltUhdBWkH4DS5fe9xNtqXhyphenhyphenjreLDEU0JC0VYmw/s400/Glacial-Debris-Erratic-Sour.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404584810912494722" /></a>Sometimes it's Hard to tell where the glacier ends and the mountain begins.<br /><br />Glaciers are often referred to as "Nature's conveyor belts". Rocks from adjacent slopes often fall on top the glacier while ice in contact with the earth below the glacier is picking up rocks and other debris. Material carried on the surface of the glacier is known as "supraglacial debris" while the lower part of the glacier carries "basal debis".<br /><br />The huge glacial ice dams that failed and released Ice Age Floodwaters were loaded with debris. Large sections of the dams were swept away with the flow and carried over eastern Washington. Some of these icebergs would have ridden the floodwaters all the way to the Pacific Ocean but many ran aground in Washington and Oregon. Rocks and boulders transported by the ice are known as "erratics". <br /><br /><table cellpadding="10" width="400" bgcolor="#a99479" border="2"><tr><td><h2>er⋅rat⋅ic</h2>1. deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion; eccentric: erratic behavior. <br />2. having no certain or definite course; wandering; not fixed: erratic winds. <br />3. <strong>Geology. noting or pertaining to a boulder or the like carried by glacial ice and deposited some distance from its place of origin.</strong> <br />4. (of a lichen) having no attachment to the surface on which it grows.<br /><p align="right">Source: <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/">Dictionary.com</a></P> </td></tr></table><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Qz_Mm1erzFcmG5Jtbj9Xny3jD6UtLNcTLTyjEoMGL40DQups5qe852QlZB7YYYhSQz92oBDB_zojhj1-9LtBiYeo_FbkFwy58b17bgJ9qI8f_GQVGRQ_meCusKZ-DacDG6LkfrJJx9s/s1600/Glacial-Debris.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Qz_Mm1erzFcmG5Jtbj9Xny3jD6UtLNcTLTyjEoMGL40DQups5qe852QlZB7YYYhSQz92oBDB_zojhj1-9LtBiYeo_FbkFwy58b17bgJ9qI8f_GQVGRQ_meCusKZ-DacDG6LkfrJJx9s/s400/Glacial-Debris.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404584808257934898" /></a><br /><center>Large Boulders on Nisqually Glacier</center><br /><center><hr width="70%" size="2" color="gray"></center><br /><center>OK ... We're back to Tarpiscan Canyon</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnbT8i_IPCid9JEaKJLjLWDg3bEbnH_WULAyStN7M9ywc-MG-80CzOqECJKavqB_tD9NkHKNwacdlDDYnkKykOYT4N777FR7mznbOwcMWGjEml05yb0GWBjwT9eMefmk40aMgPdm5MjGs/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Flood-Boulders.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnbT8i_IPCid9JEaKJLjLWDg3bEbnH_WULAyStN7M9ywc-MG-80CzOqECJKavqB_tD9NkHKNwacdlDDYnkKykOYT4N777FR7mznbOwcMWGjEml05yb0GWBjwT9eMefmk40aMgPdm5MjGs/s400/Ice-Age-Flood-Boulders.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404461212546843090" /></a><br /><center>- Nice collection of large erratics -</center><br /><center>(White erratic on skyline is Erratic #2)</center><br />Ivar Husa of the Ice Age Floods Institute's Lake Lewis Chapter answers the question "<em>How Large Must an Iceberg be to Carry an Erratic</em>" on Page 4 of the December 2005 <a href="http://iafi.org/pdf/iafi_news_dec_2005.pdf">Pleistocene Post</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxesuOruCh-3-mZ7zA85ugpr6-FRDHyogbcsdUs5IKbkrJhS0DSPNwiEFhjm6uWg4weIBgZKRViHz856etgyt1L305i6rUdEzYdYZjUWNPbOBRuPN8SY7v2e2BCnJvpyM5lClnCqwtaFY/s1600-h/Bergmound-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxesuOruCh-3-mZ7zA85ugpr6-FRDHyogbcsdUs5IKbkrJhS0DSPNwiEFhjm6uWg4weIBgZKRViHz856etgyt1L305i6rUdEzYdYZjUWNPbOBRuPN8SY7v2e2BCnJvpyM5lClnCqwtaFY/s400/Bergmound-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404455919625788690" /></a>As the iceberg melted, several large boulders rolled down slope. The rocks, gravel, sand and silt aboard the iceberg remained in a huge mound.<br /><br /><center><object width="400" height="250"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e5yZXQRTCkM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e5yZXQRTCkM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="250"></embed></object></center><br />Click image above to play what appears to be the first "Bergmound" video posted on Youtube. Video shows relationship of bergmound site to Columbia River.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6O6TnBqL2K-hiD4nfVBsovSx067JkEYv74Oen-ESaE6JrnGNWyr6IigLBpctPcZvVftAUM4XkXE1DsnqByquNz8iCWjxu6QCdlXBR-tojzpeoQZXnWH6sMVw7WJcysVhsfEM4HrY-Kz0/s1600-h/Erratic-Tarpiscan-Canyon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 379px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6O6TnBqL2K-hiD4nfVBsovSx067JkEYv74Oen-ESaE6JrnGNWyr6IigLBpctPcZvVftAUM4XkXE1DsnqByquNz8iCWjxu6QCdlXBR-tojzpeoQZXnWH6sMVw7WJcysVhsfEM4HrY-Kz0/s400/Erratic-Tarpiscan-Canyon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403958497709627410" /></a>Not as many smaller scattered erratics in the Tarpiscan area as there are in other Kittitas County drainages to the south. I did see a few similar to this one as I hiked south out of the canyon.<br /><hr width="70%" size="2" color="gray"><br /><P ALIGN="left"><h2>West Bar Giant Current Ripples</h2></P><br />West Bar Giant Current Ripples - Huge current ripples created when fast moving floodwaters swept over the West Bar area. Geologists believe that the West Bar Ripples were formed during one of the last Ice Age Floods - Possibly the final draining of Glacial Lake Columbia.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtAcQB5g-9EeTmm4V7h5-pYxC-k4cumfwI33Otq7pBnZPSjiTOJfE6brlp6y5dyupgiOHDhNZwuRshFWGBHdGE1Re2b_Oat-oW5IDyFFCndSc8QnQ-I7fl4cSdXyub5bxsJAynXyHtUM/s1600-h/Cape-Horn-West-Bar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtAcQB5g-9EeTmm4V7h5-pYxC-k4cumfwI33Otq7pBnZPSjiTOJfE6brlp6y5dyupgiOHDhNZwuRshFWGBHdGE1Re2b_Oat-oW5IDyFFCndSc8QnQ-I7fl4cSdXyub5bxsJAynXyHtUM/s400/Cape-Horn-West-Bar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404466642057554354" /></a><br />I started to draw the route I used to get to West Bar on this image but, decided I'd better not do anything that would promote this as West Bar access. I know this basalt face as "Cape Horn".<br /><strong>TIP #1</strong>:The animal path I used is above terrace with the big pine.<br /><strong>TIP #2</strong>: Don't slip!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96Edz7RBzTygnlsRu9n0twTn3Qp6AL7xlhVufsiaG-NCB2STokGrDyvWy90WkumQ_mBV3k8u-ZZLDv57UVJ6pa3uVi-8MG2mDtD-gtv-vivTPzQS3Z6QsNthcydn9IbGH-SKywA-xtNo/s1600-h/West-Bar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh96Edz7RBzTygnlsRu9n0twTn3Qp6AL7xlhVufsiaG-NCB2STokGrDyvWy90WkumQ_mBV3k8u-ZZLDv57UVJ6pa3uVi-8MG2mDtD-gtv-vivTPzQS3Z6QsNthcydn9IbGH-SKywA-xtNo/s400/West-Bar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403959237234791138" /></a><br />West Bar (right). Moses Coulee Bar dipping into Columbia river at left. Thin horizontal line on distant basalt cliff is Babcock Bench.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhnqNmIsW8wdCx4xVyEBHeTFkogqeVnT5qpLIUpu9ZwwEn-Bw3edt4Vxs9zCqE9HCaGIMHMvCL5O-7LS4Kwp9PRNaS9kro_AKwmXey0YrAbLyYCEcfPBMNYmd6siwUv-7_ZGhXWGjnbk/s1600-h/Moses-Bar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfhnqNmIsW8wdCx4xVyEBHeTFkogqeVnT5qpLIUpu9ZwwEn-Bw3edt4Vxs9zCqE9HCaGIMHMvCL5O-7LS4Kwp9PRNaS9kro_AKwmXey0YrAbLyYCEcfPBMNYmd6siwUv-7_ZGhXWGjnbk/s400/Moses-Bar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403958500948609522" /></a><br />The Ice Age Floods created many large gravel bars. Moses Coulee Bar is one of them ... Train for scale.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUaBm8r5vNeEnVR5lmT0c5HAcysife1lHzrGqahekX2Mz5pIP1ad1t34rmccXlr94f53BGLxaby75iShOs1WDd1rc7NM5FFQt_s7U3mPbOnyxPNxozC9PHYSP1imwPDKTgw4J-dFP9zU/s1600-h/Moses-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 352px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUaBm8r5vNeEnVR5lmT0c5HAcysife1lHzrGqahekX2Mz5pIP1ad1t34rmccXlr94f53BGLxaby75iShOs1WDd1rc7NM5FFQt_s7U3mPbOnyxPNxozC9PHYSP1imwPDKTgw4J-dFP9zU/s400/Moses-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403958507084996018" /></a><br />1. Tarpiscan Bergmound<br />2. West Bar Giant Current Ripples<br />3. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Coulee">Moses Coulee</a> <br />4. Crater Coulee - Also known as Crater Draw (No public access).<br />5. Quincy, WA - City of Quincy's "<a href="http://quincywashington.us/quincy/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=86">Local Geology</a>" page.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU89QJpIH-ssrB8zWyNqdaF6wW-6uVv32ps-6VMOPVqL7TcuAU1lfdMchG5v4ks-aMxNoQSPNTNzUNPmxKmEkRClzgVERrgSX4u71coVGM6npgsMCN9ft_0fx7OZNLTQElwQdFFTaanAY/s1600-h/West-Bar-Giant-Ripples.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU89QJpIH-ssrB8zWyNqdaF6wW-6uVv32ps-6VMOPVqL7TcuAU1lfdMchG5v4ks-aMxNoQSPNTNzUNPmxKmEkRClzgVERrgSX4u71coVGM6npgsMCN9ft_0fx7OZNLTQElwQdFFTaanAY/s400/West-Bar-Giant-Ripples.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403959948765295586" /></a><center>Ripples from ripple level.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzcU8s-Oed1YjlOfxAO3pLYytPTJN03vejbnx3U0RXWJAMi-aZlDRel85eh51PPosAtBR2VoT2NrKxjlLfZD0i8qUx3KAF2uE4LVu-yUmAreIHfpbIRzfxabQxnqat-lR637aBrEKkWE/s1600-h/West-Bar-Ripples-Dunes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzcU8s-Oed1YjlOfxAO3pLYytPTJN03vejbnx3U0RXWJAMi-aZlDRel85eh51PPosAtBR2VoT2NrKxjlLfZD0i8qUx3KAF2uE4LVu-yUmAreIHfpbIRzfxabQxnqat-lR637aBrEKkWE/s400/West-Bar-Ripples-Dunes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404196976884969602" /></a><center>Summertime sunset view of West Bar ripples.</center><center>- Boat for scale -</center><br />Click below to view Giant Current Ripples from <a href="http://iafi.org/onthetrail.html">Bruce Bjornstad</a>'s geocache at the <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=6543be7b-4a81-45ec-940d-ab791567e5b4">West Bar Overlook</a>.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://hugefloods.com/West-Bar.html">OPEN LARGE WEST BAR IMAGE</a></center><br /><center><hr width="70%" size="2" color="gray"></center><br />A couple images here of other ripples you might come across as you explore the Ice Age Floods region.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_d_84COSjJNxphlDsGgvEUEfgiE02xi9hpGSelr9vNux5pXNuceZJzz7Ja6tIRxHufnN2s-In1ZQbyvsv4Ygn8zgsnfRM45WGU7fEHXNsLsPqiZfS0pmKlpc_UqZd6t83RI_zqBNnXk/s1600/Sand-Ripples.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_d_84COSjJNxphlDsGgvEUEfgiE02xi9hpGSelr9vNux5pXNuceZJzz7Ja6tIRxHufnN2s-In1ZQbyvsv4Ygn8zgsnfRM45WGU7fEHXNsLsPqiZfS0pmKlpc_UqZd6t83RI_zqBNnXk/s400/Sand-Ripples.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404724727355915618" /></a>I noticed these frosty ripples in the sand yesterday while hiking along the White Bluffs (SE of Mattawa, WA). These small ripples were creeated by the wind blowing over the dune.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCHbj0EIfcJG8GSLa7DykPSRKZf4oIdFFWX3a_kXuIOdDpydpzK-8TZIgT7iEzU25XKOeSt_biUIJUaEd6gjnlMXjBAg39ysvwxaRywLb0ylc9gvw8DY3C2ONjYiOUlUMFrbIu97fx5E/s1600/Belt-Rock-Ripples.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCHbj0EIfcJG8GSLa7DykPSRKZf4oIdFFWX3a_kXuIOdDpydpzK-8TZIgT7iEzU25XKOeSt_biUIJUaEd6gjnlMXjBAg39ysvwxaRywLb0ylc9gvw8DY3C2ONjYiOUlUMFrbIu97fx5E/s400/Belt-Rock-Ripples.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405184992264397010" /></a><br /><center>Belt rock with ripple pattern - Western Montana.<br /></center><br /><center><hr width="70%" size="2" color="gray"></center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXCmxiTWq1Av6PWeX106Cly_vGBYUXxsTbO26g2dXX84lGp9-wQu29FYw64tqYssXbUBn5SoOFp8WWoYZfXlcQOdInLwD-WXvRU8h6s5wMBvi7pgNhkjaIYcrNou0Ox_tDtzFcjPBS9o/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Floods-Ripple.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXCmxiTWq1Av6PWeX106Cly_vGBYUXxsTbO26g2dXX84lGp9-wQu29FYw64tqYssXbUBn5SoOFp8WWoYZfXlcQOdInLwD-WXvRU8h6s5wMBvi7pgNhkjaIYcrNou0Ox_tDtzFcjPBS9o/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-Ripple.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403963093104835618" /></a>Arrow points to hiker standing on one of the tallest West Bar ripples.<br /><br />Geologists estimate the West Bar ripples were formed between 12,000 and 13,000 years ago. The ripples average 24 feet in height and are spaced about 360 feet apart. It's been estimated that the fast moving water that formed these ripples was about 650 feet deep (Not one of the largest floods). <br /><br />The day this photo was taken, Orin and I arrived at West Bar in his boat ... which is the easiest way to get there. Certain times of the year you can drive to West Bar ... but ... It's a bumpy trip.<br /><br />WDFW's description of <a href="http://wdfw.wa.gov/lands/wildlife_areas/colockum/">Colockum</a> area roads: <blockquote>"<em>Extremely primitive. High-clearance, four-wheel drive vehicles are recommended. Carry water, supplies and a spare tire</em>."</blockquote>WDFW <a href="http://wdfw.wa.gov/webmaps/gohunt/wildlife_area_pdf/wla_colockum.pdf">Colockum Wildlife Area - Ownership & Resource Map</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhr5rI_5eA3fJJazcBwBu5bs2idj5gfHcHzN-STQ1ZxltG-G1lMX2LWRA-8Cqo3KlGg8ZZm5FPirx0pw7ScQqKBkP0L-8K3j-UV52bIHx7g1VNQBxspG3DXglDGBJks-NTcW0k1hS3Kg/s1600-h/West-Bar-Erratic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhr5rI_5eA3fJJazcBwBu5bs2idj5gfHcHzN-STQ1ZxltG-G1lMX2LWRA-8Cqo3KlGg8ZZm5FPirx0pw7ScQqKBkP0L-8K3j-UV52bIHx7g1VNQBxspG3DXglDGBJks-NTcW0k1hS3Kg/s400/West-Bar-Erratic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403959942650890034" /></a><br />I noticed several several erratics as I walked up and over ripple after ripple.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwjU4iDMYt2X4tSrPycJnTlUKtIdZiwkO6bQDafYmqyth_xIR-UzPbp_uOaT1x7bD488OVQPxrecMvcP82-fKjzLzvy6HeZjwmkekVWnXOYJAgQcXXUAHUT5BHZgfcaYxiyj8PpfS1tU0/s1600-h/Bird-Roost.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwjU4iDMYt2X4tSrPycJnTlUKtIdZiwkO6bQDafYmqyth_xIR-UzPbp_uOaT1x7bD488OVQPxrecMvcP82-fKjzLzvy6HeZjwmkekVWnXOYJAgQcXXUAHUT5BHZgfcaYxiyj8PpfS1tU0/s400/Bird-Roost.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403958493345717250" /></a>Large rocks dropped on the crests of giant ripples seem popular with local birds.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMksTkHOZTku-kINkAY-uAnlc2az6ufNhXPdxwMdUpM32I9Jo-ZaMAJyYk2HHDSBAOrjfdYLXZ-97BQizwVK66hWyj04U3f0wODsMPecGQfNfe8BFQh_Lg6l_Q-RoC9Z8MLQqD-e5MD0/s1600/West-Bar-Elk-Herd.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMksTkHOZTku-kINkAY-uAnlc2az6ufNhXPdxwMdUpM32I9Jo-ZaMAJyYk2HHDSBAOrjfdYLXZ-97BQizwVK66hWyj04U3f0wODsMPecGQfNfe8BFQh_Lg6l_Q-RoC9Z8MLQqD-e5MD0/s400/West-Bar-Elk-Herd.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404584817990777010" /></a>Small elk herd on West Bar (Between the arrows). View is south over western edge of ripples. <br /><center><a href="http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/game/elk/colockum_oct06.pdf">Colockum Elk Herd</a></center><br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="800" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Soap+Lake,+Grant,+Washington&ll=47.25197,-120.047264&spn=0.186431,0.145912&z=12&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Soap+Lake,+Grant,+Washington&ll=47.25197,-120.047264&spn=0.186431,0.145912&z=12&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small></center><br />Use your mouse to navigate Google Map. Click "Ter" for Terrain View.<br /><hr width="70%" size="2" color="gray"><br /><P ALIGN="left"><h2>Additional Comments from the Symon's Report</h2></P><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-0OzshvfbWmPOgVeVvgCMawcisSIojzHAjE6uswIfzhCdvRzbjuA6PKveF-1gwdznMN2YCIz5Zl6l6nH7jrQDQgAM8K842rGMRONAlS5RzvVMXeMA7th-NuNK5OTGRTELvVIXYb2zv4/s1600-h/The-Grand-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-0OzshvfbWmPOgVeVvgCMawcisSIojzHAjE6uswIfzhCdvRzbjuA6PKveF-1gwdznMN2YCIz5Zl6l6nH7jrQDQgAM8K842rGMRONAlS5RzvVMXeMA7th-NuNK5OTGRTELvVIXYb2zv4/s400/The-Grand-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403959229690371442" /></a><br /><center>Grand Coulee Illustration - Symon's Report</center><br />A few text clips from the Symon's Report related to the Ice Age Floods -<br /><br />The Grand Coulee:<em><blockquote>"The coulee here is partially filled up by the broken-down hills. The cause of this break seems to have been a flood of water or ice coming in from the northeast and flowing off down through the coulee chasm. Many rounded bowlders are here found in the soil, and great rocks of large size, which could only have been transported by the agency of ice."</blockquote></em><br />Victoria Rock area:<em><blockquote>... "Thousand feet above the river, there lies in an inclined position a stick of timber, barkless and white with age. It never grew there. It is a thousand feet from the top of the vertical bluffs, and could not have been put there from above. The only way in which it could have reached its present position was by being caught there <strong>when the river was a thousand feet higher than it is now</strong>, drifting in and lodging, and being left there by the receding river.<br /><br />My pilot. "Old Pierre," an Indian pilot and voyageur of the old Hndson Bay Company, said that this log was a landmark in the days when this company transported their furs and merchandise up and down the river in bateaux. He says that the Indians always considered that the log was left there when the river was up at that height. <strong>This is one link in the chain of evidence that proves that at no distant date the Columbia was a stream of such magnificent proportions that the present river is a tiny rivulet compared with it</strong>. If this be the true explanation of the location of this log, it is a remarkable example of the preservation of wood for a long period of time. It may be that the log is petrified, but I had no means of getting at it to determine."</blockquote></em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnkkbVN-jAjI372lSpNQ4mYoBmKHyZY-r0dzOT_ml0nCJMNTSsV0puETdImM9M4OT5hMH2SK4RgBQm0LgwMGbc2gOoVR77ZSiE3qC7wpzUWs0keo7JvO9sZB70p20iA-adOyRWBIrRtyY/s1600/Ginkgo-Petrified-Log.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnkkbVN-jAjI372lSpNQ4mYoBmKHyZY-r0dzOT_ml0nCJMNTSsV0puETdImM9M4OT5hMH2SK4RgBQm0LgwMGbc2gOoVR77ZSiE3qC7wpzUWs0keo7JvO9sZB70p20iA-adOyRWBIrRtyY/s400/Ginkgo-Petrified-Log.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404708507654314754" /></a><br /><center>- Petrified Log above Columbia River -</center><br /><em><blockquote>The banks are nearly precipitous bluffs, from 2,000 to 3,000 feet high, composed of columnar black basalt, which takes many wonderful shapes and produces many pleasing effects, rivaling the famous <strong>Giant's Causeway</strong> of Ireland in weird beauty. The columns are in every conceivable position, sometimes piled up like cordwood, in some places erect, and in others inclined; some great masses are twisted and bent, forming niches, arches, grottos, crowns, &c.</blockquote></em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfS-ktzeKt0Dj1vX26oxmQS8D9dOMVD4BCOxUBw7VQIr8ocDqGLgKogKoLSuG0bBSppO_fCzZ_VMEC3M6U9NTBOsv1hy8HnlWGixuCrGZ9fd3UlJ5Yebevvv9sMDxLAKzp_-P4NOs_cvw/s1600-h/Giants-Causeway-Drury.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfS-ktzeKt0Dj1vX26oxmQS8D9dOMVD4BCOxUBw7VQIr8ocDqGLgKogKoLSuG0bBSppO_fCzZ_VMEC3M6U9NTBOsv1hy8HnlWGixuCrGZ9fd3UlJ5Yebevvv9sMDxLAKzp_-P4NOs_cvw/s400/Giants-Causeway-Drury.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404180243169345906" /></a>A View of Giant's Causeway: East Prospect. Engraving. <a href="http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/vulcan/16_large.shtml">Susanna Drury</a> -1768<br /><br />ABC News clip featuring <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXdySAACBmw">Giant's Causeway</a><br /><br />Below Sentinel Gap Symon's describes: <em><blockquote>I have endeavored to outline this ancient lake as far as practicable, and propose for it the name of <a href="http://hugefloods.com/LakeLewis.html">Lake Lewis</a>, after Capt. Merriweather Lewis, the leader of the exploring party which first saw any of the headwaters of the Columbia.</blockquote></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_APwXUoTaVvsD9e5QAm9p6sbeJHaf0Zblj4WqzPywveeNUnHPpEBVyBtjgnMKmJaxXOBGnYaI_da4Mk0ZAX63XpS7SmALNPtuaQe7xOjaDns67oC8wfuJpjkT-kfMvIJF6siEyOO75g/s1600-h/Native-River-Layman.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_APwXUoTaVvsD9e5QAm9p6sbeJHaf0Zblj4WqzPywveeNUnHPpEBVyBtjgnMKmJaxXOBGnYaI_da4Mk0ZAX63XpS7SmALNPtuaQe7xOjaDns67oC8wfuJpjkT-kfMvIJF6siEyOO75g/s200/Native-River-Layman.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403968216867767634" /></a>I'd like to encourage anyone that hasn't looked through William D. Layman's book <a href="http://wsupress.wsu.edu/booksinprint/nativeriver-popup.html?id=899">Native River</a> to pick up a copy and thumb through it. The pre-dam Columbia River photos from Priest Rapids to the Canadian border are great! <br /><br />Some of my favorite images in the book show: Sentinel Gap, Picture Rocks Bay, Vantage Bluffs, Rock Island Rapids, Victoria Rock and Whitestone Rock (I like the skunk story).<br /><br />When I read Symon's comments about Columbia River basalt exposures rivaling those at Giant's Causeway (never been there but viewed plenty of photos) ... I was thinking he might be a little off but ... Look at the photos in Layman's book of Picture Rocks Bay (now underwater) ... Between amazing columns and the incredible pictographs and petroglyphs ... I can see why he would compare it to one of the most incredible locations on earth.<br /><br />Link to photo sets from Tarpiscan Canyon hikers at <a href="http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=259070">NWHikers.net</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-76614451177959610932009-11-07T05:40:00.000-08:002009-11-22T09:37:25.098-08:00Sentinel Gap and Mattawa BarI wasn't able to attend a recent field trip to the Sentinel Gap area that <a href="http://www.geology.cwu.edu/facstaff/nick/zentner.html">Nick Zentner</a> organized and led. It sounds like everyone had a great time and the 57 <a href="http://hugefloods.com/">Ice Age Floods</a> fans attending enjoyed a sunny afternoon.<br />I've posted a couple photos below from Nick's trip along with photos taken two weeks ago when I spent a morning hiking around Sentinel Gap and the Mattawa boulder bar (field) on my way north to hike near Frenchman Coulee.<br /><br />The area I know as "Mattawa Bar" is part of a much larger bar known by two names - Wahluke Bar or Priest Rapids Bar.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNuKFa7FPegYbHjgvOUgYo_kbKb1xoCvvgUU9ey4tU-B81q6UogZUrbBgweGB-xi8UzpwPLZn-8LOLNr8Hx903yKtsYu2227q-efDni0cu3GcZMHMPLsU8rOYfbNd-H3Juh2To36GRC1A/s1600-h/Nick-Zentner-CWU.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNuKFa7FPegYbHjgvOUgYo_kbKb1xoCvvgUU9ey4tU-B81q6UogZUrbBgweGB-xi8UzpwPLZn-8LOLNr8Hx903yKtsYu2227q-efDni0cu3GcZMHMPLsU8rOYfbNd-H3Juh2To36GRC1A/s400/Nick-Zentner-CWU.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401002068846190562" /></a><br />With Sentinel Gap in the distance, <a href="http://iafi.org/ellensburg.html">Ellensburg IAFI Chapter</a> President Nick Zentner describes how Ice Age Floodwaters moved through the Othello Basin. Photo by William Meyer-Ellensburg.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfq-8-RV9ag5OoGXaJyf7bs7Bp8hnLfOJvapRJkBNlVOdTHxRQuru6sd7Nh7VsaFtRv2XZs67iFNjRGPHkGxqfhQNyrzLsSyPntCxFlYyU9SmhK2Ko97cL2LfZdoV5haK1dc9ahd7ob8/s1600-h/Sentinel-Gap.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglfq-8-RV9ag5OoGXaJyf7bs7Bp8hnLfOJvapRJkBNlVOdTHxRQuru6sd7Nh7VsaFtRv2XZs67iFNjRGPHkGxqfhQNyrzLsSyPntCxFlYyU9SmhK2Ko97cL2LfZdoV5haK1dc9ahd7ob8/s400/Sentinel-Gap.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395667414083752674" /></a>Westbound traffic on I-90 gets a good look at Sentinel Gap while descending to Vantage Bridge. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaivN0EUsT7WCto9ajjAjwKiNCSMdvz2MvybPqwq1pbpwyIRZv4IQaMdGKn4s-11sJxz5XltVoLd4H1lgHfi-gr7iCk6Y_pxFVTo53UqSM_7LnQxXnJrJrtWJRN7NgtTStZzBTqV4PbUU/s1600-h/Lake-Missoula-Erratic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaivN0EUsT7WCto9ajjAjwKiNCSMdvz2MvybPqwq1pbpwyIRZv4IQaMdGKn4s-11sJxz5XltVoLd4H1lgHfi-gr7iCk6Y_pxFVTo53UqSM_7LnQxXnJrJrtWJRN7NgtTStZzBTqV4PbUU/s400/Lake-Missoula-Erratic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401006738579969666" /></a><br /><center>Ice-Rafted Erratic and Sentinel Gap</center><br />Below Sentinel Gap is a huge boulder field that I enjoy visiting every couple of years. A few ice-rafted erratic boulders sit among thousands of <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Basalt.html">basalt</a> boulders. As the floodwaters flowed through Sentinel Gap into the Pasco basin (<a href="http://hugefloods.com/LakeLewis.html">Lake Lewis</a>), the velocity decreased and the largest bedload material settled out.<br /><br />Not sure what the story is with the big erratic ... maybe rafted to a point in or near the main Columbia channel above the gap and then tumbled through the gap during one of the later floods or rafted to this exact spot? <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmbQ8XgGNPfScwlRaOStxcQwXRrPxBq2JPuMaw4s7Jd-w4uXI6jL7-NMp8_ri0YqOLXibBSPAjei9p_nZMTShH8gsCo97nbxJ42Vd4XwzpiXb7U3rdBu2J8Q5qH4x-xRgcBt69YX7_RcY/s1600-h/Basalt-Debris-Field.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmbQ8XgGNPfScwlRaOStxcQwXRrPxBq2JPuMaw4s7Jd-w4uXI6jL7-NMp8_ri0YqOLXibBSPAjei9p_nZMTShH8gsCo97nbxJ42Vd4XwzpiXb7U3rdBu2J8Q5qH4x-xRgcBt69YX7_RcY/s400/Basalt-Debris-Field.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393585394172390322" /></a>Google Earth view showing Sentinel Gap and the huge boulder field. The big erratic I'm standing by in previous image stands out in this shot ... light colored boulder (bottom-center).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XZ9hu5CXQKNNFFMkZn077akOp4IMd_kCjddYo01rFm5c7uPIgspkZs1BJTe99gZhdriL8twBAmefWfg80T_jWeIMreNsXdocDab_XaWFwFr2J5qLi4pPdq_msCAV0bEAGSXzMaQueE8/s1600-h/Glacial-Lake-Missoula-Errat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XZ9hu5CXQKNNFFMkZn077akOp4IMd_kCjddYo01rFm5c7uPIgspkZs1BJTe99gZhdriL8twBAmefWfg80T_jWeIMreNsXdocDab_XaWFwFr2J5qLi4pPdq_msCAV0bEAGSXzMaQueE8/s400/Glacial-Lake-Missoula-Errat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394541119313720722" /></a><br /><center>Mattawa Erratic</center><br />The boulder field west of Mattawa is pretty cool and I feel worth inspection by those interested in <a href="http://hugefloods.com/LakeMissoula.html">Glacial Lake Missoula</a> and the Ice Age Floods but ... the Ephrata Fan below Soap Lake is even more impressive!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKVNkmCOCA9MbvlciMQr8S7VPjF5FTv-XrOieb8Yn0QcjM3VbwXX4nXg0_IMPqMI3Odh_hww0n6ixth1sQjskotfLXsxkXyC56f8ZUOI0qtZnnT-JhyphenhyphenHvlt3k1VORPeqiJbzUsYRMU80/s1600-h/Saddle-Mountains.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKVNkmCOCA9MbvlciMQr8S7VPjF5FTv-XrOieb8Yn0QcjM3VbwXX4nXg0_IMPqMI3Odh_hww0n6ixth1sQjskotfLXsxkXyC56f8ZUOI0qtZnnT-JhyphenhyphenHvlt3k1VORPeqiJbzUsYRMU80/s400/Saddle-Mountains.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394530062942580498" /></a><br /><center>Yellow star marks Sentinel Gap</center><center>-Google Maps Image-</center><br />Floodwaters moving through the western channels of the Ice Age Floods region were forced to flow around the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddle_Mountains">Saddle Mountains</a>. Water moving down or over <a href="http://iceagefloods.blogspot.com/2009/03/lower-crab-creek-coulee-buttes-mesas.html">Lower Crab Creek Coulee</a> would have been forced to flow in an easterly direction when Sentinel Gap began to restrict the flow.<br /><br /><hr width="70%" size="2" color="green"><blockquote>"Sentinel Gap represents a water gap where erosion by the Columbia River was able to keep pace with folding, faulting and uplifting across the Saddle Mountain anticline. During Ice Age floods this opening was repeatedly reamed out, which probably widened and steepened the walls of the gap. ... If and when floodwater flow ever exceeded the capacity of Sentinel Gap, the floodwaters would automatically self-adjust, sending more water east to Othello Channels to establish equilibrium."<P ALIGN="right"><a href="http://iafi.org/onthetrail.html">Bjornstad</a></P><hr width="70%" size="2" color="green"></blockquote><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6gZE9g5c_SfdsryZ9FeZ1Nqsgpm5Dd-STS8iwG2GZrNNFmkOJWtKsSD_32kr7PpYgFMuyYhYqHHP3PyNpMP1uZfAfMaj_tOOc4dH9snux-P6ojlX4kdgQkawNoo6HD9ZHsza6ciCQDc/s1600-h/Saddle-Mountains-BLM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW6gZE9g5c_SfdsryZ9FeZ1Nqsgpm5Dd-STS8iwG2GZrNNFmkOJWtKsSD_32kr7PpYgFMuyYhYqHHP3PyNpMP1uZfAfMaj_tOOc4dH9snux-P6ojlX4kdgQkawNoo6HD9ZHsza6ciCQDc/s400/Saddle-Mountains-BLM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394908283472768834" /></a><br /><center>-<a href="http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_blm/wa_saddl.htm">Saddle Mountains Recreation</a>-</center><br />The sand found on lower slopes of the east bluff makes a great playground for ORV riders. If you want to make the short hike to the top of the east bluff, try for an early start. It gets a little noisy around here later in the day.<br /><br />One of the things I enjoy about hiking around Vantage is the variety of user groups drawn to the area. You don't run into many people, but all seem to appreciate the unique landscape. In addition to the ORV riders you might get the opportunity to visit with hunters, fishermen, boaters, bird watchers, horse riders, rock climbers (that take great care of the Frenchman Coulee area ... THANKS!!!), para gliders and others.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiMskgVjD5MP9fGo8S0x6KYPt-1dlznC_PwzcYlU4afwdeLEY2zHLncZvqbOV1QZYqpgbtnhobPxrDgTQm_Uzi1AhoMYFTCurEYOjcqhUDkejEFmTsHyWLhdBDrnr9jnZ084gBa71e6gc/s1600-h/Sentinel-Bluff-East.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiMskgVjD5MP9fGo8S0x6KYPt-1dlznC_PwzcYlU4afwdeLEY2zHLncZvqbOV1QZYqpgbtnhobPxrDgTQm_Uzi1AhoMYFTCurEYOjcqhUDkejEFmTsHyWLhdBDrnr9jnZ084gBa71e6gc/s400/Sentinel-Bluff-East.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395046142029247554" /></a><br />I hiked up the sandy draw on the left, then descended through basalt chute at right. Small pieces of petrified wood and nice views. Talus below chute no fun, best bet up and down sandy draw or perhaps the road on south side.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2K46fay8wXrpu_lvaCa9rotQKfMc065xgj6dqX9F20xLzEsRiG_1EpUvplJs6Ec-H-A3SN9qQws7531cxJF_jdna1ycq9zQ5iPD2rEMULsOQ8T0B7SlrnCK_ixSuxeO3Gow42mhR488/s1600-h/Columbia-River-Vantage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2K46fay8wXrpu_lvaCa9rotQKfMc065xgj6dqX9F20xLzEsRiG_1EpUvplJs6Ec-H-A3SN9qQws7531cxJF_jdna1ycq9zQ5iPD2rEMULsOQ8T0B7SlrnCK_ixSuxeO3Gow42mhR488/s400/Columbia-River-Vantage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394541109797889362" /></a><br /><center>View north from rim</center><br />Links to HUGEfloods.com trip reports for area hikes.<br />1. <a href="http://iceagefloods.blogspot.com/2009/02/john-wayne-trail-erratics-and-bars.html">John Wayne Trail</a><br />2. <a href="http://iceagefloods.blogspot.com/2008/12/ginkgo-petrified-forest-sp-part-i.html">Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park Part I</a><br /><a href="http://iceagefloods.blogspot.com/2008/12/ginkgo-petrified-forest-sp-part-ii.html">Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park Part II</a><br />3. <a href="http://iceagefloods.blogspot.com/2009/03/lower-crab-creek-coulee-buttes-mesas.html">Lower Crab Creek Coulee</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9cIIBgv2I7A6RPwEPLr2yHN0kV8jM7bg9ZkFj83l7QxoNfS61Y4QKz1EbdgxzVck3DIaexAJSiM85lV-tvwoUuumsTI6bYGhejdnQRvhrbah6yztRW9l4fJDR3mGTsnn3afUdrcPnQU/s1600-h/Crab-Creek-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9cIIBgv2I7A6RPwEPLr2yHN0kV8jM7bg9ZkFj83l7QxoNfS61Y4QKz1EbdgxzVck3DIaexAJSiM85lV-tvwoUuumsTI6bYGhejdnQRvhrbah6yztRW9l4fJDR3mGTsnn3afUdrcPnQU/s400/Crab-Creek-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395045863672346642" /></a><br />Crab Creek is known for its meandering course through the Columbia Basin. The creek makes one more big "S" (cutting through the Beverly Bar) before joining the Columbia River north of Sentinel Gap. Wildlife that enjoys the streamside habitat in lower Crab Creek Coulee can thank the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/GrandCoulee.html">Columbia Basin Irrigation Project</a> for the year-round flow. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3xdmhPiVxRe-97aj7ZLE67eP8l8GTWHJ7Yq7yheCXFKKTDYo4AXJx6QLhK4msSEMWCWlB8m7iUpZn_U-gKeTdAGp-18-29ep-V2VrbhTZ0oH01aSND7n3ZF_x3_dTWulEYYfv5jXpRg/s1600-h/Sentinel-Bluffs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3xdmhPiVxRe-97aj7ZLE67eP8l8GTWHJ7Yq7yheCXFKKTDYo4AXJx6QLhK4msSEMWCWlB8m7iUpZn_U-gKeTdAGp-18-29ep-V2VrbhTZ0oH01aSND7n3ZF_x3_dTWulEYYfv5jXpRg/s400/Sentinel-Bluffs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394908294068262338" /></a><br />In 1881 (October), Lieutenant Thomas W. Symons noted:<br /><blockquote>"Crab Creek discharges no water into the Columbia-at this time of the year, at any rate."</blockquote><br />Link to Symon's 1881: <a href="http://books.google.com/books/download/Report_of_an_examination_of_the_upper_Co.pdf?id=YWsDAAAAYAAJ&output=pdf&sig=ACfU3U3JAyeCM8Kf0rnaGCHwgMMPVJmfXg">Report of an Examination of the Upper Columbia River</a><br /><br />Symons marked Sentinel Gap as "Sentinel Bluffs" on his map. The first mention Sentinel Bluffs I'm aware of was by Alexander Ross in 1811.<br /><br /><hr width="70%" size="2" color="green"><blockquote><strong>"On the 20th we left the Priest Rapids, and proceeded against a strong ripply current and some small rapids, for ten miles, when we reached two lofty and conspicuous bluffs [Sentinel Bluffs], situate[d] directly opposite to each other, like the piers of a gigantic gate, between which the river flowed smoothly.<br /><br />Here we staid for the night, on some rocks infested with innumerable rattlesnakes, which caused us not a little uneasiness during the night..."</strong></blockquote><P ALIGN="right">Alexander Ross [1811]</P><hr width="70%" size="2" color="green"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuedG2kOq7io63blAmHz2Pbxh9daXBdUzVoD8qoMfvOXTlwTBmLoM9pxvo0fPZae5Ayx48oQaA1dNAjPyzRc6hLFWi5lEMSAKbX78VnRqNS_FPxY45x3H68-VRY-rsyAGcZVXUnBrU_JE/s1600-h/Rattlesnake-Columbia-Basin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuedG2kOq7io63blAmHz2Pbxh9daXBdUzVoD8qoMfvOXTlwTBmLoM9pxvo0fPZae5Ayx48oQaA1dNAjPyzRc6hLFWi5lEMSAKbX78VnRqNS_FPxY45x3H68-VRY-rsyAGcZVXUnBrU_JE/s400/Rattlesnake-Columbia-Basin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394907582538952002" /></a><br />Several early explorers of the Mid-Columbia region mentioned the healthy rattlesnake population found between Priest Rapids and Sentinel Gap. I didn't cross paths with any snakes as I hiked on this cool October morning, but did meet up with one later the same day while hiking the south rim of Frenchman Coulee.<br /><br />I'll borrow a photo from that hike and plug him in here along with a short video (below) of the same snake as he tried to let me know that I should just move along.<br /><br /><center><object width="400" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FYFEwYpi9_o&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FYFEwYpi9_o&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object></center><br />Click to view short video of Frenchman Coulee rattlesnake.<br /><br /><hr width="70%" size="2" color="green"><br /><center>-Priest Rapids Snake Report-</center><br /><blockquote>"...Rattlesnakes are very numerous. At times they may be heard hissing all around, so that we had to keep a sharp look-out to avoid treading on them; but the natives appeared to have no dread of them. As soon as one appears, the Indians fix its head to the ground with a small forked stick round the neck, then extracting the fang or poisonous part, they take the reptile into their hands, put it to their bosoms, play with it , and let it go again."</blockquote><P ALIGN="right">Alexander Ross [1811]</P><hr width="70%" size="2" color="green"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8R7ZFlF9SzSMxOFyX7revqNQPBUS1qA2aI-R9QzKoZ2cH-8PrfK-aJTFUy8ZlSp_SVbpokOoiWj_-mg6ZpNAwE4JBCjxc-XUKkHRIFGsByHXBNz0zPuVv3vl7K8L4lBdDiPP_apwIIs/s1600-h/Sentinel-Gap-Highway.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8R7ZFlF9SzSMxOFyX7revqNQPBUS1qA2aI-R9QzKoZ2cH-8PrfK-aJTFUy8ZlSp_SVbpokOoiWj_-mg6ZpNAwE4JBCjxc-XUKkHRIFGsByHXBNz0zPuVv3vl7K8L4lBdDiPP_apwIIs/s400/Sentinel-Gap-Highway.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394547689096831634" /></a><br />Washington State Department of Transportation engineers aren't the first to have issues moving traffic between the Columbia River and the steep basalt cliffs at Sentinel Gap.<br /><br /><hr width="70%" size="2" color="green"><br /><center><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Palmer">Joel Palmer</a>'s Wagon Road 1858-60</strong></center><blockquote>Palmer found Sentinel Gap to be an obstacle when attempting to establish a Wagon Road between <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest_Rapids">Priest Rapids</a> and Canadian mines. He was forced to unload the wagons and use two canoes side by side to ferry each wagon around the steep rocky bank to Crab Creek. Boards were laid down in the canoes to support wagon wheels. Oxen were driven along a narrow Indian trail through the rocks.<br /><br /><hr width="70%" size="2" color="green"></blockquote><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlc54MRPJfcBYZcFLVMR4ehgzcjEqxta-aej65sE7CJOOwGVrNiG-UwTgJ6jWRq_tEB_xkJztn87l4ucJh3v5UROS1YOpjhXq0IoslrWg4SaCvlPIX_ONDDherewjGCOQD7AQxGssv9Gk/s1600-h/Saddle-Mountains-Ellensburg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlc54MRPJfcBYZcFLVMR4ehgzcjEqxta-aej65sE7CJOOwGVrNiG-UwTgJ6jWRq_tEB_xkJztn87l4ucJh3v5UROS1YOpjhXq0IoslrWg4SaCvlPIX_ONDDherewjGCOQD7AQxGssv9Gk/s400/Saddle-Mountains-Ellensburg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395046135542716034" /></a><center>Sentinel Gap <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth">Diatomite</a> Exposure</center><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZcUE6t11J6uGlFPc4J3wjHRBQEHLcPzwYyV9h7W9IVvlP0eikhNUVi-hO4IkfokBGMev2tjNQUS4Ne7Ezk6QSiWJfCMK55sjfFXXsRhlKCvLbGgFk8xamMKKPe786jdjij8K5pKg5WQ/s1600-h/Sentinel-Gap-Strandlines.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFZcUE6t11J6uGlFPc4J3wjHRBQEHLcPzwYyV9h7W9IVvlP0eikhNUVi-hO4IkfokBGMev2tjNQUS4Ne7Ezk6QSiWJfCMK55sjfFXXsRhlKCvLbGgFk8xamMKKPe786jdjij8K5pKg5WQ/s400/Sentinel-Gap-Strandlines.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395046143397990386" /></a><br />Faint strandlines are visible on both sides of the river at Sentinel Gap.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJ2jddvnJ7GU0tEu1gLvSMaErgP857rlcHWxvkn-HjoqjrokPL7DsV1Ghuwgf7Vp_zHgXVxjrFggIKJVAGoDk_eak59hZO68LwUI_X0y1ghXtNNoXvjLORTba6DMrlhhmvv_Oup2_lic/s1600-h/Columbia-Basin-Agriculture.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJ2jddvnJ7GU0tEu1gLvSMaErgP857rlcHWxvkn-HjoqjrokPL7DsV1Ghuwgf7Vp_zHgXVxjrFggIKJVAGoDk_eak59hZO68LwUI_X0y1ghXtNNoXvjLORTba6DMrlhhmvv_Oup2_lic/s400/Columbia-Basin-Agriculture.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395045856379166002" /></a>While hiking down from the east rim, I watched load after load of apples move through the gap. The Mattawa area is known for quality vegetable and fruit production.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNB6eVV5YugNn-TIx_O1Plm0UOPzZguhJpWss30Aei8xP88u6Cj6lyZnCNM3kP6nFLqjAJscuRZcPYZBuW9hjD-QFMJL4VQdGW4ymQ_mZKsTJLrhSOGv9cyh2Qjc0wMJrSPfdQkAqEck/s1600-h/Twin-City-Foods-Pea-Harvest.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNB6eVV5YugNn-TIx_O1Plm0UOPzZguhJpWss30Aei8xP88u6Cj6lyZnCNM3kP6nFLqjAJscuRZcPYZBuW9hjD-QFMJL4VQdGW4ymQ_mZKsTJLrhSOGv9cyh2Qjc0wMJrSPfdQkAqEck/s400/Twin-City-Foods-Pea-Harvest.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395276525069769634" /></a><center>Mattawa area pea harvest (June).</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIe5bzCZt999CE5FZmvQ6ny6yaEhnKDhk9x9ncldH5mk2S8aItwf3WPdfCawvwgUY58eGPmnnfOdfkDh01MGqf4jGGqzB5oHsOLHpYNiG86VBrFyImafBlxyYMfGSrEth1WLMBK1vwLEg/s1600-h/Columbia-River-Basalt-Bould.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIe5bzCZt999CE5FZmvQ6ny6yaEhnKDhk9x9ncldH5mk2S8aItwf3WPdfCawvwgUY58eGPmnnfOdfkDh01MGqf4jGGqzB5oHsOLHpYNiG86VBrFyImafBlxyYMfGSrEth1WLMBK1vwLEg/s400/Columbia-River-Basalt-Bould.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394908266798021666" /></a>Huge boulders have been pushed to the edge of vineyard along SR 243. Sentinel Gap in the distance.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFeTno2AOvLM_DgJ5pYUM3RW4Z03VLU70Lks8x-ctu-ZdkvwM7EpoiK18zGPCWNx9X7u3DjDdG1MDqLIRsbLD-4IebVjjVaPbMXcemKohzJ_JT8ouOsY5m7uGciZNU4utXJXEFKcXSow/s1600-h/Milbrandt-Vinyard-Wahluke-A.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivFeTno2AOvLM_DgJ5pYUM3RW4Z03VLU70Lks8x-ctu-ZdkvwM7EpoiK18zGPCWNx9X7u3DjDdG1MDqLIRsbLD-4IebVjjVaPbMXcemKohzJ_JT8ouOsY5m7uGciZNU4utXJXEFKcXSow/s400/Milbrandt-Vinyard-Wahluke-A.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395045877351246018" /></a>The <a href="http://www.washingtonwine.org/washington-wine/regions-avas/wahluke_slope.php">The Wahluke Slope</a> became Washington's eighth appellation in 2006. <a href="http://www.milbrandtvineyards.com/clifton_hill.asp">Clifton Hill Vineyard</a> has a nice group of boulders displayed along the highway.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9tAYcVx4r2AWlzll5qKe58riFeCUr9vJw0UyoEJBTjrSmCeAq6c5XlyKdMdiVrh81PysAQLqCoeuc5M_6SkMZOc4cc28Bkpm6IkvuZWGwwntWoPDgoqQafFFnsBe2rq9UfuTTNVQeQyo/s1600-h/Mattawa-Boulders.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9tAYcVx4r2AWlzll5qKe58riFeCUr9vJw0UyoEJBTjrSmCeAq6c5XlyKdMdiVrh81PysAQLqCoeuc5M_6SkMZOc4cc28Bkpm6IkvuZWGwwntWoPDgoqQafFFnsBe2rq9UfuTTNVQeQyo/s400/Mattawa-Boulders.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395045869742097266" /></a><br />I hope the guy living here is excited about the Ice Age Floods. Those are some nice flood-tossed boulders in the front yard and the backyard should be in a geology text book.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5HRzHeSoc2mIZy3MGfcG9H64TTszi7eUbUTziJSosJyO6A6s-Ylr3rw9ArcRq84o2mOnVpD7_EG0uNiscS8qTsST4RLcwh-5eBkhHP_I_gbRhfH44B0IMi-bB_SC5GvxPqQHGW85dWQ/s1600-h/Mattawa-Basalt-Plain.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5HRzHeSoc2mIZy3MGfcG9H64TTszi7eUbUTziJSosJyO6A6s-Ylr3rw9ArcRq84o2mOnVpD7_EG0uNiscS8qTsST4RLcwh-5eBkhHP_I_gbRhfH44B0IMi-bB_SC5GvxPqQHGW85dWQ/s400/Mattawa-Basalt-Plain.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395045864893016610" /></a><br />Good luck digging a post hole out here. I guess just putting the post in a drum and filling it with basalt will work.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bu_2jCaXa_qUKs55Dqw3NHe4dRvmx_La-FSAiDpT1Y4qiIhiiKujEBgMFmK_0GY0-8eaeStuiP7Rj1j8LXyEVYjivZc3BM3F9Mi8z90qkP3GcOPjyIDnhMbt59BRpVO9BHvAjeJuQTM/s1600-h/Mattawa-Wildflowers.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bu_2jCaXa_qUKs55Dqw3NHe4dRvmx_La-FSAiDpT1Y4qiIhiiKujEBgMFmK_0GY0-8eaeStuiP7Rj1j8LXyEVYjivZc3BM3F9Mi8z90qkP3GcOPjyIDnhMbt59BRpVO9BHvAjeJuQTM/s400/Mattawa-Wildflowers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394908275838476002" /></a><br /><center>October Wildflowers</center><br /><br />Tales of early steamboats on the Columbia are pretty wild. For many years Priest Rapids created enough of an impediment to prevent the boats from reaching Sentinel Gap and beyond.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgon901l1Kg2WBZCW5lEaoiCsPH0HGnnariy__Myt5xIMS7HtwoI79UyWKWfhaXpfO9D2GDb5S_AUAeGIU6IF-iP_323lufSN3TxFXOwWPX_BVSA-5FsGKUnmlm1LxvgpqOkMeZqXta87c/s1600-h/Columbia-River-Paddlewheel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgon901l1Kg2WBZCW5lEaoiCsPH0HGnnariy__Myt5xIMS7HtwoI79UyWKWfhaXpfO9D2GDb5S_AUAeGIU6IF-iP_323lufSN3TxFXOwWPX_BVSA-5FsGKUnmlm1LxvgpqOkMeZqXta87c/s400/Columbia-River-Paddlewheel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394499517524127618" /></a><center>W.R. Todd operating near White Bluffs</center> <br />Image from <a href="http://www.hanford.gov/photogallery/gal.cfm/Settlers?">Hanford Site Historical Photo Gallery</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGZxcSKXN4ogL7bd01sU5C1ZJJUjA7E1Nhj7GzS6INJET-qvV2PzjME2moI9XRxIjpHUZOClmkgethdQ01MBRWkj9UmBKJ9Z8XbEhoCr0JFzcjZ_GkIsJYoeXvvwrIIA8Ob4_8dGmBes/s1600-h/Snake-River-Line-Anchor.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGZxcSKXN4ogL7bd01sU5C1ZJJUjA7E1Nhj7GzS6INJET-qvV2PzjME2moI9XRxIjpHUZOClmkgethdQ01MBRWkj9UmBKJ9Z8XbEhoCr0JFzcjZ_GkIsJYoeXvvwrIIA8Ob4_8dGmBes/s400/Snake-River-Line-Anchor.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394908449076965490" /></a><br />To support passage of early steamboats on the Snake and Columbia rivers, anchors were often fixed to allow crews to line their vessels through difficult sections. As far as I know, any anchors used for this purpose in the Priest Rapids area are now underwater behind the dam. Photo above was taken on a Snake River boat trip in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hells_Canyon">Hells Canyon</a> where several of the anchors remain.<br /><br /><hr width="70%" size="2" color="green"><br />Randall V. Mill's book "Stern-Wheelers Up Columbia" describes the first successful steamboat navigation of Priest Rapids in the 1880's: <br /><blockquote>... a new boat, named appropriately the City of Ellensburgh, slid into the river at Pasco, and as soon as the trial runs showed that everything was all right with her, Captain Gray loaded her with cordwood and headed upstream. Priest Rapids broke the river badly, but Gray got out a line, rigged tackle, and by using the capstan, hauled the boat over the rapids to where her wheel could get a grip on Quiet water.<hr width="70%" size="2" color="green"></blockquote><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPY-53lb3dMM73TIcy_guYxPnkT4eXkScE9fBPstQJ79HUIn_WWRlCTD9o8Mmx6kg2M3wyQagxkd68S885zBvovflosd7DR60e5iz-qIb44N31D2gIfQZoxYQfhb7h_WZFOijfQOH3ws/s1600-h/Columbia-River-Steamboat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPY-53lb3dMM73TIcy_guYxPnkT4eXkScE9fBPstQJ79HUIn_WWRlCTD9o8Mmx6kg2M3wyQagxkd68S885zBvovflosd7DR60e5iz-qIb44N31D2gIfQZoxYQfhb7h_WZFOijfQOH3ws/s400/Columbia-River-Steamboat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401437111543333650" /></a>Columbia River Steamer <em>John Gates</em> 1884. Photographer unknown<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVXBV4fOR8-z0hYsJom51RiP7trPX1ygKF3uiobEqDAkVDeFzP8r4VwARxbwBtmQ9mfrpCzYX0aGQufAePJlfI5t9BOvilCmeJkfv2g0qw7AZLXgJy_9bPXf6rYULbdMQM2o4jI83JM9w/s1600-h/Priest-Rapids-Bar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVXBV4fOR8-z0hYsJom51RiP7trPX1ygKF3uiobEqDAkVDeFzP8r4VwARxbwBtmQ9mfrpCzYX0aGQufAePJlfI5t9BOvilCmeJkfv2g0qw7AZLXgJy_9bPXf6rYULbdMQM2o4jI83JM9w/s400/Priest-Rapids-Bar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394535156307690706" /></a><br /><center>-Priest Rapids Bar-</center><br />If you travel between the Vernita Bridge and Sentinel Gap, make sure to check out the 430 foot high Priest Rapids Bar to the east. Photo taken from SR 243 shows Road L-SW climbing to top of the massive flood bar. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wcr9XmLLUXxcHJFYVgnz8Qs_7btLCsRjvSCTWJahLVNk3NcED2y7-mXmD_az-S0eQeSi_nzQWQT8-Jx-r3O0rosM4vaLoSUdg77J5HitLxSPBgDHpjv66G6XWccoaWrHDZKbnf5kmKQ/s1600-h/Beverly-Bridge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wcr9XmLLUXxcHJFYVgnz8Qs_7btLCsRjvSCTWJahLVNk3NcED2y7-mXmD_az-S0eQeSi_nzQWQT8-Jx-r3O0rosM4vaLoSUdg77J5HitLxSPBgDHpjv66G6XWccoaWrHDZKbnf5kmKQ/s400/Beverly-Bridge.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397453795083309730" /></a><br /><center>Historic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Railroad_Bridge">Beverly Railroad Bridge</a> north of Sentinel Gap.</center><br /><br /><center><object width="500" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G77_CQrc_3w&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G77_CQrc_3w&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="315"></embed></object></center><br />Click to view short video clips from top of east bluff and Mattawa boulder bar. I need to find better free music files ... sorry about that.<br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&hq=&hnear=Soap+Lake,+Grant,+Washington&ll=46.715514,-119.943495&spn=0.002207,0.00228&z=18&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&hq=&hnear=Soap+Lake,+Grant,+Washington&ll=46.715514,-119.943495&spn=0.002207,0.00228&z=18&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small></center><br />Google Maps view of boulder field. Large erratic shown earlier in post is visible at bottom center (just above "2009" in credit) of aerial image. Use your mouse to control map navigation tools at top left.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLditS7NolTfu087HN98CuVzZdDrNtp78Vjb5N4yNRICRTfqEWoaCcAphu70OEENILOFyyMtehRgKZvmIbKvAOSOIUNUl4Cph6LsexSNpHZMwSyn4hTlpP7RLYcwo_dYzJIrFL5jq3co/s1600-h/Wanapum-Heritage-Center.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLditS7NolTfu087HN98CuVzZdDrNtp78Vjb5N4yNRICRTfqEWoaCcAphu70OEENILOFyyMtehRgKZvmIbKvAOSOIUNUl4Cph6LsexSNpHZMwSyn4hTlpP7RLYcwo_dYzJIrFL5jq3co/s400/Wanapum-Heritage-Center.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394908459053511010" /></a><br />The <a href="http://www.wanapum.org/museum.php">Heritage Center</a> at Wanapum Dam provides an excellent introduction to the people who have called this area home for many years. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5o8jFbAr_s4chqpxPJHy_HCl2tY6cYAxdUxVnTBXpYylVkZLZLzbXOQqnjv2cbukUTX0-OIAzXmfYwbzVGFJaaX-DPFXQrimbublW4Od-SEacoQJH9sSzEvkzYFqBYNe4ZElS9TPtxG8/s1600-h/Ellensburg-IAFI.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5o8jFbAr_s4chqpxPJHy_HCl2tY6cYAxdUxVnTBXpYylVkZLZLzbXOQqnjv2cbukUTX0-OIAzXmfYwbzVGFJaaX-DPFXQrimbublW4Od-SEacoQJH9sSzEvkzYFqBYNe4ZElS9TPtxG8/s400/Ellensburg-IAFI.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401002064498566258" /></a><br />Great shot from Nick Zentner, showing Ellensburg IAFI field trip members spreading out to explore huge boulder field near Mattawa. Ellensburg IAFI chapter meetings and field trips are free and open to all. Visit chapter page at <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/hugefloods/Ellensburg.html">Ellensburg Ice Age Floods Institute</a>. <br /><br />The boulder field shown in image is part of the <a href="http://wdfw.wa.gov/">WDFW</a> Columbia Basin Wildlife Area's <a href="http://wdfw.wa.gov/lands/wildlife_areas/columbia_basin/unit.php?searchby=unit&search=Priest%20Rapids">Priest Rapids Unit</a>. <br /><br />Link to WDFW area <a href="http://wdfw.wa.gov/webmaps/gohunt/wildlife_area_pdf/wlau_priest_rapids.pdf">Ownership Map</a><br /><br />A WDFW <a href="http://wdfw.wa.gov/lands/vup/">Vehicle Use Permit</a> is required to visit the big erratic.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wE0j_tdDbRCkD7oOiMPCPQqt0oVLsxrUGNVAAhvA7nzw-CZDymsCf75czK7iuTX7ua33C3ueM4o-DdfICY6Pgi7TLyVA_ZwZdrujPQ3_bWx9S15OZF6FqFFaB0eKDfdik0unu1G4bs8/s1600-h/Sentinel-Gap-Google-Earth.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wE0j_tdDbRCkD7oOiMPCPQqt0oVLsxrUGNVAAhvA7nzw-CZDymsCf75czK7iuTX7ua33C3ueM4o-DdfICY6Pgi7TLyVA_ZwZdrujPQ3_bWx9S15OZF6FqFFaB0eKDfdik0unu1G4bs8/s400/Sentinel-Gap-Google-Earth.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394547681747752690" /></a><br /><center>Sentinel Gap and Surrounding Points of Interest</center><br />1. John Wayne Trail<br />2. Ginkgo State Park<br />3. West Bar<br />4. Frenchman Coulee<br />5. Potholes Coulee<br />6. Priest Rapids Dam<br />7. Frenchman Hills<br />8. Lower Crab Creek Coulee<br />9. Dry Falls<br />10. Ephrata Fan<br />11. Potholes Reservoir<br />12. Drumheller Channels<br />13. White Bluffs<br />14. Hanford Site<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxC45-hLVupSAGXXDk-PTyrPRp-lCERAA8WjnVyBrWOXPzNfCBnSTRdKuxr_vOYk0q8cHCU6adE0Z6cUztLBmypn_ZJGG3FSRfhOaZRxbBPOxwDSG_w5beCPkcdfQSorshAGhsHVkaf4w/s1600-h/Wild-Horses-Vantage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxC45-hLVupSAGXXDk-PTyrPRp-lCERAA8WjnVyBrWOXPzNfCBnSTRdKuxr_vOYk0q8cHCU6adE0Z6cUztLBmypn_ZJGG3FSRfhOaZRxbBPOxwDSG_w5beCPkcdfQSorshAGhsHVkaf4w/s400/Wild-Horses-Vantage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394547691483433554" /></a><br />Sentinel Gap from Grandfather Cuts Loose the Ponies sculpture.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-37102939279409565882009-10-25T07:59:00.000-07:002009-10-28T06:54:23.984-07:00Babcock Bench Hike - Frenchman Coulee to Potholes CouleeOn the east side of the Columbia River, 20 mile long Babcock Bench stretches from Trinidad to a point just north of the Interstate 90 bridge at Vantage, WA. <br /><br />Ice Age floodwaters from <a href="http://hugefloods.com/LakeMissoula.html">Glacial Lake Missoula</a> and other sources raced through the region, eroding tremendous amounts of basalt. The entablature of the Sentinel Bluffs flow was able to withstand the erosive forces of the water in this area, leaving a remarkable terrace 500 feet above the Columbia River up to one mile wide in places. Photo below provides a good look at the river and bench.<br /><br /><center><strong>-Click any image to enlarge-</strong></center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xwGwGzNKSzHTjaaIK6iN8_-VTZR77sCE_GmqaBuyX0oiKiY5NnffemMJZ6nLPg12YTJLtyclO2IVJUEAhzUgbISkr7eptDHTRl5UmUp0gQsxujTq0rBRu2CW-X-jqXZzPz1hshu3IEA/s1600-h/Babcock-Bench-Aerial.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xwGwGzNKSzHTjaaIK6iN8_-VTZR77sCE_GmqaBuyX0oiKiY5NnffemMJZ6nLPg12YTJLtyclO2IVJUEAhzUgbISkr7eptDHTRl5UmUp0gQsxujTq0rBRu2CW-X-jqXZzPz1hshu3IEA/s400/Babcock-Bench-Aerial.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396657021031887730" /></a><br />Aerial view (looking north) taken a few years ago shows mouth of <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a2076bfc-f712-4776-9e7a-3ecedaf10fd4">Frenchman Coulee</a> and part of the southern section of Babcock Bench. To start this October hike, I parked at the spot marked with yellow star and hiked north to <a href="http://iceagefloods.blogspot.com/2008/11/potholes-coulee-ellensburg-iafi-field.html">Potholes Coulee</a>. If you're considering this hike you might want to look at a shuttle so you don't need to backtrack. My hike was just over 24 miles up and back.<br /><br /><center><hr width="70%" size="2" color="green"></center><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_zkWo30m98mDWN07nAku1MAwlYEPSv3DlNOePyGTgtagGtLeogCWV0TTpdTaxOIUAZVG6bqHElF-TA8GFImGriwhjxmWZC5ukS060uQWGXZz-ajqCL_dyb8NHXgePT29jDOfS5dUzKU/s1600-h/J-Harlen-Bretz.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_zkWo30m98mDWN07nAku1MAwlYEPSv3DlNOePyGTgtagGtLeogCWV0TTpdTaxOIUAZVG6bqHElF-TA8GFImGriwhjxmWZC5ukS060uQWGXZz-ajqCL_dyb8NHXgePT29jDOfS5dUzKU/s400/J-Harlen-Bretz.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396657014478648994" /></a><center>Babcock Bench</center><br />One of many pieces of evidence that helped unravel the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Mystery.html">Ice Age Floods Mystery</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://hugefloods.com/Mystery.html">J Harlen Bretz</a> described Babcock Bench as " ... <span style="font-style:italic;">a very marked ledge of basalt, one mile wide in places</span>."<br /><br /><center><hr width="70%" size="2" color="green"></center><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_4FeB2di5DFHea5xruYf1Zcl0IzlRjB2jQRNZp2oUgALydmKDOKx27yVkj-ZGF5kIOBt_e2dE6VJ-OKnQhdHYRxxaDsmjVN0ZcJtqRs75Ss2BwRn8-6bM_xpRtnTPBa3MsbIJW3XAEw/s1600-h/Columar-Basalt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_4FeB2di5DFHea5xruYf1Zcl0IzlRjB2jQRNZp2oUgALydmKDOKx27yVkj-ZGF5kIOBt_e2dE6VJ-OKnQhdHYRxxaDsmjVN0ZcJtqRs75Ss2BwRn8-6bM_xpRtnTPBa3MsbIJW3XAEw/s400/Columar-Basalt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396657010189649298" /></a><br />The bench is for the most part, just a long flat shelf but far from featureless. Explore the river side or the wall to the east and you'll find all sorts of <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Basalt.html">Columbia River Basalt</a> formations that were shaped by the <a href="http://hugefloods.com">Ice Age Floods</a>. Once columns like these were exposed by a flood, the following flood(s) would easily take apart the formation by plucking entire columns.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2MnzdojwyxkWC1G_qo6ejqSlsKQbxQcVs8UOO_qZTmoImR_rSICNfYl2a81RPAD5K2iCqEBfaMoNuMJMsHAiH06cLVcz5dAi_prkEv8ys-Vay0Sh78YjktM4HLFmH-rB6GYQGMSGmDlU/s1600-h/Columbia-River-Basalt-Group.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2MnzdojwyxkWC1G_qo6ejqSlsKQbxQcVs8UOO_qZTmoImR_rSICNfYl2a81RPAD5K2iCqEBfaMoNuMJMsHAiH06cLVcz5dAi_prkEv8ys-Vay0Sh78YjktM4HLFmH-rB6GYQGMSGmDlU/s400/Columbia-River-Basalt-Group.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396671648246821522" /></a> <br />View from the east rim looking south over the tops of basalt columns and down Babcock Bench. <br /><br />Other Ice Age Flood features found along the hike are various gravel bars, ice-rafted erratics, shallow potholes and mesas.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5ZRADb1A3h3Eq8X5LascwtB9mUjh53KWKL-UtMtoztQjCaxz1bHaLcvMo45ZO-bfG79e5Do1DnOVFRDcK-Jd8PnosZZcf-JIffBAsMnNAG2A4bWpT4KEtRZJrG9e1O9mFDw847GWVBQ/s1600-h/Erratic-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5ZRADb1A3h3Eq8X5LascwtB9mUjh53KWKL-UtMtoztQjCaxz1bHaLcvMo45ZO-bfG79e5Do1DnOVFRDcK-Jd8PnosZZcf-JIffBAsMnNAG2A4bWpT4KEtRZJrG9e1O9mFDw847GWVBQ/s400/Erratic-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396657004850267026" /></a><br />A few erratic boulders sit on Babcock Bench. The boulders were rafted to the area in icebergs during Ice Age Flood events. Today they look out of place in this land of dark brown basalt.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2cabwQCRwzXAsb1hhTDCw3lbCYMhP3hV7huxvLZHRWD-0LTDfrjIgZlX9BB9e06bLgkuF3n64Lwvs7SDpWleJrUUOpH6yOMn8ndU1PjcWpMiiZAwW3f6P5Y-o80cZb319-fICfOoT4CQ/s1600-h/Lake-Missoula-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2cabwQCRwzXAsb1hhTDCw3lbCYMhP3hV7huxvLZHRWD-0LTDfrjIgZlX9BB9e06bLgkuF3n64Lwvs7SDpWleJrUUOpH6yOMn8ndU1PjcWpMiiZAwW3f6P5Y-o80cZb319-fICfOoT4CQ/s400/Lake-Missoula-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396657004767823682" /></a><br />One of the nice <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Scablands.html">scabland</a> features found along the way. This mesa stands high above the Columbia River in the <a href="http://www.sunlandestates.com/">Sunland Estates</a> area.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFCnjGD4W12U0kgWiN00KbCyIZhBPRslCa80_caDB2SQN0GHckNbBbJeECW59q7aamABjfz5_063KApaY5xtK7iDTJYYd9E3S4_qF1EXHTEC23Y9crkXKZGwO6AJPcLBuAz81y2LTG6Y/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Flood-Bar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFCnjGD4W12U0kgWiN00KbCyIZhBPRslCa80_caDB2SQN0GHckNbBbJeECW59q7aamABjfz5_063KApaY5xtK7iDTJYYd9E3S4_qF1EXHTEC23Y9crkXKZGwO6AJPcLBuAz81y2LTG6Y/s400/Ice-Age-Flood-Bar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396656419949042290" /></a><br />Fluted gravel bar shown is part of a much larger bar just below point where the river channel makes a slight turn to the east (see next image to view entire bar). This fluted portion of bar is just below and left of red circle #2 - next image.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2KyOtV_fFUnRAXzFw3kDB_-NXu1jxhR1XEQ2_v5WC2D4l4B0caLe3Q0MNFJssdOpTsgA-wRCf3lPJDv2LL4SMec840tgwVOBmaWhFtKYxiDyzGf14aYfB-Qi3Xv5kwl9VwwuRUNzy46Y/s1600-h/Babcock-Bench-North.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2KyOtV_fFUnRAXzFw3kDB_-NXu1jxhR1XEQ2_v5WC2D4l4B0caLe3Q0MNFJssdOpTsgA-wRCf3lPJDv2LL4SMec840tgwVOBmaWhFtKYxiDyzGf14aYfB-Qi3Xv5kwl9VwwuRUNzy46Y/s400/Babcock-Bench-North.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396656414344226066" /></a><br /><br />1. - Sunland Estates<br />2. - Huge gravel bar (pictured above)<br />3. - Potholes Coulee<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEUH-qiWODLGrs38CMdwGv8cKudseX7UHgcREh0FcKL4FG8Qdc30Vp9QvwqvC2wSWR434yXgxf_dke6BdokiqAgkHOzKlIq5ekQSonS1fbEZGOlEa129K3rQ4Q77drQGzifMCmhJjDe4/s1600-h/Babcock-Bench-Hike.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 231px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEUH-qiWODLGrs38CMdwGv8cKudseX7UHgcREh0FcKL4FG8Qdc30Vp9QvwqvC2wSWR434yXgxf_dke6BdokiqAgkHOzKlIq5ekQSonS1fbEZGOlEa129K3rQ4Q77drQGzifMCmhJjDe4/s400/Babcock-Bench-Hike.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396656410980234898" /></a><br />Google Maps terrain image shows hiking route between Frenchman Coulee and Potholes Coulee. I walked cross county going north and followed the old jeep road on return trip.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0X-ykcn84SHUfzhPMZwhKcPG3VTBquSw9J3xEnmjnzF_5IVYlNd0JV-80DJFVCo1AcFm2fXGmVjdbjHrNrblN8UhTIoNaZII0_M-wVucQqJSVoz4j84SizK6Ij9c03L9HHYladiAW0U/s1600-h/Babcock-Bench-Canyon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0X-ykcn84SHUfzhPMZwhKcPG3VTBquSw9J3xEnmjnzF_5IVYlNd0JV-80DJFVCo1AcFm2fXGmVjdbjHrNrblN8UhTIoNaZII0_M-wVucQqJSVoz4j84SizK6Ij9c03L9HHYladiAW0U/s400/Babcock-Bench-Canyon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396656406070920690" /></a><br />Several interesting cross canyons (running east to west) cut into the Bench, allow for a look at the basalt flows you've been walking on.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg24DUeJ1CmPdmNY45DQt3NC7TLJ-qiPRBv7sDZ6PhvFM-lpbWSn-rEz10-lsDDAdWJ15xLyMxS06ngKFlx8X2ijJOB0WduFjXM58icAINtrb80j7u_Am1B-QQsdvdLxQiBtHql_QRAkc/s1600-h/Babcock-Bench-Erratic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg24DUeJ1CmPdmNY45DQt3NC7TLJ-qiPRBv7sDZ6PhvFM-lpbWSn-rEz10-lsDDAdWJ15xLyMxS06ngKFlx8X2ijJOB0WduFjXM58icAINtrb80j7u_Am1B-QQsdvdLxQiBtHql_QRAkc/s400/Babcock-Bench-Erratic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396656401205305330" /></a><br /><center>Erratic</center><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGw-ps0dbZQyTZ60bUzFbJhuKVOno5t0fMq0QoI674Egc_hsrSnxKUNf41sTlUK9mVji2BZ83L1XuSCoMaL8rtyFYCEOQegKgSmd3neER6oJISHublVMM_JP3JbP0K769bFSSu7OpH-U/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Floods-Erratic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGw-ps0dbZQyTZ60bUzFbJhuKVOno5t0fMq0QoI674Egc_hsrSnxKUNf41sTlUK9mVji2BZ83L1XuSCoMaL8rtyFYCEOQegKgSmd3neER6oJISHublVMM_JP3JbP0K769bFSSu7OpH-U/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-Erratic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396655122239393298" /></a><br />I guess if I'm going to stand in these for scale, I should get closer. I think this erratic must be about five feet wide. View north up bench. Great description of Babcock Bench hikes and photo of this erratic in Bruce Bjornstad's book "<a href="http://www.iafi.org/onthetrail.html">On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods</a>". Notice the job the floods did scrubbing the bench. I bet this place is covered with bitterroot in the spring.<br /><br /><center>Erratic sits at N47.0883 - W120.0151</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz1Ruq5ktHdtRo-LXp95KGEbsLtC72MOvSxKOYilDVCrnCJOwKpShfOVfI6ga-RKiKqIZp-fRW5iBpbu5dxeM21EHeRanoOf8NSXt03dm-HFbP3GUv_NiZQtzK1BlYrXzYNZYgRGUqwM4/s1600-h/Cave-B-Waterfall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz1Ruq5ktHdtRo-LXp95KGEbsLtC72MOvSxKOYilDVCrnCJOwKpShfOVfI6ga-RKiKqIZp-fRW5iBpbu5dxeM21EHeRanoOf8NSXt03dm-HFbP3GUv_NiZQtzK1BlYrXzYNZYgRGUqwM4/s400/Cave-B-Waterfall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396655112232877730" /></a><br />A couple small waterfalls are found between <a href="http://www.sagecliffe.com/Inn.htm">Cave B</a> and the Columbia River. Sad face at left edge of basalt.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8u2PzqlTGhMu8lz-QjuBtosMtSnyVM32Bed59WleoSKt4vSy_GOB6lFnd-6Oohs868L8r4Gttw0jNmTxNYYpKykw2dJ0q4TmmXHqktpxx8brxGEUQmv9TLWN8xREmPzHVwG_Nb3MhOfg/s1600-h/Gorge-Amphitheatre-Concert.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8u2PzqlTGhMu8lz-QjuBtosMtSnyVM32Bed59WleoSKt4vSy_GOB6lFnd-6Oohs868L8r4Gttw0jNmTxNYYpKykw2dJ0q4TmmXHqktpxx8brxGEUQmv9TLWN8xREmPzHVwG_Nb3MhOfg/s400/Gorge-Amphitheatre-Concert.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396655107893633202" /></a><br />Quiet today as I walked by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gorge_Amphitheatre">Gorge Amphitheatre</a>. Stroll by this place at certain times of the year and you could be listening to a rock band and 25,000 fans.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5WSVKnNzdwN1TfN1Sd7sM__qWUwXV9wo8MVFNgXVo0VvLwMJzZJLPKPcnUWKdfjrfcSC7yhTfVwjpltJIJRCL7UiM9ruaN18bZSuPbaczjXvTlZX8stSLVyhGG27QJkyCTDKBhRfagA/s1600-h/Gorge-Amphitheatre.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5WSVKnNzdwN1TfN1Sd7sM__qWUwXV9wo8MVFNgXVo0VvLwMJzZJLPKPcnUWKdfjrfcSC7yhTfVwjpltJIJRCL7UiM9ruaN18bZSuPbaczjXvTlZX8stSLVyhGG27QJkyCTDKBhRfagA/s400/Gorge-Amphitheatre.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396655118212804882" /></a><br /><center>Google Earth view</center><br />1. Gorge Amphitheatre<br />2. Flood Bar<br />3. Center-Pivot Irrigation<br />4. Sunland Estates<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7b8c6TMmnLHJ0n2VxUXZ09_p-AkdMca2csEwEO2KSSFA62v_tzFj8pCDe3SirnGAhWMFKIrBNB9VhOfofEB3syDNPVT0eAGmY_4LUVWutaBb49GHUPqjFL-2cyLgTKhz2iKuq6Jc6qEU/s1600-h/Babcock-Bench-Fall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7b8c6TMmnLHJ0n2VxUXZ09_p-AkdMca2csEwEO2KSSFA62v_tzFj8pCDe3SirnGAhWMFKIrBNB9VhOfofEB3syDNPVT0eAGmY_4LUVWutaBb49GHUPqjFL-2cyLgTKhz2iKuq6Jc6qEU/s400/Babcock-Bench-Fall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396655102123567026" /></a><br />Fall color in another east-west canyon cutting through bench.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyqRt-ey9vjYyTjlOPrjBlJUkOxwgS3kiOsJcs2zk8LKU10MtCW_uH_ipQw0ZjzRuslxVDNcXqul2YMyzefNJYJ9NUNM0vnOYzIYXmw4NXLl5_ROwpuz762Wp7VX-h1LmazS3zklz9dg/s1600-h/Babcock-Bench-Potholes-Coul.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyqRt-ey9vjYyTjlOPrjBlJUkOxwgS3kiOsJcs2zk8LKU10MtCW_uH_ipQw0ZjzRuslxVDNcXqul2YMyzefNJYJ9NUNM0vnOYzIYXmw4NXLl5_ROwpuz762Wp7VX-h1LmazS3zklz9dg/s400/Babcock-Bench-Potholes-Coul.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396654087077374930" /></a><br />1. West Bar (Giant Current Ripples)<br />2. Potholes Coulee<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDbvFnGW2qD4h0PHhgGAC2EYPEZIdEy-DgNcXyHoVxrDnXaZfKLGwP1sbWT1jR93WBYCYCgpEWJ_25Y2H9vt7NK0XRr-1y-SYGnYOn7bf_-Vew_RG1IDbUn5kw2JMoS_gsINpJRckbVos/s1600-h/Potholes-Coulee-Rib.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDbvFnGW2qD4h0PHhgGAC2EYPEZIdEy-DgNcXyHoVxrDnXaZfKLGwP1sbWT1jR93WBYCYCgpEWJ_25Y2H9vt7NK0XRr-1y-SYGnYOn7bf_-Vew_RG1IDbUn5kw2JMoS_gsINpJRckbVos/s400/Potholes-Coulee-Rib.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396654081546959458" /></a><br />The big overhang in the south alcove of Potholes Coulee. Time for a quick lunch before heading back. If you haven't explored Potholes Coulee you're missing out ... This is one of the most amazing places (Top 5) in the entire Ice Age Floods region.<br /><br />Here's a link to a paper on Potholes Coulee:<br /><a href="http://www.cwu.edu/~geograph/faculty/lillquist_files/pubs/potholes%20coulee007.pdf">The Geomorphology of Potholes Coulee, Quincy Basin, Washington</a> by Marc Fairbanks. A <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Pleistocene.html">pleistocene</a> sloth that was dug up on Babcock Bench is mentioned.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cwu.edu/~geograph/faculty/lillquist_files/pubs/potholes%20coulee007.pdf"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi95Psn_rwfW87eMENOsaNl4VyHVc6ee01HCWFsq8JXAtQElxW49jc7ZPmUHJAq8Jreo2KtwnOwEdzjucew7VSCcOjkWwHzISd6QQwulYiqX6HaP_RLnaekiFldlr0O_4-Jm7zjxq554ss/s1600-h/Basalt-Gas-Bubbles.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi95Psn_rwfW87eMENOsaNl4VyHVc6ee01HCWFsq8JXAtQElxW49jc7ZPmUHJAq8Jreo2KtwnOwEdzjucew7VSCcOjkWwHzISd6QQwulYiqX6HaP_RLnaekiFldlr0O_4-Jm7zjxq554ss/s400/Basalt-Gas-Bubbles.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396654079281939666" /></a><br />Interesting piece of basalt with plenty of gas bubbles (vesicles). Looks like it was really tumbled to have such a rounded shape.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1jFSqRNfAkqdq7rQeAG31WkZIOCSaTQLN_yqs69CYxjv46m_kxXAw1mDb2R8iQf9Tst8rbWqnSC9fWkrFdlE0KF_CkCxmGqmOwMZ7RFuGbD7G5PQcupofvZsETbgmunR7BpzKJEMeKA/s1600-h/Basalt-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1jFSqRNfAkqdq7rQeAG31WkZIOCSaTQLN_yqs69CYxjv46m_kxXAw1mDb2R8iQf9Tst8rbWqnSC9fWkrFdlE0KF_CkCxmGqmOwMZ7RFuGbD7G5PQcupofvZsETbgmunR7BpzKJEMeKA/s400/Basalt-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396654074471801090" /></a><br />The floods left some unfinished business here. The next flood or two shouldn't have much trouble bringing down this huge piece of entablature now that floodwaters can work all sides.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhuZBF6FU3OME455Je60PrRmqn6O84tvD4hf1UhMnv_0smC8gYWHR9c_mGvJp6PMjomAoXAhBMRY0Y3povNtBRQIhnFWGCLJXsE9LT70Y286l0MmcS5opdCIJ8wOQcEZJMs00Jo9bVKo/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Floods-Basalt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnhuZBF6FU3OME455Je60PrRmqn6O84tvD4hf1UhMnv_0smC8gYWHR9c_mGvJp6PMjomAoXAhBMRY0Y3povNtBRQIhnFWGCLJXsE9LT70Y286l0MmcS5opdCIJ8wOQcEZJMs00Jo9bVKo/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-Basalt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396653025555816786" /></a><br />This is one cool pile of rocks. The photo doesn't do it justice ... Looks great when you can walk around and view from all angles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZpfFSKksa5oVvnZDg7SVzfg7Y47V2cDltVpGXrYW9itKo_dP2QGI171xBnnxXu2lQQb_m9j4UUMAmayAL44VzRkq2WP7aBIw7gUcQqBfCve-BopZ3yzopdF5aJbkl5qbpN5bZokKVx9c/s1600-h/Balance-Rock-Basalt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZpfFSKksa5oVvnZDg7SVzfg7Y47V2cDltVpGXrYW9itKo_dP2QGI171xBnnxXu2lQQb_m9j4UUMAmayAL44VzRkq2WP7aBIw7gUcQqBfCve-BopZ3yzopdF5aJbkl5qbpN5bZokKVx9c/s400/Balance-Rock-Basalt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396653016309174306" /></a><br />This was a nice viewpoint. Easy access from another column just out of frame at right.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSCFXGFWUU1MURQ2bW6ifDC01c_zlD-rn8pu7b41TDYKLh1T7l8gF4-DvvWDPeMyW-iQcgOirW_9_Xr1MGvMWzBNn5ejfw0LwFsWevZZ65eWxOwjhFQxVMG38f0Mgzl_ryJa4OH1_kDg/s1600-h/Hedgehog-Cactus.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSCFXGFWUU1MURQ2bW6ifDC01c_zlD-rn8pu7b41TDYKLh1T7l8gF4-DvvWDPeMyW-iQcgOirW_9_Xr1MGvMWzBNn5ejfw0LwFsWevZZ65eWxOwjhFQxVMG38f0Mgzl_ryJa4OH1_kDg/s400/Hedgehog-Cactus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396653018091088930" /></a><br />These hedgehog cactus are one of my favorites. Pretty healthy population of them on the other side of river. Their pink blooms in the spring are great!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDBPNSTxJp9vaQNSLRrlLLv4Q2xiUrsnc3ohXmAPdnq_5A6Yn06rqT-eoBhHvLKwE8A350jeuNn2vSDOCvVv6YjXAi4otlyYqnC_LTYwj7-zUf5SPPQNHDgQnDV3usrTXSH0DEXJp_Ik/s1600-h/Columbia-River-Island.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDBPNSTxJp9vaQNSLRrlLLv4Q2xiUrsnc3ohXmAPdnq_5A6Yn06rqT-eoBhHvLKwE8A350jeuNn2vSDOCvVv6YjXAi4otlyYqnC_LTYwj7-zUf5SPPQNHDgQnDV3usrTXSH0DEXJp_Ik/s400/Columbia-River-Island.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396653014324149922" /></a><br /><center>Name for this island?</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6u93kCUeJGaxaPBS7AfXiJ3V-d27jOU-FEt1uNx5gXW45S0drHU5LfbtzPevLExZsVe9cgJf9BhzDuqSvFmIdQS-gVd6QqwkQmYNVpNk2BI4818lGmMS11p3I_OCJqMBgkx90f1_oo2w/s1600-h/Columbia-River-Salmon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6u93kCUeJGaxaPBS7AfXiJ3V-d27jOU-FEt1uNx5gXW45S0drHU5LfbtzPevLExZsVe9cgJf9BhzDuqSvFmIdQS-gVd6QqwkQmYNVpNk2BI4818lGmMS11p3I_OCJqMBgkx90f1_oo2w/s400/Columbia-River-Salmon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396653009078299954" /></a><br />I followed a small stream down to the Columbia. A few salmon were swimming at the mouth of the creek. Some had expired and were scattered along the shore. Long trip from the Pacific ... I hope this was his destination.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU23_p1-4tq_HHYWNBJ0PTAp08BDp4b656_9Q22KzMOlFAY-il_EO0x3eio_XSZvWBupXxf4HtfSmJB_Po0OiDy591NJrPA7xgeAaO7jVBW5waf3C9ckbyEQ2XP9wNPeuF-fJaz7FCzB8/s1600-h/Cave-B-Winery.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU23_p1-4tq_HHYWNBJ0PTAp08BDp4b656_9Q22KzMOlFAY-il_EO0x3eio_XSZvWBupXxf4HtfSmJB_Po0OiDy591NJrPA7xgeAaO7jVBW5waf3C9ckbyEQ2XP9wNPeuF-fJaz7FCzB8/s400/Cave-B-Winery.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396652555942220610" /></a>The winery has done a nice job marking several trails below the facility.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iPhlaKZ7SMspBC6xHWzhroHvKEE9M_t3QMsp_9xJyggPr5jBzKxHrR8MGZvJYtrsSnS0R5aPeAwb-2rtS8iC_EK9B58143RZqM8l8928KNu5RAjDqkfO2SN6KzuURv7gdLtXsD1wKbs/s1600-h/Cave-B-Inn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iPhlaKZ7SMspBC6xHWzhroHvKEE9M_t3QMsp_9xJyggPr5jBzKxHrR8MGZvJYtrsSnS0R5aPeAwb-2rtS8iC_EK9B58143RZqM8l8928KNu5RAjDqkfO2SN6KzuURv7gdLtXsD1wKbs/s400/Cave-B-Inn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396652552807273874" /></a>Cave B Inn from the bench. I'm not sure if it will be there when you click on it but ... The day I posted this, the site had a great sunset photo of Babcock Bench at <a href="http://www.sagecliffe.com/SageCliffe.htm">Cave B / Sage Cliffe</a>.<br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="800" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=wanapum+lake+islands&ie=UTF8&t=k&hq=wanapum+lake+islands&hnear=&ll=47.088124,-119.989929&spn=0.187007,0.145912&z=12&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=wanapum+lake+islands&ie=UTF8&t=k&hq=wanapum+lake+islands&hnear=&ll=47.088124,-119.989929&spn=0.187007,0.145912&z=12&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left"></a></small></center><center><strong>Use your mouse to navigate around map.</strong></center><br /><br /><a href="http://wdfw.wa.gov/lands/wildlife_areas/columbia_basin/unit.php?searchby=unit&search=Quincy%20Lakes">WDFW driving directions</a> to Potholes Coulee and Frenchman Coulee. Release below involves access to Potholes Coulee.<br /><br /><br /><center><strong>Scabland Gang Activity?</strong></center><blockquote>Columbia Basin Wildlife Area - Press Release<br />Quincy Lakes <br /> <br />Continuing gang-related vandalism is prompting early closure of an entrance gate to the Quincy Lakes unit of the Columbia Basin Wildlife Area in Grant County.<br /><br />The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will close the unit’s south entrance gate Aug. 24. The north entrance will remain open. <br /><br />The south gate closure is in response to gang-related graffiti tagging, garbage dumping and destruction of public property, including toilets, concrete walkways, parking areas and signs. Closing one entrance gate is expected to reduce unpermitted through-traffic on the north-south road through the unit. That road is traditionally closed to motor vehicles Oct. 1 through Feb. 28 during hunting season. <strong>Foot traffic is allowed year-round</strong>.<br /><br />The south entrance will remain closed indefinitely. Wildlife area users are encouraged to report vandalism and any other illegal activity to local law enforcement.<br /><br />For more information contact WDFW’s Northcentral Region Office in Ephrata at (509) 754-4624.</blockquote>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-9097693408441820572009-10-14T06:43:00.000-07:002009-10-16T07:26:06.639-07:00Palouse Falls and Palouse River Canyon - Whitman County Side<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKVm1u7fL9-vB6Oq8C83y2cS53yjQ7GnHSIi0PXbhyGTNiVOJXleY5bKv1H0p41ulJxLUV4gpGRuPGt7XJsTyFQgxy51cwbQUh0fdiTa0TAcM-svq8ctiPzD3aqzcdX_AUBXY5Ny2LdM/s1600-h/Lake-Missoula-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKVm1u7fL9-vB6Oq8C83y2cS53yjQ7GnHSIi0PXbhyGTNiVOJXleY5bKv1H0p41ulJxLUV4gpGRuPGt7XJsTyFQgxy51cwbQUh0fdiTa0TAcM-svq8ctiPzD3aqzcdX_AUBXY5Ny2LdM/s400/Lake-Missoula-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392832463882507938" /></a><br /><center>Hikers enjoy lunch break at Palouse Falls.</center><br /><br />The <a href="http://hugefloods.com">Ice Age Floods</a> from <a href="http://hugefloods.com/LakeMissoula.html">Glacial Lake Missoula</a> and other sources carved the Palouse River canyon and created spectacular Palouse Falls.<br /><br /><P>I felt fortunate to be allowed to join a group of six other Ice Age Floods enthusiasts on a hike along the east rim of the <a href="http://iceagefloods.blogspot.com/2008/11/palouse-river-canyon-hike.html">Palouse River Canyon</a>. The area is privately owned and has been maintained in a pristine condition by a family that obviously appreciates this unique and spectacular landscape.</P><P><a href="http://www.stoess.com/index.htm">Lloyd Stoess</a> organized the hike and arranged for our entry with the landowner. I can't thank him enough for letting me tag along. The arrow-straight upper channel of the Palouse River Canyon and Winn Lake Canyon are Ice Age Floods features I've always wanted to view.</P><br /><center><strong>- Click any image to expand -</strong></center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUFhsh2pdTowQSxVMEPOo4Fmd8udTClzuCo9FGR9JLNDOC8PSB_1P8tyKjN0v0yfSZaE3sNs-0hAvBtx4m2SXuhcdHZ1rTMiIX7xGkYYM6yLdNkTo-lgjzljpXL6gFY9Ch7Zgx30rnpSs/s1600-h/Palouse-Wheat-Field.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUFhsh2pdTowQSxVMEPOo4Fmd8udTClzuCo9FGR9JLNDOC8PSB_1P8tyKjN0v0yfSZaE3sNs-0hAvBtx4m2SXuhcdHZ1rTMiIX7xGkYYM6yLdNkTo-lgjzljpXL6gFY9Ch7Zgx30rnpSs/s400/Palouse-Wheat-Field.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391706148262936242" /></a><br /><P>Our hike began in the rolling Palouse hills several miles east of the canyon. These windblown loess deposits on top of the basalt, have accumulated at depths up to 250 feet. This image was taken near the margin of a huge channel swept by the Ice Age Floods.</P><P>Wheat farming ends where the floods stripped away the soil. Mounds shown beyond the wheat are Streamlined Palouse hills that withstood the floodwaters. These large mounds are erosional remnants of Palouse hills.</P><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdew5KqhgWc5t4T8aDJkWvQLO6GJjdPNzKey5CAp7oA1R6l5qAT2l7xOaJtIkhtR_tS77DJDzgvEREuPPmVDJqm1VXr0pdw618n56-Qal-1fHdngepTsnL6wwYkU4pEum-UKKBqVVISOY/s1600-h/Palouse-Streamlined-Hill.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdew5KqhgWc5t4T8aDJkWvQLO6GJjdPNzKey5CAp7oA1R6l5qAT2l7xOaJtIkhtR_tS77DJDzgvEREuPPmVDJqm1VXr0pdw618n56-Qal-1fHdngepTsnL6wwYkU4pEum-UKKBqVVISOY/s400/Palouse-Streamlined-Hill.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391706142284938802" /></a><br />Another Streamlined Palouse hill along our route. Note exposed basalt bedrock between fence and loess island.<br /><br />I found the quote below in geologist Bruce Bjornstad's book "<a href="http://iafi.org/onthetrail.html">On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods</a>":<br /><blockquote>"The 'islands' of loess which make striking features on many broad scabland tracts are almost invariably elongated with the gradiant of the tract and are almost invariably scarped on the sides and upgradient end ... Many such hills or hill groups are separated by narrow scabland channels. Some stand alone in the scabland, miles from others of their kind." <P ALIGN="right">J Harlen Bretz (1928)<br /></P></blockquote> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-DkRmL5_Au5Tngb6HaoyA41dBa1ru74A8HqEWbvP2xu8eDZO1E83EHZ0jWeJKuhcwPcr4CT2ozeeddOFaUnJVnw9IUxIyZXaHasc6OI73Vyu0SfAHkq6GEahZIV0sqhdl_9IxYwqgG4/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Floods-Palouse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-DkRmL5_Au5Tngb6HaoyA41dBa1ru74A8HqEWbvP2xu8eDZO1E83EHZ0jWeJKuhcwPcr4CT2ozeeddOFaUnJVnw9IUxIyZXaHasc6OI73Vyu0SfAHkq6GEahZIV0sqhdl_9IxYwqgG4/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-Palouse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391706136848043298" /></a><br /><center>View east - back to the wheat fields.</center><br />In early October, Findley Lake looks better on the GPS and maps than it does in person.<br /><ol><br /><li>Findley Lake</li><br /><li>Animal trail to seasonal water</li><br /><li>Scabland</li><br /><li>Palouse hills east of channel</li><br /></ol><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="550" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?t=p&hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Soap+Lake,+Grant,+Washington&ll=46.691783,-118.146329&spn=0.01619,0.018239&z=15&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?t=p&hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Soap+Lake,+Grant,+Washington&ll=46.691783,-118.146329&spn=0.01619,0.018239&z=15&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left"></a></small></center><br />Google Map terrain view shows one of the Streamlined Palouse hills in the area. Use mouse to navigate map.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQG3RPkfnN63Z81yX_S6TPGWuMSmylSY7IcJZZLcMbQbkgTIIh3dtQR3yO4EBhX0AHKFmUZ5c3-JlnUPyigG0NxLbe_w4rYo10GgoZQc8A2IziLJFBRWDTd8g8QmVXq2rXGqrVFnTNZWI/s1600-h/Scablands-Hiking.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQG3RPkfnN63Z81yX_S6TPGWuMSmylSY7IcJZZLcMbQbkgTIIh3dtQR3yO4EBhX0AHKFmUZ5c3-JlnUPyigG0NxLbe_w4rYo10GgoZQc8A2IziLJFBRWDTd8g8QmVXq2rXGqrVFnTNZWI/s400/Scablands-Hiking.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391705868607750146" /></a><br />Lloyd leads the group through several miles of <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Scablands.html">scabland</a> on our way to the Palouse River Canyon.<br /><br /><center><object width= "425" height="275"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UF8GXNGy0Kc&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&autoplay=0&rel=0&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1&loop=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UF8GXNGy0Kc&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&autoplay=0&rel=0&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="275"></embed></object></center><br />I shot a few short videos during the hike. Click arrow to play. Sorry I'm not very steady with the camera. The tripod was home in closet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEA4Z0czPSBNPqpNcZHNmJ6GAaLTVhaM6N0FjECpOue1sQJhyphenhyphenq6aJcqpoJhgCYHH2_GIjX5A0bXG1O4D4d1vWgBZh_Q-7n4wL6ucjAk32Ru0DDrot9LqOfJGr20mW_vNsmZhZY2Q_iDFI/s1600-h/Scabland.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEA4Z0czPSBNPqpNcZHNmJ6GAaLTVhaM6N0FjECpOue1sQJhyphenhyphenq6aJcqpoJhgCYHH2_GIjX5A0bXG1O4D4d1vWgBZh_Q-7n4wL6ucjAk32Ru0DDrot9LqOfJGr20mW_vNsmZhZY2Q_iDFI/s400/Scabland.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391705862775705474" /></a><br />Amazing place when you try to visualize the floodwaters that created these features.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80KPfLx_2EeljK6CGS-95bSiZIC-QNAmHo2Tlf5rpdZTSUxBUhooFhsfiQAEzwx1_CRRkJXqyFwUG_AlsUKF2n8HDTAK1WDBp8uizzUzE1d3bWHhRUgjh-p-aU9Gr2isRRTpjLd48a6g/s1600-h/Palouse-Depression.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh80KPfLx_2EeljK6CGS-95bSiZIC-QNAmHo2Tlf5rpdZTSUxBUhooFhsfiQAEzwx1_CRRkJXqyFwUG_AlsUKF2n8HDTAK1WDBp8uizzUzE1d3bWHhRUgjh-p-aU9Gr2isRRTpjLd48a6g/s400/Palouse-Depression.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391705854993331730" /></a><br />The floods scoured out many depressions in the channel that today serve as seasonal water sources for livestock and wildlife.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMq42g5KjCt1f2eZDdZPF3GVgAsxQ9MNO1V_8yH7WZzRbvSkb_y7SX7cT_PbnIVEGv-r2ZHjbBzqh06lmK-rzb2BiPPHQssdk1Pjb_dOg_dICy6O0IjNSSJCR9WzovRSqA4u8fYoo39Ck/s1600-h/Palouse-River-Canyon-and-Fa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMq42g5KjCt1f2eZDdZPF3GVgAsxQ9MNO1V_8yH7WZzRbvSkb_y7SX7cT_PbnIVEGv-r2ZHjbBzqh06lmK-rzb2BiPPHQssdk1Pjb_dOg_dICy6O0IjNSSJCR9WzovRSqA4u8fYoo39Ck/s400/Palouse-River-Canyon-and-Fa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391705849026435394" /></a><br />Google Earth view of the upper Palouse River Canyon. Note deep tectonic fractures in the area that were eroded and scoured out by the Ice Age Floods. The view in this image is to the north ... Arrow marks Palouse Falls ... Washtucna Coulee runs east to west at top. During some Ice Age Flood events, Washtucna Coulee was too small to carry the floodwater. When the torrent overtopped the coulee rim, it flowed south to the Snake River carving the Palouse River Canyon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvblkJ_fE_0HyMtozLycidaNZ-_t11PLx1y_0NuTy7543MH9OdCIhwSGLPsfnS_a0GOtywcnt2vBT02UxxwnYpVvK0xvo5FSUOQUJxAwACyhy61kOUH0Cm2NCzOgxY-c1fCFBQ5ZVsfek/s1600-h/Palouse-River-Canyon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvblkJ_fE_0HyMtozLycidaNZ-_t11PLx1y_0NuTy7543MH9OdCIhwSGLPsfnS_a0GOtywcnt2vBT02UxxwnYpVvK0xvo5FSUOQUJxAwACyhy61kOUH0Cm2NCzOgxY-c1fCFBQ5ZVsfek/s400/Palouse-River-Canyon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391705847773826146" /></a><br />Another Google Earth image. View looking south from Washtucna Coulee. The straight 4.5 mile trench in the upper canyon sure is facinating.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVztAhGn0lq-vhDfsDMbrLZZcTIv7fXFU0kgVcc5YiCpPw_-Vy9saivs8zOQmDIknYxrEysixpxvVG5k8hR_h2PSDh8h0HdqZQIUWPySWPBmMLIIGMpXbfSv-RFCO8NKxab8snAuR2Hyo/s1600-h/Upper-Palouse-River-Canyon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVztAhGn0lq-vhDfsDMbrLZZcTIv7fXFU0kgVcc5YiCpPw_-Vy9saivs8zOQmDIknYxrEysixpxvVG5k8hR_h2PSDh8h0HdqZQIUWPySWPBmMLIIGMpXbfSv-RFCO8NKxab8snAuR2Hyo/s400/Upper-Palouse-River-Canyon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391705331895810242" /></a><br /><center>View from canyon rim looking north - Up the 4.5 mile trench.</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wQgpM1SaOkYdmxO3OFhnhHnSBSASrBS_71mx2Jaj1_zcwS3_WziTJQADY9zRnMUmxOBQQmvsfoN85hMaVXX0qZnxJJdRtQ_EbKA3YZHvOdw1K9fg6QWmHgGOilcu-oO1NalbRYaFyk4/s1600-h/Palouse-River-Canyon-Railro.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wQgpM1SaOkYdmxO3OFhnhHnSBSASrBS_71mx2Jaj1_zcwS3_WziTJQADY9zRnMUmxOBQQmvsfoN85hMaVXX0qZnxJJdRtQ_EbKA3YZHvOdw1K9fg6QWmHgGOilcu-oO1NalbRYaFyk4/s400/Palouse-River-Canyon-Railro.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391705322309990050" /></a><br /><center>Railroad bridge in upper canyon.</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWHejY4y5wDpR_W9qAASsUxHzyYqSW89s-orOyV5oXtR1dHmkY3fWkcWyMhIGzZkZ0jRWOf__aSCsQpEIgoFXjG6bF-eGlD35ee822gp6JfsOcIp3R0eAiLt-drnhOOJskA2wE32evTY/s1600-h/Union-Pacific-Eastern-Washi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWHejY4y5wDpR_W9qAASsUxHzyYqSW89s-orOyV5oXtR1dHmkY3fWkcWyMhIGzZkZ0jRWOf__aSCsQpEIgoFXjG6bF-eGlD35ee822gp6JfsOcIp3R0eAiLt-drnhOOJskA2wE32evTY/s400/Union-Pacific-Eastern-Washi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391705318749891170" /></a><br />Union Pacific equipment on west side of canyon. Bruce Bjornstad hiking along east rim.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHxWFcDizIzwslow9WOyrYZuDigZAcuhe9hOZKvd8sr0KoRv3F2gu-KjXNBfJ-14X7HfpEVsAVG7Nn4cyxNNp1-HbnrCs9DOxRc-fI0qbZAS2kNJV7g8cYENRnPH_pbacgfVAyHjQQNw/s1600-h/Bruce-Bjornstad-Gene-Kiver.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHxWFcDizIzwslow9WOyrYZuDigZAcuhe9hOZKvd8sr0KoRv3F2gu-KjXNBfJ-14X7HfpEVsAVG7Nn4cyxNNp1-HbnrCs9DOxRc-fI0qbZAS2kNJV7g8cYENRnPH_pbacgfVAyHjQQNw/s400/Bruce-Bjornstad-Gene-Kiver.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391705311097155522" /></a><br />Geologists Bruce Bjornstad and Gene Kiver patiently answered our questions about <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Basalt.html">Columbia River Basalt</a> and the Ice Age Floods.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-3QDVHXXB00YoRk4PM0DJPA8neppfEOuMToywfSzUp5f-8kO_EnlWMV-kgWrQxZ5digbhD7ye1NEHhvLbogzrobGIkWVI1i_NIcS1CblwWon_3heEoT6WSBgl1hQM3j3Kc1yBWoixj4/s1600-h/Laminated-Loess.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-3QDVHXXB00YoRk4PM0DJPA8neppfEOuMToywfSzUp5f-8kO_EnlWMV-kgWrQxZ5digbhD7ye1NEHhvLbogzrobGIkWVI1i_NIcS1CblwWon_3heEoT6WSBgl1hQM3j3Kc1yBWoixj4/s400/Laminated-Loess.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391705304601647954" /></a><br />Laminated deposits on the right confused me. I was behind the group when I noticed these.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKw21YOpYdPA81qSiGh0HQ9jzQ4iONscdRBh0j2N2o3VO5NwWvwESJB0NUUmQS31uC8CHjRRPX8H2ZDYJlT-l81HyXVhvt6ajGOonFezqGdgkziXn4DruHaEk2wi97CKt76R2AW_ddRj4/s1600-h/Palouse-Canyon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKw21YOpYdPA81qSiGh0HQ9jzQ4iONscdRBh0j2N2o3VO5NwWvwESJB0NUUmQS31uC8CHjRRPX8H2ZDYJlT-l81HyXVhvt6ajGOonFezqGdgkziXn4DruHaEk2wi97CKt76R2AW_ddRj4/s400/Palouse-Canyon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391704931022597938" /></a><br />View of <a href="http://www.parks.wa.gov/parks/?selectedpark=Palouse%20Falls&subject=maps">Palouse Falls State Park</a> viewpoint from behind falls.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBc9O75uzJbPzZg3yDx06NitRBNZJ5NyWtm24NkeqEOk3OSIzuLoO12hEAkNo2rwq_sR_RWxyGESUeusDQrULON2XcIlSU0-KEjXD5vDJ5VDMfdWg0q6Wys3qw-7asahCSzhNBhGL9XU/s1600-h/Palouse-Falls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBc9O75uzJbPzZg3yDx06NitRBNZJ5NyWtm24NkeqEOk3OSIzuLoO12hEAkNo2rwq_sR_RWxyGESUeusDQrULON2XcIlSU0-KEjXD5vDJ5VDMfdWg0q6Wys3qw-7asahCSzhNBhGL9XU/s400/Palouse-Falls.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391704914313280114" /></a><br />Here's a shot for Tyler Bradt in case he finds this page. The flow on the day of our hike was much lower than it was when he made his 186-foot kayak drop off the falls to set a world record earlier this year. Link at bottom of this page to interview where Tyler describes his thoughts as he went over the edge.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMeirhmAiLJV9gQFyffvypRGk7JCRX-lWg0ML8R710U8kO3HS_t89ayvY-B3jpdUdJ4DlVkMsVDWNE94ASeYCsZr4UeLcyiuWOrb6gRxuG_bVUwW4MSkykp7UsRyAoam_KwCtWB96e-g/s1600-h/Falls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMeirhmAiLJV9gQFyffvypRGk7JCRX-lWg0ML8R710U8kO3HS_t89ayvY-B3jpdUdJ4DlVkMsVDWNE94ASeYCsZr4UeLcyiuWOrb6gRxuG_bVUwW4MSkykp7UsRyAoam_KwCtWB96e-g/s400/Falls.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391704910510165346" /></a><br /><center>Not the best lighting with half the falls in shadow.</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4YsvoFkZ91VpdRJSp4P-LHzrXJ33xfy-Q-m-umNXQuacTZWGyhmQmuYzfXzKzKdvBHsf1N5IOeVh2rbhWiIySjdvjonxkz63aT8684Vatj-qt_qqJd5SOigmaxPC1zXVmeil4ccvmEA/s1600-h/Basalt-Fracture.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4YsvoFkZ91VpdRJSp4P-LHzrXJ33xfy-Q-m-umNXQuacTZWGyhmQmuYzfXzKzKdvBHsf1N5IOeVh2rbhWiIySjdvjonxkz63aT8684Vatj-qt_qqJd5SOigmaxPC1zXVmeil4ccvmEA/s400/Basalt-Fracture.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391704906804972850" /></a><br />View across canyon to Palouse Falls State Park viewpoint. I'm standing in line with a fracture in the basalt that's been scoured out by the floods (large cracks on both east and west rim of canyon line up). <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFrSz9ghWcjsg_7jdy99SiSBg4G4ErcylrA009M3kVfDpqsSO5OQjWdeso8XvieiYaApN2DhDEd5bzMdYkdRU69KAjfuHSJW745YfRi8uXZrk0zK6zFrBxrvua6rLFI-wUYsTR1sbeNQ/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFrSz9ghWcjsg_7jdy99SiSBg4G4ErcylrA009M3kVfDpqsSO5OQjWdeso8XvieiYaApN2DhDEd5bzMdYkdRU69KAjfuHSJW745YfRi8uXZrk0zK6zFrBxrvua6rLFI-wUYsTR1sbeNQ/s400/Ice-Age-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391703991354255234" /></a>The terraced inner-canyon is pretty amazing. The Palouse River Canyon and nearby Devil's Canyon are good locations to examine Columbia River Basalt flows.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRBZYTeAY1nla6a1a4lsyoLSTdZc8TcAjIS18_AUniD1_LwVWitgAriz_84VgIah5azIAX1kYr0AKnt7J7NS3yv31XyUUBaIvn4Ec5EBE7dIHU-RI7Gll2ljssdtVDP4H3TLwQ2qEKC2g/s1600-h/Palouse-River-Deer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRBZYTeAY1nla6a1a4lsyoLSTdZc8TcAjIS18_AUniD1_LwVWitgAriz_84VgIah5azIAX1kYr0AKnt7J7NS3yv31XyUUBaIvn4Ec5EBE7dIHU-RI7Gll2ljssdtVDP4H3TLwQ2qEKC2g/s400/Palouse-River-Deer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391703985321121506" /></a><br /><center>Canyon resident</center><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0LhmAWZEuturuu-BvFR7R4_F0U4cSCLeLU4fO9_0bIWVFrQxpohvN4rR-3TFZW5TYk7eLSTDhj1oE3WwnvITO4qDECdkYp0s-76v4eeGXEHElFdqY9S1qtK595zFzLUIsO59q2bdoXw/s1600-h/Columbia-River-Basalt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0LhmAWZEuturuu-BvFR7R4_F0U4cSCLeLU4fO9_0bIWVFrQxpohvN4rR-3TFZW5TYk7eLSTDhj1oE3WwnvITO4qDECdkYp0s-76v4eeGXEHElFdqY9S1qtK595zFzLUIsO59q2bdoXw/s400/Columbia-River-Basalt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391703978536142610" /></a><br /><center>South of the falls we found several interesting basalt towers.</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgw8lzXwwx2-UdsnDjIeWJ2Mge7ORJTuPbiHMOBAcIz0Qu3h2Jmc9SxmrTC7zFkVDCdyTX_4-h0iF-Ox9rd0HfHi45Ce8ZWjijpMA5H5WQPP9H0xtP265F1NJRXe0JyrbVZnoS6j56nQ/s1600-h/Basalt-Columns.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgw8lzXwwx2-UdsnDjIeWJ2Mge7ORJTuPbiHMOBAcIz0Qu3h2Jmc9SxmrTC7zFkVDCdyTX_4-h0iF-Ox9rd0HfHi45Ce8ZWjijpMA5H5WQPP9H0xtP265F1NJRXe0JyrbVZnoS6j56nQ/s400/Basalt-Columns.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391703971764232818" /></a><br /><center>Hikers stand below group of columns that withstood the floodwaters.</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2h1o5qAJAyAH7CvjktJq8NCImOSi1gstvgZJ_ej9EYRSPPQ-0Q0fwWxCLEkc0l0lal0Sb_II-RD4-aod5fP4oLxaeqwGOzIPq9YMf4PWperJ3fobx56K3OwFzkgKjq31XPmYPQaRQ2uY/s1600-h/Basalt-Column.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2h1o5qAJAyAH7CvjktJq8NCImOSi1gstvgZJ_ej9EYRSPPQ-0Q0fwWxCLEkc0l0lal0Sb_II-RD4-aod5fP4oLxaeqwGOzIPq9YMf4PWperJ3fobx56K3OwFzkgKjq31XPmYPQaRQ2uY/s400/Basalt-Column.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391703964435879874" /></a><center>Lone column along canyon rim.</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq5asXDNUJXLKbpQvaI4oZt87U3BWN7PqtPajpbN2M8no-3aowizEI_G8JTP-pd7Zn4i6d89wSX7nah7hQytW7uiCZJ8yTWzexV0RSO6AF8m3sNBi2NoSf2O3dhqGsHfG4szCFV5Pw_VU/s1600-h/Winn-Canyon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq5asXDNUJXLKbpQvaI4oZt87U3BWN7PqtPajpbN2M8no-3aowizEI_G8JTP-pd7Zn4i6d89wSX7nah7hQytW7uiCZJ8yTWzexV0RSO6AF8m3sNBi2NoSf2O3dhqGsHfG4szCFV5Pw_VU/s400/Winn-Canyon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391703288612701570" /></a>Winn Lake Canyon is an incredible Ice Age Floods feature. A classic example of a flood carved coulee. Walking into Winn Lake Canyon was my favorite part of the hike.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyY1E__lxdzixefaLG3wWBOl1i-Q-8qtlDJ_-sluZlAv9EJ_fbtHJLSF61aRo6H6Y0HmnOwI6kmhyphenhyphenLY1McAFCjlX7PcpZd9XBdyQ71sGaW8Yfvfq0LBgo0J4Hl7zwz0gD5mMCJW_7Cqno/s1600-h/Streamlined-Loess-Hills-Isl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyY1E__lxdzixefaLG3wWBOl1i-Q-8qtlDJ_-sluZlAv9EJ_fbtHJLSF61aRo6H6Y0HmnOwI6kmhyphenhyphenLY1McAFCjlX7PcpZd9XBdyQ71sGaW8Yfvfq0LBgo0J4Hl7zwz0gD5mMCJW_7Cqno/s400/Streamlined-Loess-Hills-Isl.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391703295683397058" /></a><br /><center>Another shot of loess islands in the channel.</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNji_8njdk0A3B3C4juveExH2nBSXjj7fhN9DAgxKYctplZgRE0fXU8pn_YfFhsgRCXFJdpI1q04G9wMzc1jOMRrR_ScOfkm_SZjLNQRYfk_5wMBf4xhXvib0Gnna8klbTHB6toGvnL4/s1600-h/Palouse-Hills.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNji_8njdk0A3B3C4juveExH2nBSXjj7fhN9DAgxKYctplZgRE0fXU8pn_YfFhsgRCXFJdpI1q04G9wMzc1jOMRrR_ScOfkm_SZjLNQRYfk_5wMBf4xhXvib0Gnna8klbTHB6toGvnL4/s400/Palouse-Hills.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391703282814750194" /></a><br />Hikers (bottom left) walk around the upstream end of a Streamlined Palouse hill on our way back to the wheat fields. <br /><br />The glossary in Bjornstad's "On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods" describes loess as:<br /><blockquote>Windblown silt and fine sand that has collected downwind of sedimentary basins along the floods route, especially in the Palouse country where it accumulated into rolling hills up to 250 feet thick. Loess began forming about the same time as the earliest Ice Age Floods (about 2 million years ago) and continues to form today.<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></blockquote><br /><br />Images below (2) show examples of windblown loess in the Columbia Basin.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFO7vLTxk5ZeE1vhLTeC5OijkAhhJfISfySJ6kJgOYfHmV38LTzL6CfeiQfmLOHUaCWEFxosEGZ2p_wcWuJxog8ldPYpZ3cowzOpIROJ905QTTiWJJQPFpvY-C8pOsOcek-H6GnjUN8Q/s1600-h/NASA-Columbia-Basin-Dust-St.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 337px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFO7vLTxk5ZeE1vhLTeC5OijkAhhJfISfySJ6kJgOYfHmV38LTzL6CfeiQfmLOHUaCWEFxosEGZ2p_wcWuJxog8ldPYpZ3cowzOpIROJ905QTTiWJJQPFpvY-C8pOsOcek-H6GnjUN8Q/s400/NASA-Columbia-Basin-Dust-St.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392311467627357730" /></a><br /><center>Image recorded by NASA on 4 October 2009. Blue circle marks Pasco, WA.</center><br />Arrows label Moses Coulee (1), Grand Coulee (2), Telford-Crab Creek (3) and Cheney-Palouse (4) Ice Age Flood tracts that are well defined in this high altitude image.<br /><br /><strong>NASA TEXT:</strong> <span style="font-style:italic;">Visibility dropped to zero in parts of eastern Washington on October 4, 2009, as a large dust storm blew through. This image of the storm was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite shortly after noon (Pacific Daylight Time). According to local news, the storm brought strong winds gusting to 43 miles per hour in places that propelled the dust across the southeast corner of the state. After numerous multi-vehicle accidents, sections of Interstate 90 near the town of Moses Lake and several local roads had to be closed for several hours. <br />The dust storm persisted for several hours and was still visible when Aqua MODIS flew over the region at 2:00 p.m. local time. The Terra MODIS image shown here is available in multiple resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response System.<blockquote></blockquote></span><br /><center>Open large <a href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/40000/40590/wash_TMO_2009277_lrg.jpg">7 mb NASA Image</a> of dust storm.</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrY5Qhvj28H4vlq1jp1gmbb-mvO92ARfpa-hmms4zj7rj-QCxIthdu0ypL-u55ZxOehJiKQxqPtFkumE39tqPMVE57WMVzkCXejIu6N39lkmBxUb5T9D5EyreTnTE-4_Plv5W2tHQmXc/s1600-h/Palouse-Dust-Devil-Washingt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrY5Qhvj28H4vlq1jp1gmbb-mvO92ARfpa-hmms4zj7rj-QCxIthdu0ypL-u55ZxOehJiKQxqPtFkumE39tqPMVE57WMVzkCXejIu6N39lkmBxUb5T9D5EyreTnTE-4_Plv5W2tHQmXc/s400/Palouse-Dust-Devil-Washingt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392311464124715490" /></a><br /><center>Dust Devil</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhannP-o-5jf69GPZnZ9Goey-lzyUZoxrKA7MOI4tThS8KlVj-CbRXUlCYaAhRdjvRsqgFnGdCAE_3XStIxaeNo-gEFfUF_lMIvLwZNz2a-JHz-dSJzIcBAiHnkqXzucE5W2_wR9w77d-A/s1600-h/GPS-Track-Bjornstad-Scablan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhannP-o-5jf69GPZnZ9Goey-lzyUZoxrKA7MOI4tThS8KlVj-CbRXUlCYaAhRdjvRsqgFnGdCAE_3XStIxaeNo-gEFfUF_lMIvLwZNz2a-JHz-dSJzIcBAiHnkqXzucE5W2_wR9w77d-A/s400/GPS-Track-Bjornstad-Scablan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391703268657776050" /></a><br /><center>GPS track shows 14 mile hike route. Thanks again Lloyd!!!</center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJXPQ21qkOBCv_SXmp6Bbea-EsJDqJhtjXIHeUoa3WUBQ1BghnDd3OVfRouMYKuE8uqHt4Mn1TJPhugkbkTUmS0ZUYDgkb6kUlTL93fDG1aHU9oYJasImYsmA4sVIC21hY9F1JUdrASY/s1600-h/Washington-Hooper.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJXPQ21qkOBCv_SXmp6Bbea-EsJDqJhtjXIHeUoa3WUBQ1BghnDd3OVfRouMYKuE8uqHt4Mn1TJPhugkbkTUmS0ZUYDgkb6kUlTL93fDG1aHU9oYJasImYsmA4sVIC21hY9F1JUdrASY/s400/Washington-Hooper.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391703278435381474" /></a><br /><center>At least I know where Hooper is.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbXDWoC5hAPsQ3JWyuivmaeBiWN1m2nv8_7I_Bj8UNN_5o_BVQhLT2Dalo-Xchut_jRJ15RzxKXtdEByi35KyHwWI7D_fiAzCHIdqZudXEqgXgOAEjkC6IQ6i1y2Gi7tacYG2hKj1RBQ/s1600-h/Hooper-Washington.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBbXDWoC5hAPsQ3JWyuivmaeBiWN1m2nv8_7I_Bj8UNN_5o_BVQhLT2Dalo-Xchut_jRJ15RzxKXtdEByi35KyHwWI7D_fiAzCHIdqZudXEqgXgOAEjkC6IQ6i1y2Gi7tacYG2hKj1RBQ/s400/Hooper-Washington.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391343016942980194" /></a><br />These two patrol the streets of Hooper. Bruce has a story about the big one.<br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="700" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?t=p&hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Soap+Lake,+Grant,+Washington&ll=46.700672,-118.244305&spn=0.082409,0.072956&z=13&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?t=p&hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Soap+Lake,+Grant,+Washington&ll=46.700672,-118.244305&spn=0.082409,0.072956&z=13&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left"></a></small></center>The fractures are pretty distinct in this Google Map terrain view. About five clicks of the "Right" arrow will shift view to the Streamlined Palouse hills shown in several images above.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWUQSMJPyVvYMsmLBXHkGXHQypD_ntkf6KK_5jMd_3I9y6ticGn-tU4bZ5I_-p5qavHbewssCKgwc2ZcPAq5KmCMmtM0iWVliV289-M3tGcxngM5CgRtpsvbga0XvhSQXJcFU3L-jPgU/s1600-h/Palouse-Falls-Bradt-Kayak-D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWUQSMJPyVvYMsmLBXHkGXHQypD_ntkf6KK_5jMd_3I9y6ticGn-tU4bZ5I_-p5qavHbewssCKgwc2ZcPAq5KmCMmtM0iWVliV289-M3tGcxngM5CgRtpsvbga0XvhSQXJcFU3L-jPgU/s400/Palouse-Falls-Bradt-Kayak-D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392822596109710850" /></a><br />One more look over the lip of Palouse Falls. I'm so impressed with Tyler Bradt's trip over the falls! Link to Tyler Bradt interview below.<br /><br /><center><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4413809&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4413809&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/4413809"></a><a href="http://vimeo.com/lvmvideo"></a><a href="http://vimeo.com"></a></p></center><blockquote></blockquote><br />Click above to play interview with Tyler Bradt that describes his world record kayak drop over Palouse Falls.<br /><br />Link to images and photos of <a href="http://hugefloods.com/FeatureOfTheMonth.html">Palouse Falls in winter.</a><br /><br />Link to images and photos of <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Palouse-Falls-Part-2.html">Palouse Falls near flood stage.</a><br /><br />Link to USGS <a href="http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/uv/?site_no=13351000">Palouse River flow at Hooper</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-84871963095159898292009-09-28T05:56:00.001-07:002009-10-01T20:58:02.377-07:00Ice Age Floods Features - East Rim of the Grand CouleePhotos from a September hike along the east rim of the Grand Coulee - between the "Million Dollar Mile" and Northrup Canyon. Bruce Bjornstad and I enjoyed the awesome <a href="http://hugefloods.com/">Ice Age Floods</a> features found along this 15 mile hike. Not sure of ownership in a few areas ... we tried to stay as close to the rim as possible throughout the hike.<br /><br /><center>Click any image to expand</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPrszDNMM5NC5OGB0XxxVFrO9x_9CjE5XdPCnoclseSz9ya5obz1bPAghQ6Wr3P6FWEvT-TvCailkuMzDmbd2o9EcOYkL_ykha-arTKlyHBmR7KxbqSB_dfFBx3kFOjulrO8nNIIFjxpA/s1600-h/Million-Dollar-Mile.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPrszDNMM5NC5OGB0XxxVFrO9x_9CjE5XdPCnoclseSz9ya5obz1bPAghQ6Wr3P6FWEvT-TvCailkuMzDmbd2o9EcOYkL_ykha-arTKlyHBmR7KxbqSB_dfFBx3kFOjulrO8nNIIFjxpA/s400/Million-Dollar-Mile.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387373192471383042" /></a><br /><center>Million Dollar Mile</center><br />This spendy one mile stretch of Hwy 155 in the Grand Coulee was built in 1948. The cut through the basalt became necessary as the Bureau of Reclamation filled Banks Lake.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWbGQUFdUaHuyekof5mphziSBAJ8pp5ClTnXdds9QYs6mThvid-X4yVxGlfbxDYqc0DPKnq5WpFkIaYZFcLMqLU2n5eG6wbCI9RdlrFisFeA0uul8xRD-B8lLbXF7SZEgDmHQy4ONVxw/s1600-h/Grand-Coulee-Map.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 330px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWbGQUFdUaHuyekof5mphziSBAJ8pp5ClTnXdds9QYs6mThvid-X4yVxGlfbxDYqc0DPKnq5WpFkIaYZFcLMqLU2n5eG6wbCI9RdlrFisFeA0uul8xRD-B8lLbXF7SZEgDmHQy4ONVxw/s400/Grand-Coulee-Map.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387373187418631394" /></a><br /><center>Hiked from location marked as 7 to 4.</center><br />The Grand Coulee is considered by many to be the most remarkable legacy of the Ice Age floods. Today the massive coulee is used for off-channel storage of Columbia River water. A huge pumping station adjacent to Grand Coulee dam lifts water into the coulee. This water will either generate power as it returns to the Columbia River or flow south to irrigate crops in the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/GrandCoulee.html">Columbia Basin Irrigation Project</a> as far south as Pasco.<br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.nps.gov/laro/index.htm">Lake Roosevelt</a><br />2. <a href="http://hugefloods.com/GrandCoulee.html">Grand Coulee Dam</a><br />3. <a href="http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=North%20Dam">North Dam</a><br />4. <a href="http://birdweb.org/birdweb/birding_site_details.aspx?id=49&ecoregion=10">Northrup Canyon</a><br />5. <a href="http://www.parks.wa.gov/parks/?selectedpark=Steamboat%20Rock">Steamboat Rock</a><br />6. Nespelem Silt deposits (white bank)<br />7. Million Dollar Mile<br />8. <a href="http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Facility.jsp?fac_Name=Dry+Falls+Dam&groupName=General">Dry Falls Dam</a><br />9. Dry Falls<br />10.Deep Lake<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjod5ryBhut3CcAbh7K4y0uiXB7hqwIB3_n0Hk16DllBFxFac9PBhgP6ubEdYmg2LhyqbEbw4pOkgOd7hfune6eLvF8_-8asKykQNF9amXdIivfN5RI8gTvyucrt3tu1doqQ4wMeZ4j6lg/s1600-h/Bruce-Bjornstad.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjod5ryBhut3CcAbh7K4y0uiXB7hqwIB3_n0Hk16DllBFxFac9PBhgP6ubEdYmg2LhyqbEbw4pOkgOd7hfune6eLvF8_-8asKykQNF9amXdIivfN5RI8gTvyucrt3tu1doqQ4wMeZ4j6lg/s400/Bruce-Bjornstad.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387373175572368082" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.iafi.org/onthetrail.html">Geologist/Author Bruce Bjornstad</a> hikes near an impressive basalt butte created by the Ice Age Floods.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-dDFUKywAPQR9Q83WwzeWXwvci0NExR1j4kQlduSbzXlAnmp_QCQ4NObYD2LitsG622XGJmsg8vzzIfvu8ZqtRGW0qjC3lGmrybpqlgQ2qpbJp8qAeJUFbtP-K1kyzM1qeNuC1VIvsI/s1600-h/Grand-Coulee-Bruce-Bjornstad.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-dDFUKywAPQR9Q83WwzeWXwvci0NExR1j4kQlduSbzXlAnmp_QCQ4NObYD2LitsG622XGJmsg8vzzIfvu8ZqtRGW0qjC3lGmrybpqlgQ2qpbJp8qAeJUFbtP-K1kyzM1qeNuC1VIvsI/s400/Grand-Coulee-Bruce-Bjornstad.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387372917413233346" /></a><br /><center>Hiking south to north along the coulee rim.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglj8W5SlYs3uNElWLLZinnww9FtVJkszlWljWEXZsSQ-SVLuZ46xG2Js2B5a_3hyphenhyphenvL-kI7vZOiD7iXDUT9ozvCB2bwickDb0h-cnOL5yw79snY54O30D6U1l6NNswW1rsFJAAmuU6C_Mw/s1600-h/Pothole.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglj8W5SlYs3uNElWLLZinnww9FtVJkszlWljWEXZsSQ-SVLuZ46xG2Js2B5a_3hyphenhyphenvL-kI7vZOiD7iXDUT9ozvCB2bwickDb0h-cnOL5yw79snY54O30D6U1l6NNswW1rsFJAAmuU6C_Mw/s400/Pothole.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387372906079413282" /></a><br />The floods scoured out many saucer shaped potholes along the east rim. These are cool but I'm more impressed with the Deep Lake and East Lenore Channel potholes a few miles to the south. Bruce for scale.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwuvrbIAr8UnEJLv68P0zHO0Z_0CYTG5RZ9apnyDpQKU7J9apLcrDzVm9mXzIrnAjjUOjwY_tlhx5nRYUbZmKQkLU92j1Aj5mcgA1mz63aoif6S87Mj4odkzqux6xoZ6RT887cEJogmE/s1600-h/Grand-Coulee-Pothole.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwuvrbIAr8UnEJLv68P0zHO0Z_0CYTG5RZ9apnyDpQKU7J9apLcrDzVm9mXzIrnAjjUOjwY_tlhx5nRYUbZmKQkLU92j1Aj5mcgA1mz63aoif6S87Mj4odkzqux6xoZ6RT887cEJogmE/s400/Grand-Coulee-Pothole.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387372899639312178" /></a><br />The potholes hold water late into the season. A Google satellite image got us close to these potholes. We then followed animal trails to go from one pothole to the next.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPl3BDO4QpXVbHVb6AV8QhrUwmYEoPDBydpZ-rEIIeLRnjgcEBhAcWxRVfvC-1bUGbQ_mxeQRebb1sBprvikLcwUWL3qX94jvR2Z25L_m7xjyFLWRrW_3ZAxk6yPL_l08CxLQFALWV3g/s1600-h/Grand-Coulee-Deer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxPl3BDO4QpXVbHVb6AV8QhrUwmYEoPDBydpZ-rEIIeLRnjgcEBhAcWxRVfvC-1bUGbQ_mxeQRebb1sBprvikLcwUWL3qX94jvR2Z25L_m7xjyFLWRrW_3ZAxk6yPL_l08CxLQFALWV3g/s400/Grand-Coulee-Deer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387372888085177090" /></a><br />The guy on the right - that didn't want to pose - looked like a nice buck.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3Jl6107nG7ubAKJUzSK_QWBGfMNbs8teB0F3MFIpUAG0EOpZagycdNcyOFo3gK6AzUw1Hfs8Y5x7y1FV4iZeB2_GP9Ll2kM4mlOgUNYnXIUKngUUNRo6slNNVAxNNHGrPl0XBxigPE8/s1600-h/Breeched-Pothole.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 192px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3Jl6107nG7ubAKJUzSK_QWBGfMNbs8teB0F3MFIpUAG0EOpZagycdNcyOFo3gK6AzUw1Hfs8Y5x7y1FV4iZeB2_GP9Ll2kM4mlOgUNYnXIUKngUUNRo6slNNVAxNNHGrPl0XBxigPE8/s400/Breeched-Pothole.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387372879145940850" /></a><br />Half of this pothole disappeared as the Grand Coulee widened.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbN2hyRGasPhYEuM0egMxxdrGvYE59ugdc0nRJ4CgVb0-Hi2rvwLGnAfjyHxmFCMY9t45094fYxT-Ty7CMlSn8xaj0fsokHR6PAZMMl14O53WzUIDy9gsKlyFY5jvKFPy2mPH_aXKW28/s1600-h/Grand-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbN2hyRGasPhYEuM0egMxxdrGvYE59ugdc0nRJ4CgVb0-Hi2rvwLGnAfjyHxmFCMY9t45094fYxT-Ty7CMlSn8xaj0fsokHR6PAZMMl14O53WzUIDy9gsKlyFY5jvKFPy2mPH_aXKW28/s400/Grand-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387371678738952194" /></a><br />Looking north up the Grand Coulee. Basalt knob on east rim shown in next image.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexig0BOOBzg-DtGCAUGo10psZszGOECpzouRb5ZkSvfPjf0qByOgCaq9JSoZTLRgSuBdnfBpactzYj5NipF9PAlICdPAuuCGQKZZLjgCV8LOdIwVgQkw4WuCPqMO9-X2pDmg6xhfwklA/s1600-h/Columbia-River-Basalt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexig0BOOBzg-DtGCAUGo10psZszGOECpzouRb5ZkSvfPjf0qByOgCaq9JSoZTLRgSuBdnfBpactzYj5NipF9PAlICdPAuuCGQKZZLjgCV8LOdIwVgQkw4WuCPqMO9-X2pDmg6xhfwklA/s400/Columbia-River-Basalt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387371673703028802" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNk_0O-VrJGfCMav7sB7IHRFqle1IlhtyYlKKdA0EW4dnBZNLhyYKPmU4fCDXu2XhbRc5myloN-rxYlDZayUyv8dqCMF8HyQmYhkyBH4DsJvSua2uNDk_xzgKRPNKNKQSjB87Nq9wOd8/s1600-h/Steamboat-Rock.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 117px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNk_0O-VrJGfCMav7sB7IHRFqle1IlhtyYlKKdA0EW4dnBZNLhyYKPmU4fCDXu2XhbRc5myloN-rxYlDZayUyv8dqCMF8HyQmYhkyBH4DsJvSua2uNDk_xzgKRPNKNKQSjB87Nq9wOd8/s400/Steamboat-Rock.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387371665102242802" /></a><br />Photo by Bruce shows Steamboat Rock to the north. Tom hiking along rim at right.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DaCiCDohohWVojvKnyjso8UJtgUtTibABCIZvfy5dbgPYuZoB7ekdKp995MtS9yTsh94-WTs9xIYAns6gReZRJ8sekK-SFFtoNwK6v7t8slrLUWfyCNUWhn3-mqR04NX1hdrkmTibNk/s1600-h/Grand-Coulee-BOR-Photo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DaCiCDohohWVojvKnyjso8UJtgUtTibABCIZvfy5dbgPYuZoB7ekdKp995MtS9yTsh94-WTs9xIYAns6gReZRJ8sekK-SFFtoNwK6v7t8slrLUWfyCNUWhn3-mqR04NX1hdrkmTibNk/s400/Grand-Coulee-BOR-Photo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387371658998409202" /></a><br />This Bureau of Reclamation photo shows Grand Coulee Dam and the upper Grand Coulee.<br /><br />1. Grand Coulee Dam<br />2. Lake Roosevelt<br />3. Pumping Station<br />4. Feeder Canal <br />5. North Dam<br />6. Steamboat Rock<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_QA-lY1N7wN0koZoVVQy-b4uqzne0p3yMJzuvtvxTPmj8kJWAcfJBZarUGLR4L2Np8pY6-IBaAKF432oC7FV_j_-LncttMPRVIOHPfMvtA8_Weeeo3efLDaFdUJLP8DloSTBTcFe-MI/s1600-h/CWU-Rufus-Woods-Collection.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_QA-lY1N7wN0koZoVVQy-b4uqzne0p3yMJzuvtvxTPmj8kJWAcfJBZarUGLR4L2Np8pY6-IBaAKF432oC7FV_j_-LncttMPRVIOHPfMvtA8_Weeeo3efLDaFdUJLP8DloSTBTcFe-MI/s400/CWU-Rufus-Woods-Collection.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387370568594303202" /></a><br />Early photos show the Grand Coulee looked much different prior to the construction of Grand Coulee Dam. Photos from top show Steamboat Rock, BOR employees walking through wheat fields on the coulee floor and the clearing of sagebrush.<br /><br />To view hundreds of photos taken during the construction of Grand Coulee Dam and the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project, visit Central Washington University's <a href="http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/cgi-bin/library?site=localhost&a=p&p=about&c=rufuswoo&l=en&w=utf-8">Rufus Woods Collection</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwPf5tQt513LKYDugCFxmJG8VpyW3TB-lKZWQAsr_QD2VwJ39_PXR0tyhX3srZCXBXgsvCUyRFm6BFfEsXSGoswd8soMBr_FsTNZa7QvtbRJ5e3axx6QsEyjNtoTWH-FaD7kv6DxgOayg/s1600-h/Palagonite.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwPf5tQt513LKYDugCFxmJG8VpyW3TB-lKZWQAsr_QD2VwJ39_PXR0tyhX3srZCXBXgsvCUyRFm6BFfEsXSGoswd8soMBr_FsTNZa7QvtbRJ5e3axx6QsEyjNtoTWH-FaD7kv6DxgOayg/s400/Palagonite.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387370564788566802" /></a>This band of palagonite formed when lava flowed into water. -Photo by Bruce ...Tom trying not to slip on the mini marbles.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://hugefloods.com/Basalt.html">Columbia River Basalt Group</a></center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfoJcDSrqhYlHkoHKXc0K0uXO_6gPMLCjDJB1XoPCWJJOn7PVUso_Qt7VX4ZwSV7pJyuQpoUvPmgBYfJmuMD_OTjdtjSaRj57ARsQdIltsP5xOgARIuqsWiD6B6cCfoQHZFU9Smw9nkeI/s1600-h/Ring-dike.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfoJcDSrqhYlHkoHKXc0K0uXO_6gPMLCjDJB1XoPCWJJOn7PVUso_Qt7VX4ZwSV7pJyuQpoUvPmgBYfJmuMD_OTjdtjSaRj57ARsQdIltsP5xOgARIuqsWiD6B6cCfoQHZFU9Smw9nkeI/s400/Ring-dike.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387370552299499122" /></a><br />Bruce standing on ring dike near the coulee rim.<br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="300" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&ll=47.746451,-119.224341&spn=0.004329,0.00912&z=16&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&ll=47.746451,-119.224341&spn=0.004329,0.00912&z=16&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left"></a></small><br />Google satellite view of the same ring dike.</center><br /><center>-Use your mouse to navigate satellite view-</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKgdC669LPi3oWXklv08LN-_exjB-jgRNs5Fg8ec0vlBvSrsPrhXo2IpmBPwAwlDYf7mxrPjUQRZ0SeaG3lEXPoAQgQTPyaIVOtM3pZE05MIrlPHEy8vxyuCH4k9eqLZ82DDAZx3sgK50/s1600-h/Grand-Coulee-East-Rim.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKgdC669LPi3oWXklv08LN-_exjB-jgRNs5Fg8ec0vlBvSrsPrhXo2IpmBPwAwlDYf7mxrPjUQRZ0SeaG3lEXPoAQgQTPyaIVOtM3pZE05MIrlPHEy8vxyuCH4k9eqLZ82DDAZx3sgK50/s400/Grand-Coulee-East-Rim.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387370547370712018" /></a><br /><center>East coulee wall</center><br />1. Hwy 155<br />2. Steamboat Rock State Park entrance<br />3. Northrup Canyon<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmyTcLQ4ckwJzcpXw85XDhrdP-322zNWV2YV0LMX4KeCO19padLMLsBNDOnbCmEbZJpZaQaOTc_lRlJh-gl5pxYHnAShTOebarysgXbJJUrQZw9dHs2G5HQcYB6wXrsuzB5ArNHdx30o/s1600-h/Longitudinal-Groove.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmyTcLQ4ckwJzcpXw85XDhrdP-322zNWV2YV0LMX4KeCO19padLMLsBNDOnbCmEbZJpZaQaOTc_lRlJh-gl5pxYHnAShTOebarysgXbJJUrQZw9dHs2G5HQcYB6wXrsuzB5ArNHdx30o/s400/Longitudinal-Groove.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387370540876364930" /></a><br />Here's a shot for the three or four people out there who enjoy longitudinal groove images.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwdzW_287Hu1lAND9kiXRG5Q9ZnkBFvHddWnhxebXXBfFi1cfv4aGu1NYPzqyxWeHSRxPGIh9it1aUlw2_DRPNjyEW-IBCa-EWHTriddL8KgGWBP2GLyqXsZccUxnkmBPxpKT5tlIREw/s1600-h/Castle-Rock.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwdzW_287Hu1lAND9kiXRG5Q9ZnkBFvHddWnhxebXXBfFi1cfv4aGu1NYPzqyxWeHSRxPGIh9it1aUlw2_DRPNjyEW-IBCa-EWHTriddL8KgGWBP2GLyqXsZccUxnkmBPxpKT5tlIREw/s400/Castle-Rock.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387369273336463922" /></a><br /><center>Looking north to Castle Rock (flat top).</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YMlDjW4I4sqeSYx5RvvvA5CokPgN4yTSXLaWVS5w9WninY4_vuYiAG9OGCbfHhfFjbviIf9fWGZ-OUT0jSgC1A8cukkOUnS_Qbfl0KswS9lJj3C1wk7t-IMTCuyfbQeEC7VM7ru5X2Y/s1600-h/Steamboat-Rock-Grand-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YMlDjW4I4sqeSYx5RvvvA5CokPgN4yTSXLaWVS5w9WninY4_vuYiAG9OGCbfHhfFjbviIf9fWGZ-OUT0jSgC1A8cukkOUnS_Qbfl0KswS9lJj3C1wk7t-IMTCuyfbQeEC7VM7ru5X2Y/s400/Steamboat-Rock-Grand-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387369260240622754" /></a><br />Steamboat Rock in the upper Grand Coulee. The Nespelem Silt deposits on the coulee floor can be examined along the lake shore.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsU6Apxof6OZ7pmB6Lvo1UeBT8lkykl4DG4389ZIbNtaS3uphGHAP8bC7r4h-u0wx29gtwH06JiSuGFsb6PGD_sUk_JEtPQ1xW47-FElaHmuVH9H2ok5t6uIx-Z_zpku9zxTY5PbmrQiI/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Deposits.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsU6Apxof6OZ7pmB6Lvo1UeBT8lkykl4DG4389ZIbNtaS3uphGHAP8bC7r4h-u0wx29gtwH06JiSuGFsb6PGD_sUk_JEtPQ1xW47-FElaHmuVH9H2ok5t6uIx-Z_zpku9zxTY5PbmrQiI/s400/Ice-Age-Deposits.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387369257183536866" /></a><br />The white banks below Steamboat Rock sure are interesting. This view from the coulee rim shows the best exposure of Nespelem Silt in the coulee. These lake deposits were probably laid down in Glacial Lake Columbia between (or after) the megafloods.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhachCEkRm-BPVJnkRfIqG4E69ocVrC3S7_DdlHpwM3qXnVuWt0sMf1jbNVYGeb8a9bTca8-wfg-DVZmRXoQds3Z5ZLNrdX5rVQ2563mpdjBhuzyXUo8bklPjx5r2jUd_Bel48DsNoJGiw/s1600-h/Glacial-Flour.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhachCEkRm-BPVJnkRfIqG4E69ocVrC3S7_DdlHpwM3qXnVuWt0sMf1jbNVYGeb8a9bTca8-wfg-DVZmRXoQds3Z5ZLNrdX5rVQ2563mpdjBhuzyXUo8bklPjx5r2jUd_Bel48DsNoJGiw/s400/Glacial-Flour.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387369247369827138" /></a><br />Wave action along the shore of Banks Lake disturbs the silt deposits.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwbaovsJzE0tjfBUyixhe0XCyUpgIMMjD4VUf2L8fdnICMs4qrv0YKmRRM_bkD6droFdkx9pZ0kM9x736dqXBW7AQp2oAZsOUEeD_bH8kv0oNpjYvpbkLPVfFLfxu5hYjepAQeLwKTj0/s1600-h/Doughnut-Rocks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwbaovsJzE0tjfBUyixhe0XCyUpgIMMjD4VUf2L8fdnICMs4qrv0YKmRRM_bkD6droFdkx9pZ0kM9x736dqXBW7AQp2oAZsOUEeD_bH8kv0oNpjYvpbkLPVfFLfxu5hYjepAQeLwKTj0/s400/Doughnut-Rocks.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387369237391252690" /></a><br />Here are a couple of shots taken during a visit to the Nespelem silt deposits in the spring. The petrified doughnuts found on the beach make me hungry.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6uaAbTTnjX_IGOrcBW1CDfUO9P_VDNByK9oKYTWNyhxFoQ6FD7bFGovJRcrF8kSq6X42Qqhpojtyl00XXPJPv_GYGENexTRV7PyJiFRxNA9O5Sha3rnIlEF8PEulYnLdZGa4-my7q808/s1600-h/Grand-Coulee-Rhythmites.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6uaAbTTnjX_IGOrcBW1CDfUO9P_VDNByK9oKYTWNyhxFoQ6FD7bFGovJRcrF8kSq6X42Qqhpojtyl00XXPJPv_GYGENexTRV7PyJiFRxNA9O5Sha3rnIlEF8PEulYnLdZGa4-my7q808/s400/Grand-Coulee-Rhythmites.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387263258590509698" /></a><br />Bruce views a section of the Nespelem silt deposits. The bank is unstable in places ... Use caution if you explore this area ... Not a good place to visit with children!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDJec6Y0gzwDWbUfPOn8XqY7SHdhUzlP9Q62jWba0SBrRfHaHBK6k2LV2k2kLtKDNbNzRs9M4E9Tf0m1DW7XKcFAGWB1hcCSELZp7M51m6UO698RgQGm8WWuQR_Ost5QviT4dVp3PANE/s1600-h/Mud-Cracks-Ice-Age.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDJec6Y0gzwDWbUfPOn8XqY7SHdhUzlP9Q62jWba0SBrRfHaHBK6k2LV2k2kLtKDNbNzRs9M4E9Tf0m1DW7XKcFAGWB1hcCSELZp7M51m6UO698RgQGm8WWuQR_Ost5QviT4dVp3PANE/s400/Mud-Cracks-Ice-Age.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387263253346111346" /></a><br />In some sections of the Nespelem silt deposits you can follow the alligator skin pattern into the bank. Ice age mud cracks!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6HPthcsELKobvHv8sN9ixjfFBhhuoJ5N3rhp8c6CaC3psSgiXAB-TeIYMUcXn_5B79YEz0lQmHOg0MjGMb1FPnb8Oz0hnRfDp-M7991R2VH8NXNiQD1o6tPT6BCtrU7rPhOaoC_aftg/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Mud-Cracks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6HPthcsELKobvHv8sN9ixjfFBhhuoJ5N3rhp8c6CaC3psSgiXAB-TeIYMUcXn_5B79YEz0lQmHOg0MjGMb1FPnb8Oz0hnRfDp-M7991R2VH8NXNiQD1o6tPT6BCtrU7rPhOaoC_aftg/s400/Ice-Age-Mud-Cracks.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387263249247848146" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwBbggbUxD2R-z95R9PQvxwURMxqhV8k-boxywyDNG1EmUKaCvGahOSSc9elkosZtqGbdTF_0DAt2W12gRG7toIEZDKbuJs7vfuyGHvRQsGZBPrDX6o71_Y4NM-LanaLda6gRyAe-sew/s1600-h/Giant-Current-Ripples.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwBbggbUxD2R-z95R9PQvxwURMxqhV8k-boxywyDNG1EmUKaCvGahOSSc9elkosZtqGbdTF_0DAt2W12gRG7toIEZDKbuJs7vfuyGHvRQsGZBPrDX6o71_Y4NM-LanaLda6gRyAe-sew/s400/Giant-Current-Ripples.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387263238222779794" /></a><br />Back to the coulee rim hike ... Another shot of the Nespelem silt deposits. The white banks shown in previous images are along the far shoreline in this photo. Note the giant current ripples.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzMRZNIHGNZ0KZRKIH5YUg6tUIISoV6ju5PQjibcEG3QDBt88QSPQqUNq483dcAuyiEZdPplULWh_CPlFEGJINrHgWfDKJywq8FS8O4RcBbb_uGow8YeFblyaNP4zuSXv6vpFWS_2_5I/s1600-h/Bjornstad-Grand-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 155px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzMRZNIHGNZ0KZRKIH5YUg6tUIISoV6ju5PQjibcEG3QDBt88QSPQqUNq483dcAuyiEZdPplULWh_CPlFEGJINrHgWfDKJywq8FS8O4RcBbb_uGow8YeFblyaNP4zuSXv6vpFWS_2_5I/s400/Bjornstad-Grand-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387263231230849330" /></a><br />Bruce views the flood-swept east rim of the Grand Coulee.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLL8w5Gx9wwkItlIdVmFe7kEh7GyTApbPsYx2YVCUtKl7sR9Un-VPN7lAHzFbsoPEdTfA5znPyDRWWHZ-GA1eqe75vkuF1sGhZOQf8Q0HLg0hm86TVGoLxxm43uIYNKAjBTd0aQv7C5E/s1600-h/Bruce-Bjornstad-Map.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 184px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLL8w5Gx9wwkItlIdVmFe7kEh7GyTApbPsYx2YVCUtKl7sR9Un-VPN7lAHzFbsoPEdTfA5znPyDRWWHZ-GA1eqe75vkuF1sGhZOQf8Q0HLg0hm86TVGoLxxm43uIYNKAjBTd0aQv7C5E/s400/Bruce-Bjornstad-Map.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387254683770657362" /></a>Map created by Bruce shows ice lobe that diverted Columbia River and floodwaters from <a href="http://hugefloods.com/LakeMissoula.html">Glacial Lake Missoula</a> down the Grand Coulee. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgliJPeLna50j8wbiIXPoIHEfpY6uyIVEK3NHLD9uStjF4_SldTWKagbLuD1Kqv4gIjzNOmsob_8V9psk1-TF0jY8K62sCgV6kuGlTNXjGzcoc55LWPuzIeRMoVCLDnSbhCv8-Qiw3Rgh4/s1600-h/Glacial-Lake-Columbia.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgliJPeLna50j8wbiIXPoIHEfpY6uyIVEK3NHLD9uStjF4_SldTWKagbLuD1Kqv4gIjzNOmsob_8V9psk1-TF0jY8K62sCgV6kuGlTNXjGzcoc55LWPuzIeRMoVCLDnSbhCv8-Qiw3Rgh4/s400/Glacial-Lake-Columbia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387254725771644178" /></a>At times the ice lobe blocked the Columbia River creating <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Pleistocene.html">Glacial Lake Columbia</a>. This photo from another trip (a few miles NE of Northrup Canyon) shows Glacial Lake Columbia shorelines cut into the hills 1,000 feet above the surface of Lake Roosevelt.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrEHz_oMAMOWN8Gpyi4v84V7-R2BEmJjDOLO6jgNCrWw_He1ALRVkfxivvKEx29no5TkXji1WYPlQ9CCiBfZJaGWjZBlP5kP5NI2kDrfn1SF38uSxBe4tOObb1rac3uYiQ_7iy9ov9QlU/s1600-h/Haystack-Rocks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 357px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrEHz_oMAMOWN8Gpyi4v84V7-R2BEmJjDOLO6jgNCrWw_He1ALRVkfxivvKEx29no5TkXji1WYPlQ9CCiBfZJaGWjZBlP5kP5NI2kDrfn1SF38uSxBe4tOObb1rac3uYiQ_7iy9ov9QlU/s400/Haystack-Rocks.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387254716823573026" /></a><br />Haystack Rocks (large pieces of basalt) scattered above the west rim of the Grand Coulee were left behind when the ice sheet melted.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5U8swleEI77mM53IiWkcfcjxGxK_sVfHi80MHvVqhC0Xl2v_CLSLf7t-nq9-hyrdAST-nVPAwTWAs3DmknQv7RWfnq1S-0-B2E_UTy7NwNB7ko2e8zvDbii71PTwHIEdKG1QGgsE-ix4/s1600-h/Yeager-Rock.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5U8swleEI77mM53IiWkcfcjxGxK_sVfHi80MHvVqhC0Xl2v_CLSLf7t-nq9-hyrdAST-nVPAwTWAs3DmknQv7RWfnq1S-0-B2E_UTy7NwNB7ko2e8zvDbii71PTwHIEdKG1QGgsE-ix4/s400/Yeager-Rock.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387254701182817874" /></a><br />Here's a shot of a huge haystack rock west of the Grand Coulee (wife Teresa left of rock). Yeager Rock sits next to Hwy 172 east of Mansfield. <br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="450" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&ll=47.815049,-119.552397&spn=0.003242,0.00456&z=17&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&ll=47.815049,-119.552397&spn=0.003242,0.00456&z=17&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small></center><br />Tough place to farm! That's Yeager rock upper left. Use mouse to view more debis left by the ice sheet.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinw_Nu7hhBi7ydq2-Haxefm80_8_DZ_fcVwL2E0hGeDU9dbEfJfGiC-4TBiYos1RnrXNQPqAx3xkvxYqup1LeyJk2QEsSgwSPbTMCtNN1jByY3C0yHiqMUwJLs1OY33sIkot6cVVFeYXU/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Floods-Erratic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinw_Nu7hhBi7ydq2-Haxefm80_8_DZ_fcVwL2E0hGeDU9dbEfJfGiC-4TBiYos1RnrXNQPqAx3xkvxYqup1LeyJk2QEsSgwSPbTMCtNN1jByY3C0yHiqMUwJLs1OY33sIkot6cVVFeYXU/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-Erratic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387254653705178626" /></a><br />One of the erratic boulders stranded on the east rim of the Grand Coulee. Not as many granite boulders on the east rim compared to what you find on top of Steamboat Rock.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0F7q_Vl5EiV6Tpzs5VZBz6O3ymR7HcItiX64A0Ojh-GaLYTN25Yo_T5XIFCSvtl7ywhpNJwBd1H0Rt2zJKNAp6io-P-Qylc2i6UZwEB7nwIIw6Wmeu5Rd6tQKP1FIMAMK-nBDpZuP5g/s1600-h/Steamboat-Rock-Erratic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0F7q_Vl5EiV6Tpzs5VZBz6O3ymR7HcItiX64A0Ojh-GaLYTN25Yo_T5XIFCSvtl7ywhpNJwBd1H0Rt2zJKNAp6io-P-Qylc2i6UZwEB7nwIIw6Wmeu5Rd6tQKP1FIMAMK-nBDpZuP5g/s400/Steamboat-Rock-Erratic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387253987444073234" /></a><br />Photo from another hike shows one of the many granite boulders stranded on top of Steamboat Rock. View down the Grand Coulee.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMk0OmDWp3N1E78HH2p7HIM0MluKPBg-qJblqJAi1sdtzqUghkp9zsgCyEcA1m67GjwYukKU5P8yL0navwynaQma4-cy32wm5UKoeA96fulTwnPjpYpyOBYf3FlDO37VfM8xJO92WpxXg/s1600-h/Whitney-Canyon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMk0OmDWp3N1E78HH2p7HIM0MluKPBg-qJblqJAi1sdtzqUghkp9zsgCyEcA1m67GjwYukKU5P8yL0navwynaQma4-cy32wm5UKoeA96fulTwnPjpYpyOBYf3FlDO37VfM8xJO92WpxXg/s400/Whitney-Canyon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387253977358844818" /></a><br />Another of the large erratics on top of Steamboat Rock. View shows mouth of Northrup Canyon (1) and Whitney Canyon (2) along east rim.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDE3g2O8eNIAkwRSOafhsqqhudwM-iD21RQ-yvUOukijHcbVF7HS9V9dn9_t2a1POi2v7byGqVnKZYDLbjlfGW2CjDCupJ6QV45cXDPV0GRls4tQHyo-bXT6aunVm2zWABXAq-0mKBxCo/s1600-h/Northrup-Canyon-Steamboat-R.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDE3g2O8eNIAkwRSOafhsqqhudwM-iD21RQ-yvUOukijHcbVF7HS9V9dn9_t2a1POi2v7byGqVnKZYDLbjlfGW2CjDCupJ6QV45cXDPV0GRls4tQHyo-bXT6aunVm2zWABXAq-0mKBxCo/s400/Northrup-Canyon-Steamboat-R.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387253971907296258" /></a><br />Northrup Canyon from Steamboat Rock. Plenty of history in this canyon.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-OTMaid_AOQd7i-YnBPBpEgMeKw4texXOIIqPCLoldtpGBYaq0nPAc3Z_sMZox-DhhkDFXtvKoeDafSmMdlecnT9pTM_QdThophy01PCYKIbcaKsX8jOysf3qDiQot-LHEkM8tQf9Rys/s1600-h/Nrothrup-Canyon-Structures.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-OTMaid_AOQd7i-YnBPBpEgMeKw4texXOIIqPCLoldtpGBYaq0nPAc3Z_sMZox-DhhkDFXtvKoeDafSmMdlecnT9pTM_QdThophy01PCYKIbcaKsX8jOysf3qDiQot-LHEkM8tQf9Rys/s400/Nrothrup-Canyon-Structures.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387253961561486162" /></a><br /><center>Northrup Canyon Structures.</center><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0NuPszFyNSX7Ki0PNa8O91NmTADwQHtELypNxBJw7Q7XVWI_2Zcj1LJssG1pTwPS5poQ-6gkKF4OeaDts8iJrMwsRVb9rIMm8h9LLDVqAS1CYPdNYJH68mRLjSGTgs9m1-5F9MN2xFY/s1600-h/Northrup-Canyon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0NuPszFyNSX7Ki0PNa8O91NmTADwQHtELypNxBJw7Q7XVWI_2Zcj1LJssG1pTwPS5poQ-6gkKF4OeaDts8iJrMwsRVb9rIMm8h9LLDVqAS1CYPdNYJH68mRLjSGTgs9m1-5F9MN2xFY/s400/Northrup-Canyon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387253957899174514" /></a><br />It was getting pretty late when Bruce and I reached Northrup Canyon. Great day with perfect weather.<br /><br />Open link to view map of <a href="http://www.acctts.com/whatsahead/coulee%20tear%20sheet%20map.pdf"><strong>Coulee Corridor</strong></a><br /><br /><center><iframe width="400" height="500" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=47.78548,-119.182434&spn=0.461363,0.549316&t=p&z=10&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=47.78548,-119.182434&spn=0.461363,0.549316&t=p&z=10&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small></center><blockquote></blockquote>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-86665645777674493172009-05-27T21:35:00.000-07:002009-05-28T17:02:18.691-07:00National Geologic Trail Press ConferenceThe Ice Age Floods Institute held a press conference today regarding legislation that was passed by Congress on March 25, 2009, authorizing the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/">Ice Age Floods</a> National Geologic Trail. The legislation is the culmination of a multi-year effort. The primary sponsors of the legislation are U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell and U.S. Congressman Doc Hastings.<br /><br />Link to Tri-City Herald coverage: <a href="http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/593118.html">Press Conference</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4P8XPeZTO36-jnCNhMk3SmvAoO98bIV-WTJFKQucqn7CSLkyLR7lfkjDbI5vcCJrEI5JT7yxfNwqQEnWrKWa5P-HN9bCcwQ1NR4guEgWvv7K2TbO_7FdgmLlHd43ynsW4BeS5TQaznE/s1600-h/Gary-Kleinkenecht.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj4P8XPeZTO36-jnCNhMk3SmvAoO98bIV-WTJFKQucqn7CSLkyLR7lfkjDbI5vcCJrEI5JT7yxfNwqQEnWrKWa5P-HN9bCcwQ1NR4guEgWvv7K2TbO_7FdgmLlHd43ynsW4BeS5TQaznE/s400/Gary-Kleinkenecht.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340730872687895954" /></a><br />Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Press Conference speakers Gary Kleinknecht (<a href="iafi.org">Ice Age Floods Institute</a> President), U.S. Congressman Doc Hastings and U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibXWOZV3iyj1HX7HACR6WNeVuhfYUJ8xeewo6ILLarp4i8k1CqBQRpVls4YuLzI_E9Fzl1c6GeD82m0FG-4wBNdbipRRXmovYoPY67vP_nnG3hGkHIVzCYA7U12V2GxF8YaHZ6I1Y48mg/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Floods-Erratics.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibXWOZV3iyj1HX7HACR6WNeVuhfYUJ8xeewo6ILLarp4i8k1CqBQRpVls4YuLzI_E9Fzl1c6GeD82m0FG-4wBNdbipRRXmovYoPY67vP_nnG3hGkHIVzCYA7U12V2GxF8YaHZ6I1Y48mg/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-Erratics.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340730181978962386" /></a><br />Congressman Hastings and Senator Cantwell hold small ice-rafted erratics that were presented by the Ice Age Floods Institute.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhKQCmuJBTuCzwg3_xBfFdEytaFes-RBUcl2YL-q3dH-X_3umKMElfgTzHx5V5nBiGG4H_8czI-FE3u4BBGZt6H_dLowAzwve6igxQS7yXzIOxpjRU0rg8OSmHAdtxu8e4pXiJJOM2g0/s1600-h/Senator-Maria-Cantwell.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhKQCmuJBTuCzwg3_xBfFdEytaFes-RBUcl2YL-q3dH-X_3umKMElfgTzHx5V5nBiGG4H_8czI-FE3u4BBGZt6H_dLowAzwve6igxQS7yXzIOxpjRU0rg8OSmHAdtxu8e4pXiJJOM2g0/s400/Senator-Maria-Cantwell.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340730179200052514" /></a><br /><center>Senator <a href="http://cantwell.senate.gov/">Maria Cantwell</a></center><br /><blockquote> “Since 2001, I have been working with communities in Central and Eastern Washington, the National Park Service, and community stakeholders to create an Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail through portions of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana,” said U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell. “Visitors to the trail will not only provide an important economic boost to Central and Eastern Washington communities, but they will learn about an amazing, and often overlooked, part of our region’s history.” </blockquote><br />Check out the huge erratic boulder above - left side of image. This boulder was ice-rafted to the Badger Mountain area during the Ice Age Floods. Material on the kiosk describes that the erratic was moved to this point during construction of homes a short distance away. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8in8V0h0kOizDkeNIkpISCWhw1areQzOWeDBFgO8WUfBBtCvpIZcjOs_wGIuKZ_PqpNL8tbSXtQUpGdX2t3RzkbPIGoigGSYENRRBOhj0ga2ZDpYio-cS2ktCu_62M2k-pKmgvnmFv8/s1600-h/Doc-Hastings-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 189px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8in8V0h0kOizDkeNIkpISCWhw1areQzOWeDBFgO8WUfBBtCvpIZcjOs_wGIuKZ_PqpNL8tbSXtQUpGdX2t3RzkbPIGoigGSYENRRBOhj0ga2ZDpYio-cS2ktCu_62M2k-pKmgvnmFv8/s400/Doc-Hastings-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340729753032385042" /></a><br /><center>Congressman <a href="http://hastings.house.gov/">Doc Hastings</a></center><br /><blockquote>“I was proud to sponsor the legislation establishing the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail in the House of Representatives,” said U.S. Congressman Doc Hastings. “It is fitting that the first-ever National Geologic Trail should highlight the unique and dramatic landscape of the inland Northwest, which was shaped by these Ice Age floods. This trail will serve to inform local residents about our unique geologic history, attract and support tourism to the region, and do so by interpreting sites on existing public lands rather than adding new regulations to private landowners or through the costly acquisition of new federal lands.”</blockquote><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtg4dCdemEM7LJYc_nuWfFjNei4ONkxoTM1tA6yJZG9Bv5WZ8A_hsCGZwbCcBIerZUT6aofN__p4CYbD0HpS9a5g1jjNuclpOaCRl0E2yxR1we8mdGJMXuCrT7pNJ3Fd3gg5XDH1Vh5tI/s1600-h/Lake-Lewis-Ice-Age.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtg4dCdemEM7LJYc_nuWfFjNei4ONkxoTM1tA6yJZG9Bv5WZ8A_hsCGZwbCcBIerZUT6aofN__p4CYbD0HpS9a5g1jjNuclpOaCRl0E2yxR1we8mdGJMXuCrT7pNJ3Fd3gg5XDH1Vh5tI/s400/Lake-Lewis-Ice-Age.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340730176847335522" /></a><br /><center>Lake Lewis Maximum Elevation 1,250 feet.</center><br /><br />The press conference was held in Trailhead Park, (541 Queensgate Dr., Richland) on the slopes of <a href="http://www.friendsofbadger.org/">Badger Mountain</a>. As you hike the trail to the top of Badger Mountain, you'll pass this marker placed at the Ice Age Floods high-water line. <br /><br /><center><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=p&ll=46.235725,-119.312296&spn=0.010389,0.018239&z=15&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=p&ll=46.235725,-119.312296&spn=0.010389,0.018239&z=15&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small><br /></center><br />Badger Mountain (lower left) and Queensgate Drive in Richland. Use Google's navigation tools to explore the area.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tfuqOT_pNSLI5p4UeUcVMbq_2Ryn6gBa0mnTa83DrbkGCWu2vCdRFGU5CsBH5kCFuhNNIoo0OozEnX5NmiNv6hdUhzEuqTlyX1cphUhfWfmbWZBcZ1oBwcWTJ1yJwgxmB9SB1cpJmsI/s1600-h/Tri-Cities-Flood-Bjornstad.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tfuqOT_pNSLI5p4UeUcVMbq_2Ryn6gBa0mnTa83DrbkGCWu2vCdRFGU5CsBH5kCFuhNNIoo0OozEnX5NmiNv6hdUhzEuqTlyX1cphUhfWfmbWZBcZ1oBwcWTJ1yJwgxmB9SB1cpJmsI/s400/Tri-Cities-Flood-Bjornstad.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340729107430720690" /></a><br />Bruce Bjornstad created this illustration to show approximate water level during major Ice Age Flood events. Click to enlarge and notice the summit of Badger Mountain became an island surrounded by temporary <a href="http://hugefloods.com/LakeLewis.html">Lake Lewis</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5EeHS7oCRnsEuRc70qEAtdcZBB-rWNcr0SkbYjBH5gNSlYLxfhSYDNwOMM-_38gCEWv2unOjc-tiJJF2FBwedWiqYQzzn8JPlFSc8fWUzGdagDWCPDIHAnvQbwMD7m_hIBR7-Q80xBqw/s1600-h/Kevin-Dunbar-National-Park-.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5EeHS7oCRnsEuRc70qEAtdcZBB-rWNcr0SkbYjBH5gNSlYLxfhSYDNwOMM-_38gCEWv2unOjc-tiJJF2FBwedWiqYQzzn8JPlFSc8fWUzGdagDWCPDIHAnvQbwMD7m_hIBR7-Q80xBqw/s400/Kevin-Dunbar-National-Park-.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340861511371191106" /></a><br />Keith Dunbar is the National Park Service Chief of Planning for the Pacific West Region. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaISqvIb8nl8XT7Nhm2lHNWJHn6IjlDNINv01mp3PnSRNgccIiHMZbSQ85LUnQE-J5JVzvqcMQB_JW_kdGsc9sRyaBmI70wTNPqAwMg22Bn7MgPgM4LcSYJCdIPeNUz-dVJM3t7HUilk0/s1600-h/Tri-Cities-Visitor.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 101px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaISqvIb8nl8XT7Nhm2lHNWJHn6IjlDNINv01mp3PnSRNgccIiHMZbSQ85LUnQE-J5JVzvqcMQB_JW_kdGsc9sRyaBmI70wTNPqAwMg22Bn7MgPgM4LcSYJCdIPeNUz-dVJM3t7HUilk0/s200/Tri-Cities-Visitor.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340741100127282994" /></a><br /><br />Kris Watkins, CEO for the <a href="http://www.visittri-cities.com/">Tri-Cities Visitor and Convention Bureau</a> describes tourism opportunities for communities along the trail.<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6F9h2r5StUfTb26VfMFJ-gm4n0FLfxp84ir2q4mRCpXhvMKKCjJGwLde_QiMAkQxaYzTP7XdfP69a43SzmEBas4I0Lj_Rvs9EnFFLs-xeouCgYINjRHrI-cVcn4NLyWeMJgJzix1VfeA/s1600-h/Bruce-Bjornstad-Ice-Age-Flo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6F9h2r5StUfTb26VfMFJ-gm4n0FLfxp84ir2q4mRCpXhvMKKCjJGwLde_QiMAkQxaYzTP7XdfP69a43SzmEBas4I0Lj_Rvs9EnFFLs-xeouCgYINjRHrI-cVcn4NLyWeMJgJzix1VfeA/s400/Bruce-Bjornstad-Ice-Age-Flo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340730167206316930" /></a><br /><center>Geologist/Author <a href="http://agg.pnl.gov/staff/staff_info.asp?staff_num=173">Bruce Bjornstad</a></center><br />I'm not sure what Bruce is describing here but he's probably explaining a flood feature or giving directions to a hike in the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Scablands.html">Channeled Scablands</a>.<br /><br />Bruce's book "<a href="http://iafi.org/onthetrail.html"><i>On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods</i></a>" is available at the Ice Age Floods Institute store.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3rP7EH-Gv9hNS8XVQ7jmOET1vdETPXqP0SEt16hztRG7Xbm43I6GtWXFuxWZ__U_o38zWtSt2A5XKyuMu54jr5XREZUqKzJh4GFD1G4Dk-tlGt6PGU_NcBF5_KrHOyNmaJYFJ0L13e7s/s1600-h/Dale-Middleton-Ice-Age-Floo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 232px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3rP7EH-Gv9hNS8XVQ7jmOET1vdETPXqP0SEt16hztRG7Xbm43I6GtWXFuxWZ__U_o38zWtSt2A5XKyuMu54jr5XREZUqKzJh4GFD1G4Dk-tlGt6PGU_NcBF5_KrHOyNmaJYFJ0L13e7s/s400/Dale-Middleton-Ice-Age-Floo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340729759204466418" /></a><br /><center>Dale Middleton</center><br />It made my day to see Dale at the press conference. Dale has worked hard for many years to make sure that the story of the Ice Age Floods is told.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lf6CNxAxH0nJrCyyBu2tihBKTJYSo8FMzQzvVVXVTg4iPH37x9ZaNKc6wDNjFBHyRBtWbg5bLq4_uqOBYVsJSRWu-Ier42HmVGj1PI_899PykcS-NWDOLfkfN6JkDs9tC-ydqwM0r8k/s1600-h/George-Last-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lf6CNxAxH0nJrCyyBu2tihBKTJYSo8FMzQzvVVXVTg4iPH37x9ZaNKc6wDNjFBHyRBtWbg5bLq4_uqOBYVsJSRWu-Ier42HmVGj1PI_899PykcS-NWDOLfkfN6JkDs9tC-ydqwM0r8k/s400/George-Last-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340729754802023506" /></a><br /><center><a href="http://agg.pnl.gov/staff/staff_info.asp?staff_num=453">George Last</a></center><br />George deserves a ton of credit for the Ice Age Floods kiosk and high-water marker along the Badger Mountain trail. George serves as President of the <a href="http://iafi.org/lakelewis.html">Lake Lewis chapter</a> of the Ice Age Floods Institute.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Cy6hjrJmTQtmKiXk2HCxif3eYj5GaJkb6vIrYLR7V_pVLNqoPG-eyYglH23FkIq7M284ApBwbzex8My7qrRlre5BO2BjBnFeYeh8BBzXJ-UUuvBq64O8Oxt0LvuarsYBc7PatB_IUmY/s1600-h/Terry-Hurd.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 393px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Cy6hjrJmTQtmKiXk2HCxif3eYj5GaJkb6vIrYLR7V_pVLNqoPG-eyYglH23FkIq7M284ApBwbzex8My7qrRlre5BO2BjBnFeYeh8BBzXJ-UUuvBq64O8Oxt0LvuarsYBc7PatB_IUmY/s400/Terry-Hurd.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340729751707225746" /></a><br />Terry Hurd is President of the <a href="http://iafi.org/gorge.html">Columbia Gorge</a> chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute. I'll always appreciate Terry's help and advice when <a href="http://www.geology.cwu.edu/facstaff/nick/zentner.html">Nick Zentner</a>, <a href="http://www.cwu.edu/~geograph/faculty/lillquist.html">Karl Lillquist</a> and I were starting the IAFI chapter in <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/hugefloods/Ellensburg.html">Ellensburg</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0WOTZ6DSmym2KvjcCLfrgZDVKEVyD-cnDjgyMnve8yFScyJXEMnKTz8PUsj-vXyrccC_ssDxXGicq9xn37MZtRSEaLaU5evjc7SXAw2SffgYz7962a086X5Bj4B-SsIeZsAUXR-hiNY/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Erratic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0WOTZ6DSmym2KvjcCLfrgZDVKEVyD-cnDjgyMnve8yFScyJXEMnKTz8PUsj-vXyrccC_ssDxXGicq9xn37MZtRSEaLaU5evjc7SXAw2SffgYz7962a086X5Bj4B-SsIeZsAUXR-hiNY/s400/Ice-Age-Erratic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340729748098911538" /></a><br /><center>Ice-rafted erratic along bike path to Badger Mountain.</center><br /><br /><center>Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail</center><br /><br />The Trail will become part of the network of existing public highways through Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, enabling the public to view, experience, and learn about the features and story of the Ice Age floods through the collaborative efforts of public and private entities.<br /><br />The Ice Age Floods were the largest documented flood events known to have occurred on Earth. The discharge of water from Glacial Lake Missoula as the ice dam failed equaled ten times the flow of all of the rivers on Earth. The Glacial Lake Missoula contained over 500 cubic miles of water when the ice dam failed.<br /><br />Learn more about the trail at the Ice Age Floods Institute site: <center><a href="http://iafi.org/trail.html">IAFI Trail Page</a></center><br /><br /><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-83281752653062277822009-05-11T20:00:00.000-07:002009-05-16T04:54:00.732-07:00Umatilla Rock - Dry Falls<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFD7Cf1wj9IUbJyR5n4gdVo_EDsGTSrvqRxJ7UOuuSxCY2dcb6WQc095yQW3lNqTLwOqaui67F4aDiwfgKvlhTIl8MJlXscI8IhZ_4LIrYC-OJquqIIi4suELA9rm9WRScVkrsffL6akw/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Floods-Dry-Falls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFD7Cf1wj9IUbJyR5n4gdVo_EDsGTSrvqRxJ7UOuuSxCY2dcb6WQc095yQW3lNqTLwOqaui67F4aDiwfgKvlhTIl8MJlXscI8IhZ_4LIrYC-OJquqIIi4suELA9rm9WRScVkrsffL6akw/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-Dry-Falls.jpg" border="0" alt="Dry Falls Ice Age Floods"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334944846293125970" /></a><br /><center><strong>View north from top of Umatilla Rock</strong><br />-Dry Falls Lake upper left-</center><br />Dry falls is one of the most well known features created by the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/">Ice Age Floods</a>. This great cataract group is primarily made up of Dry Falls, Monument and Deep Lake <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Ice-Age-Floods-Coulees.html">coulees</a>. The two best known lakes immediately below the precipice are Dry Falls Lake (Bretz refers to this lake as "Falls Lake" in his papers) and Deep Lake.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1HUNREO87rQq8Cu7JOKH5G4sGEfvmgIfjU-pGVQNon8Lr4K1ecw3SMqzAdOdFfZuqUuYtoVmhilBrWWwILY6vryVux9nAEOXLg422O_-2A69sN2vwBOMMANx0srYLetHRHao7NnZri0/s1600-h/Umatilla-Rock-Dry-Falls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1HUNREO87rQq8Cu7JOKH5G4sGEfvmgIfjU-pGVQNon8Lr4K1ecw3SMqzAdOdFfZuqUuYtoVmhilBrWWwILY6vryVux9nAEOXLg422O_-2A69sN2vwBOMMANx0srYLetHRHao7NnZri0/s400/Umatilla-Rock-Dry-Falls.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335903137900152866" /></a><center>-Umatilla Rock-</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlS91u3i7mV_EGnQwSuMHRnIkycdD4ToAqhMJTqnm128O9XNVReIIR0qZ7zrVKcLnWNTDr1IHRGnSnUuaK_2rwl88yzGV33uP3Yl0A3pwiHvs8jo_EW8OWInfdZXd5k6IhVvwFarE8v8/s1600-h/Dry-Falls-Sun-Lakes-State-P.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlS91u3i7mV_EGnQwSuMHRnIkycdD4ToAqhMJTqnm128O9XNVReIIR0qZ7zrVKcLnWNTDr1IHRGnSnUuaK_2rwl88yzGV33uP3Yl0A3pwiHvs8jo_EW8OWInfdZXd5k6IhVvwFarE8v8/s400/Dry-Falls-Sun-Lakes-State-P.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334944842979216306" /></a><br /><blockquote>The State describes<a href="http://www.parks.wa.gov/parks/?selectedpark=Sun%20Lakes&subject=all"> Sun Lakes-Dry Falls State Park</a> as a 4,027-acre camping park with 73,640 feet of freshwater shoreline at the foot of Dry Falls. Dry Falls is one of the great geological wonders of North America. Carved by Ice Age floods that long ago disappeared, the former waterfall is now a stark cliff, 400 feet high and 3.5 miles wide. In its heyday, the waterfall was four times the size of Niagara Falls. Today it overlooks a desert oasis filled with lakes and abundant wildlife.</blockquote><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMW3izDT6vMIHhdWM8zNC6k1YGu8EZtP8aBwDnM1EHA4QDLUEXUuRH_vQ-7_6GlsKaoLx7cv9EDtvh0_zA7JdVsz7MENDoscOmiQsuk2XHg48wNnJoxc67JeVOPMbABfYSRJjBPGSKyA/s1600-h/DF-Map.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMW3izDT6vMIHhdWM8zNC6k1YGu8EZtP8aBwDnM1EHA4QDLUEXUuRH_vQ-7_6GlsKaoLx7cv9EDtvh0_zA7JdVsz7MENDoscOmiQsuk2XHg48wNnJoxc67JeVOPMbABfYSRJjBPGSKyA/s400/DF-Map.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334944842504295122" /></a><br />Umatilla Rock is the long slender island in the big horseshoe shaped cataract system. Dry Falls Coulee on left, Monument Coulee on Right. Deep Lake Coulee joins from the far right. The State Park's northern boundary is confusing. The ranger in the visitor center has tearoff maps available.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMavdskPPbAVEsGReutFjaSR8azqdfIlJgQikb4uItL9kuSuPamCnnUsFxklz4SyMZZ5D7GOkdiPG7XNdTwbJumWpXaWuXoet8y90xaHnEE4P-CBZ_LEEAN1tcXdhkDDhhTmPe14WXUg/s1600-h/Umatilla-Rock-Climb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMavdskPPbAVEsGReutFjaSR8azqdfIlJgQikb4uItL9kuSuPamCnnUsFxklz4SyMZZ5D7GOkdiPG7XNdTwbJumWpXaWuXoet8y90xaHnEE4P-CBZ_LEEAN1tcXdhkDDhhTmPe14WXUg/s400/Umatilla-Rock-Climb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334944098876684450" /></a>I parked at what looked to be a new turnout or small parking area along the west side of Umatilla Rock and found a faint path through the talus. Near the top I had to use both hands to access a ledge or two before reaching the top. I don't think this is an official part of the Umatilla Rock trail. Hazards encountered by those hiking in the park seem to be listed on all trailhead signs.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9UVSYkF9tcYxxNfVBZ5xK0j5ji_sgEboZxD5_eaFOmDnGZ3NWCVU46BxB6xuMwFHG0Bf3VwttIpRiOt0Rif2n2b5yXwnLhMwgTl-jNFo6E9V3UwSnh_KHyYVG17LIVgyfe3yJeYc-2I/s1600-h/Umatilla-Rock-Summit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9UVSYkF9tcYxxNfVBZ5xK0j5ji_sgEboZxD5_eaFOmDnGZ3NWCVU46BxB6xuMwFHG0Bf3VwttIpRiOt0Rif2n2b5yXwnLhMwgTl-jNFo6E9V3UwSnh_KHyYVG17LIVgyfe3yJeYc-2I/s400/Umatilla-Rock-Summit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334944093765020194" /></a>The top of Umatilla Rock is pretty cool. The Ice Age Floods really swept this thing off flat.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLPpvJDubsFskOE44ezigl35HYQ-Kz0sD3MkJOcI9CpyiHGSm7-_IERx8Dd_gUz73uQHgQUxeNr8RpfByr7ja3tQsLLR5mQ42qJsOWc95mrSTkcbqzNdg-3ZB-UEW-MhAmHc09Nz371k/s1600-h/Monument-Coulee-Boulders.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLPpvJDubsFskOE44ezigl35HYQ-Kz0sD3MkJOcI9CpyiHGSm7-_IERx8Dd_gUz73uQHgQUxeNr8RpfByr7ja3tQsLLR5mQ42qJsOWc95mrSTkcbqzNdg-3ZB-UEW-MhAmHc09Nz371k/s400/Monument-Coulee-Boulders.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334942533110228690" /></a><br />Looking off the east side of Umatilla Rock, one views huge <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Basalt.html">basalt</a> blocks scattered over the western portion of Monument Coulee. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95c97QHeqEryUfNwEgJ55KA8RgAVEttpw74YMoMz2JVZSp1nPMZIx36UkgYrKlASlG7GTT5A2A5oIoZ0GuUV0X6S9k2H8Y-JRamcE6IS0MTtXx5PZvqo01sX5ekll8IVJe5HfhP9QKj8/s1600-h/Monument-Coulee-Pothole.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95c97QHeqEryUfNwEgJ55KA8RgAVEttpw74YMoMz2JVZSp1nPMZIx36UkgYrKlASlG7GTT5A2A5oIoZ0GuUV0X6S9k2H8Y-JRamcE6IS0MTtXx5PZvqo01sX5ekll8IVJe5HfhP9QKj8/s400/Monument-Coulee-Pothole.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334942532175333218" /></a>This basalt shelf in Monument Coulee is pretty cool. It sits just downstream from a large depositional feature and has been drilled from above by a kolk (underwater tornado/whirlpool) during an Ice Age Flood event. The feature left by the kolk is known as a pothole.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2ih1r18TFy3-LR3Ef1-LkGcbOjN5DfS9SpJY_vrhamnUlJBGVzLbbC-YUUnkOqCry2PVuYpuFmF93FAbm4ZtgOvIjgbcAWFQQgjQgpsgTsm9yhZjLUhorn3EZa1LRI3gWsdJEGYwvjo/s1600-h/Monument-Coulee-Dry-Falls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2ih1r18TFy3-LR3Ef1-LkGcbOjN5DfS9SpJY_vrhamnUlJBGVzLbbC-YUUnkOqCry2PVuYpuFmF93FAbm4ZtgOvIjgbcAWFQQgjQgpsgTsm9yhZjLUhorn3EZa1LRI3gWsdJEGYwvjo/s400/Monument-Coulee-Dry-Falls.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334942529206534546" /></a><center>-Pothole-</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87YQJMs-DIVkcqgObJpl6OqjqaUhCLGRxGZvqUR6dK_HQbGw_FSbucumNk3OpCiipLwK4Cb9-zMIRB5CYMGwcU8HRR0LpzTsyW3v6PDI9eWzyH5gP_0_2Au1a5iXtW_5Abucpj4N97VM/s1600-h/Bitterroot-Blooms.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87YQJMs-DIVkcqgObJpl6OqjqaUhCLGRxGZvqUR6dK_HQbGw_FSbucumNk3OpCiipLwK4Cb9-zMIRB5CYMGwcU8HRR0LpzTsyW3v6PDI9eWzyH5gP_0_2Au1a5iXtW_5Abucpj4N97VM/s400/Bitterroot-Blooms.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334942528421622386" /></a><br /><center>My favorite wildflower.</center><br /><center><a ref="http://www.nps.gov/lecl/naturescience/bitterroot.htm">Bitterroot</a> blooms (Lewisia rediviva).</center> <br /><blockquote>According to the Wikipedia page: <i>"The Lemhi Shoshone believed the small red core found in the upper taproot had special powers, notably being able to stop a bear attack."</i></blockquote><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2r9J5lin6qeDFQGzn6qwQSGjM0fiZ-Q8X6lLUlRpHZM8OWUgMaav5820w0XclKcAX_8XP2xonLelW2v7-ISk_32JxI-DUd5KSHhwuax7LQ0XX8-qzq3u9giM4h4dEKDinlQubOMubxAY/s1600-h/Umatilla-Rock-Trailhead.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2r9J5lin6qeDFQGzn6qwQSGjM0fiZ-Q8X6lLUlRpHZM8OWUgMaav5820w0XclKcAX_8XP2xonLelW2v7-ISk_32JxI-DUd5KSHhwuax7LQ0XX8-qzq3u9giM4h4dEKDinlQubOMubxAY/s400/Umatilla-Rock-Trailhead.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334942521115654034" /></a>The hike into Monument Coulee along the east side of Umatilla Rock is nice when the wildflowers are blooming. The huge basalt blocks shown in earlier photos are pretty impressive when viewed from the coulee floor.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/getaways/042999/hike29.html">Monument Coulee Trip Report - Seattle PI</a></center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sqBP0T9c9eVMyzwkQMPNRANVrLMlzYC8edMIc_ZXaVjaPPUt47TD6CtrAyJ2usP03ExaX06EIAP0UNSZ7ArBvLEbXYTgSqV2TVwDX3nyRZzoIOsbXINUzpfvktL9ShZCUf56VZWze9g/s1600-h/Basalt-Tower-Umatilla-Rock.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sqBP0T9c9eVMyzwkQMPNRANVrLMlzYC8edMIc_ZXaVjaPPUt47TD6CtrAyJ2usP03ExaX06EIAP0UNSZ7ArBvLEbXYTgSqV2TVwDX3nyRZzoIOsbXINUzpfvktL9ShZCUf56VZWze9g/s400/Basalt-Tower-Umatilla-Rock.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334941959677021058" /></a>An interesting spire stands at the south end of Umatilla Rock.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpk8qI_ivZcVD41xPSBJIhGadkuOYKHaWX_SQ2O-0rG2QPE02rYkcNcTGcAOUfHBUphOOQz7t5B1HEnnuBrzBvPS2O3AvIp3JWua3-OAp-xNS2hd6hxwqpPOmgMnfel7hDdudFZMqSTM/s1600-h/Monument-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpk8qI_ivZcVD41xPSBJIhGadkuOYKHaWX_SQ2O-0rG2QPE02rYkcNcTGcAOUfHBUphOOQz7t5B1HEnnuBrzBvPS2O3AvIp3JWua3-OAp-xNS2hd6hxwqpPOmgMnfel7hDdudFZMqSTM/s400/Monument-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334941959425615266" /></a><br />The same basalt blocks that were mentioned above. Several similar clusters are found nearby.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUWzvso101H28h3UO2IwFuFtTzwtR2J1H1VxaEvw2mops_ozFMNGU6aSSG_7IUflhyJ31kUswwM-cRFLEYsLkGVpDw9xuEBvDfVwrSGT-wlwAdHJ7y2KZC4qilHkGEEFGihoIme03z5Q/s1600-h/Dry-Falls-Lake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUWzvso101H28h3UO2IwFuFtTzwtR2J1H1VxaEvw2mops_ozFMNGU6aSSG_7IUflhyJ31kUswwM-cRFLEYsLkGVpDw9xuEBvDfVwrSGT-wlwAdHJ7y2KZC4qilHkGEEFGihoIme03z5Q/s400/Dry-Falls-Lake.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334941957510297890" /></a><br />North end of Umatilla Rock. Fisherman on Dry Falls Lake at right.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDFRosMGLPBI0qHCpLD9K3l2l16eekvoztbI_i33NsHzPaqAcA6Zmt98R57LG0V9QEYUF32l-DMHjFdp4F5SFEIF3J0OR5RlgSRLBR2nSX2i_5O9mgYfkZTlAjabHgFBsurEiWwFiTzI/s1600-h/Umatilla-Rock.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDFRosMGLPBI0qHCpLD9K3l2l16eekvoztbI_i33NsHzPaqAcA6Zmt98R57LG0V9QEYUF32l-DMHjFdp4F5SFEIF3J0OR5RlgSRLBR2nSX2i_5O9mgYfkZTlAjabHgFBsurEiWwFiTzI/s400/Umatilla-Rock.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334941956545808754" /></a><br /><center>Umatilla Rock from the brink of the falls.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcNfRfHIoNS37nVgM7t_Qd-uQZdcBmnd8WVqgYIxHFH0bo3zHxzwvlq9-duwsbXEKXOXrb0U9gaXkGHVqM5nLxEHASCMHX6n2wZhzSMBl_ampC9f2oXx7O8Lx8ePaEgl43EBZqVVUBk4/s1600-h/Deep-Lake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcNfRfHIoNS37nVgM7t_Qd-uQZdcBmnd8WVqgYIxHFH0bo3zHxzwvlq9-duwsbXEKXOXrb0U9gaXkGHVqM5nLxEHASCMHX6n2wZhzSMBl_ampC9f2oXx7O8Lx8ePaEgl43EBZqVVUBk4/s400/Deep-Lake.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334940766673155874" /></a><br /><center>Deep Lake</center><br />This is one of the most amazing areas in the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Scablands.html">Channeled Scablands</a>. Every time I visit the Deep Lake area I find more incredible Ice Age Flood features.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/getaways/267088_hike20.html">Deep Lake Trip Report - Seattle PI</a></center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YtbT1bte2EM9uty0bBJ9zLN2GoHKH9hf7zP5RqVbFN4j4bqwlnSx-PYq1ujjLO4CnrNM1UfbM6tirlkUMWjd6XLDbGsFP4Ve15BG1mnmY8A_CDaiVXlNeO-GcEwhib9R3qArPWRT-wo/s1600-h/Deep-Lake-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YtbT1bte2EM9uty0bBJ9zLN2GoHKH9hf7zP5RqVbFN4j4bqwlnSx-PYq1ujjLO4CnrNM1UfbM6tirlkUMWjd6XLDbGsFP4Ve15BG1mnmY8A_CDaiVXlNeO-GcEwhib9R3qArPWRT-wo/s400/Deep-Lake-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334941951790888338" /></a><br />In his 1932 publication "<i>The Grand Coulee</i>", J Harlen Bretz included images and description of the "pothole-riddled ledges south of Deep Lake". Bretz noted that some of the holes are 40-50 feet deep.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKMxktOwBklXJwDlBC9AfMtUeBiTyfPVpaqlGiJBP83edAUsqpzlqsCjzum5gDnGuR-u-pPZ-kOaHXonZ5iRkzhYHny1gMllOqysZeoGfsddP2DIPNWYUPhqWzlKjJBnDFjRenUMwgtrQ/s1600-h/Channeled-Scabland.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKMxktOwBklXJwDlBC9AfMtUeBiTyfPVpaqlGiJBP83edAUsqpzlqsCjzum5gDnGuR-u-pPZ-kOaHXonZ5iRkzhYHny1gMllOqysZeoGfsddP2DIPNWYUPhqWzlKjJBnDFjRenUMwgtrQ/s400/Channeled-Scabland.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334940765352920434" /></a><br />The Ice Age Floods ripped out and removed tremendous amounts of basalt from the Upper and Lower Grand Coulee. There are a few sheltered areas where the floods deposited material ... Small gravel bar on opposite side of coulee. Check out all those potholes!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWyw1Oj7nszzShfBOQsWCaKv82Ca_gIpGT3s0Xn12cfXp8ZypietyfA4yc6qCMBV8FwJ3UEY_gTZy1TJGRCoCvHMu24oormkZMb8e2X7PIPAMO0kEF9SGENRZXMwTZ3qmIWx17nV6_ac/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Floods-Potholes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRWyw1Oj7nszzShfBOQsWCaKv82Ca_gIpGT3s0Xn12cfXp8ZypietyfA4yc6qCMBV8FwJ3UEY_gTZy1TJGRCoCvHMu24oormkZMb8e2X7PIPAMO0kEF9SGENRZXMwTZ3qmIWx17nV6_ac/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-Potholes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334940761673642482" /></a>A few of the Deep Lake potholes with a blue pickup truck for scale.<br /><br />If you visit the Washington State Park's <a href="http://www.parks.wa.gov/centennial2013/">Centennial Page</a> you can open a copy of the <a href="http://www.parks.wa.gov/centennial2013/downloads/002%20Final%20Ice%20Age%20Floods%20Plan%20text.pdf"><strong>Interpretive Master Plan</strong><br />for the <strong>Ice Age Floods in Washington State Parks</strong></a><br /><br />The document describes this group of potholes:<br /><br /><blockquote><i>"Another spectacular feature is a tight cluster of the deep potholes beyond Sun Lakes just west of Deep Lake. These potholes lie along the valley bottom and require only a 5-10 minute walk from the road."</i></blockquote><br /><strong><font color="red">CAUTION</strong></font>: I'd like to add that a fall into one of these potholes could be fatal!!!<br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&ll=47.587077,-119.343088&spn=0.002533,0.00456&z=17&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&ll=47.587077,-119.343088&spn=0.002533,0.00456&z=17&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left"></a></small></center>This high altitude image from Google shows the same group of potholes. Click the minus symbol to view surrounding terrain.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4anm5A_Dus6ZKAl1hsEWqezyYyvRF6_rCeIv-F1Fl5dzozzvUFV9jNNH9w7kLj9J68VtnavPWqWqVXPGFqus1XaTrRE6qPPLimFwtcAQJVu8A4wE1w7kAABxlX3hEELBNV2WPM5V_7qE/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Floods-Pothole.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4anm5A_Dus6ZKAl1hsEWqezyYyvRF6_rCeIv-F1Fl5dzozzvUFV9jNNH9w7kLj9J68VtnavPWqWqVXPGFqus1XaTrRE6qPPLimFwtcAQJVu8A4wE1w7kAABxlX3hEELBNV2WPM5V_7qE/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-Pothole.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334940762344408354" /></a>I actually measured one of the Deep Lake potholes last year. This illustration is pretty close to scale. I'm 5'10, the pothole is 48' deep and 76' across.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cYcANqCtTOdDzXpzrWzbQduK6BvFaQUgW8xNSnW2CKg7NgOZ1sxa4IrBXT2O-y3xpJuJBJsaraUdaJmGZLRjwaphJDdhWUfDVmyH4XMQ42RXzlqj6jBpZSNOoTH45XhbhQavL-ItZTw/s1600-h/Dry-Falls-Ice-Age-Erratic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cYcANqCtTOdDzXpzrWzbQduK6BvFaQUgW8xNSnW2CKg7NgOZ1sxa4IrBXT2O-y3xpJuJBJsaraUdaJmGZLRjwaphJDdhWUfDVmyH4XMQ42RXzlqj6jBpZSNOoTH45XhbhQavL-ItZTw/s400/Dry-Falls-Ice-Age-Erratic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334940757779188034" /></a>One of the many bedload carried erratics scattered through the park.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXq9W6W7rTKIBs1sqtQ-vIbdLvcHsK6tdeNmj3zj2mvXlZACi0nhv105BR2d4ySxswteqo8cbGh0Xpz6cDlarKaJ1bieE_ehYWLtWHILdtI678H0Gk18YqGfALfdgyqhkovpLxMwixTRE/s1600-h/Dry-Falls-Pothole.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXq9W6W7rTKIBs1sqtQ-vIbdLvcHsK6tdeNmj3zj2mvXlZACi0nhv105BR2d4ySxswteqo8cbGh0Xpz6cDlarKaJ1bieE_ehYWLtWHILdtI678H0Gk18YqGfALfdgyqhkovpLxMwixTRE/s400/Dry-Falls-Pothole.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334940202781941234" /></a><br />This pothole just above the brink of the falls has a nice shape but the water quality doesn't look good. Nasty looking layer of algae.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UaDWu0_-Z5tE5zXE1IuIx2EFfb63yL-YIZw_3XrhjAcT35R0qMmNSi5QbAcnWfPcydLSFqerbWvxC3KjMbLx7UwTkypbIJdKes0Xvcj2MQr487BQ5OJGkjssc6y4HMdeiHxFdFKc6eE/s1600-h/Red-Alkali-Green-Lake.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UaDWu0_-Z5tE5zXE1IuIx2EFfb63yL-YIZw_3XrhjAcT35R0qMmNSi5QbAcnWfPcydLSFqerbWvxC3KjMbLx7UwTkypbIJdKes0Xvcj2MQr487BQ5OJGkjssc6y4HMdeiHxFdFKc6eE/s400/Red-Alkali-Green-Lake.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334940198159461906" /></a>Red Alkali Lake and Green Lake in upper Monument Coulee.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziXWINcPc8zSLuAwAch8yYGyU_hFk7wkKhoWnSxIwVTGkn3GhbaAgptqSkoL87w7GZg_9UuLZHX0MwRMQPq2hIBLv-mRRIIsVFQQTIkIVNoOrptoUnAQFHYhrv_LqMWUhfRChNvjgTWE/s1600-h/Killdeer-Eggs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziXWINcPc8zSLuAwAch8yYGyU_hFk7wkKhoWnSxIwVTGkn3GhbaAgptqSkoL87w7GZg_9UuLZHX0MwRMQPq2hIBLv-mRRIIsVFQQTIkIVNoOrptoUnAQFHYhrv_LqMWUhfRChNvjgTWE/s400/Killdeer-Eggs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334940197825432466" /></a><br />I almost stepped on the female killdeer tending these eggs.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDZSYNFB7CuXDmQqTHIoA8mKkvyqHH-goKaDE2Y0pMAx8WCZpl7rOJGSFxVZD-Lg6P10rUOflu2C7rpQDTROqW7fqJL9HmocEMQTiMxfVgk_DjCOGq3O-q03bQX7v2l-MGYhyphenhyphenz3YPuEk/s1600-h/Pothole-Dry-Falls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDZSYNFB7CuXDmQqTHIoA8mKkvyqHH-goKaDE2Y0pMAx8WCZpl7rOJGSFxVZD-Lg6P10rUOflu2C7rpQDTROqW7fqJL9HmocEMQTiMxfVgk_DjCOGq3O-q03bQX7v2l-MGYhyphenhyphenz3YPuEk/s400/Pothole-Dry-Falls.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334940193997805714" /></a><br />Interesting pothole gouged into a weak section of the basalt.<br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&ll=47.596903,-119.342895&spn=0.002532,0.00456&z=17&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&ll=47.596903,-119.342895&spn=0.002532,0.00456&z=17&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left"></a></small></center><br />Google aerial view of the same pothole. Zoom out or pan side to side to view location of pothole shown in the previous image.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGzYEniwLRy5N8qenTaBnDfDmZlGXL7LpNSVBGLK9efMRxypuB5iZTAEizdmj3p57IjYpW-SP8_fMiqqtRYs_O_dI9xyBOpIosFA12EXOK6d1n_xWw8UL6YIxqJVEQ4SIHNl_wYnjeW8/s1600-h/Lower-Deep-Lake-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 376px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGzYEniwLRy5N8qenTaBnDfDmZlGXL7LpNSVBGLK9efMRxypuB5iZTAEizdmj3p57IjYpW-SP8_fMiqqtRYs_O_dI9xyBOpIosFA12EXOK6d1n_xWw8UL6YIxqJVEQ4SIHNl_wYnjeW8/s400/Lower-Deep-Lake-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334940196187186818" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz2CA-1URgYlXMG6HONxG7FUT29P_qjLuT1RPGCKhmIuDNMNYnfBMhgIu-nuL2UhFSYUpMyq9_7pTvCahkQXjrgkpqiYnaX3quR6BYsj8xAl4bOmY4VWkBeWdOUVCja_9j_P9XAlaUQTY/s1600-h/Alt-Book.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz2CA-1URgYlXMG6HONxG7FUT29P_qjLuT1RPGCKhmIuDNMNYnfBMhgIu-nuL2UhFSYUpMyq9_7pTvCahkQXjrgkpqiYnaX3quR6BYsj8xAl4bOmY4VWkBeWdOUVCja_9j_P9XAlaUQTY/s320/Alt-Book.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335666350128004578" /></a>The huge basalt knobs pictured above are between Monument and Deep Lake coulees. The cover of one of my favorite books about the Ice Age Floods shows the same feature viewed from a different angel. David Alt's <i>Glacial Lake Missoula and it's Humongous Floods</i> is available at the <a href="http://iafi.org/lakemissoula.html">IAFI Store</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8us5qYzO8lT1Fj8FOY4uuKCiPqL8YYBt2MX4LnD69BzxloWAruHFCcZAzE0JZDIythah4XgCMwFO0bLpBe_OdbE2p8h18Dw-QdQE7tLzOSOtQ8eCZgD1fLVudZcgsnpxGNlcG4ReZtM/s1600-h/Longitudinal-Grooves.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8us5qYzO8lT1Fj8FOY4uuKCiPqL8YYBt2MX4LnD69BzxloWAruHFCcZAzE0JZDIythah4XgCMwFO0bLpBe_OdbE2p8h18Dw-QdQE7tLzOSOtQ8eCZgD1fLVudZcgsnpxGNlcG4ReZtM/s400/Longitudinal-Grooves.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334939032153935826" /></a>The Dry Falls area is one of the best locations to view <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Ice-Age-Floods-Longitudinal-Grooves.html">Longitudinal Grooves</a> carved by the floods. They sure stand out this time of year when the grooves are filled with blooming wildflowers. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1NBu0pKf_lKWDkIGOBdoS0wW2L2JmZhpSYBwIfbtzsRcg6fkJ5fdC3eCSpxzucnZT-IAgDgR5rAzgCEnYHrVZDftr3iyw3u457ionMI7QLHDdCgxQ2lP0Qew-PCOxBCWMX2Nj03vVek/s1600-h/Dry-Falls-Visitor-Center.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1NBu0pKf_lKWDkIGOBdoS0wW2L2JmZhpSYBwIfbtzsRcg6fkJ5fdC3eCSpxzucnZT-IAgDgR5rAzgCEnYHrVZDftr3iyw3u457ionMI7QLHDdCgxQ2lP0Qew-PCOxBCWMX2Nj03vVek/s400/Dry-Falls-Visitor-Center.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334939376895136514" /></a>The State Park's <a href="http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/465478.html">Visitor Center</a> at Dry Falls houses excellent displays that describe the creation of the Lower Grand Coulee. Videos that explain Lake Missoula and the Ice Age Floods are also shown.<br /><br />I'd be willing to provide a couple gallons of basalt brown paint to the State Parks if they ever decide to paint the south wall of this ugly structure. You can see the big white box for miles. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4Q7f_WkTJkEnY9Cuq0fYEjzlB2a7wC18yiyoXKeYpOUMCH2GrI3WFLb90UyBUB0yKLiDbiaF0QaInSCZgh9PpYAovl2oimSYhyk8IggcwqNliuvok2F9lrKczcAcfxwXMUF2pgqMoKU/s1600-h/Dry-Falls-Overlook.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4Q7f_WkTJkEnY9Cuq0fYEjzlB2a7wC18yiyoXKeYpOUMCH2GrI3WFLb90UyBUB0yKLiDbiaF0QaInSCZgh9PpYAovl2oimSYhyk8IggcwqNliuvok2F9lrKczcAcfxwXMUF2pgqMoKU/s400/Dry-Falls-Overlook.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334939029458178610" /></a><br />On previous visits to the Dry Falls overlook, I failed to notice this small flood tumbled erratic placed on one of the stone walls.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbOkiJ6XT4LZbHNSv8mIaU3w7qQJ6ao6lV4bglYy4ejLv-pebtjUGS1IxIrr75VrZkM4yigIyIA9LMDujgp9JdDxttyyTSAJdQ9qpxwaGmmidRn8L8KiFYlYY7R0jCHWGs2YdCRBn-34/s1600-h/Rufus-Woods-Collection.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 325px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbOkiJ6XT4LZbHNSv8mIaU3w7qQJ6ao6lV4bglYy4ejLv-pebtjUGS1IxIrr75VrZkM4yigIyIA9LMDujgp9JdDxttyyTSAJdQ9qpxwaGmmidRn8L8KiFYlYY7R0jCHWGs2YdCRBn-34/s400/Rufus-Woods-Collection.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335674114972217586" /></a><br />The Dry Falls overlook has been a popular spot for years. Photo above from the Rufus Woods Collection (Housed at Central Washington University), shows a woman photographing Dry Falls in 1940 (Umatilla Rock in the distance).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntS7PkPQq3IEu9BFN3wDYvJYDRDM9ZyDXCkRmYaxHIF48s3qPStPQjpApTp_2JrdyA5RjOjahVl6qgup43_SOjC2KMJ8uCE6g2zvQgULnbKb4FKFy92-0bkEwlpbqB-T6lj_sga5mQlg/s1600-h/Rufus-Woods-Grand-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntS7PkPQq3IEu9BFN3wDYvJYDRDM9ZyDXCkRmYaxHIF48s3qPStPQjpApTp_2JrdyA5RjOjahVl6qgup43_SOjC2KMJ8uCE6g2zvQgULnbKb4FKFy92-0bkEwlpbqB-T6lj_sga5mQlg/s400/Rufus-Woods-Grand-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335675941892148114" /></a><br />Another image from the Rufus Woods collection. The caption posted for this 1946 shot states: "<i>F.A. Banks, Supervising Engineer at <a href="http://hugefloods.com/GrandCoulee.html">Grand Coulee Dam</a> explains features to Secretary of Interior Krug and party at Dry Falls near Coulee City, Wash.</i>"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWkw8v9_6lAegwGEDJMvPcUDTLCcFglzQmuwNnpaOk1IzkyfN-nsxAFauPSXjB_5TfRhjbTkPHbauJhbTWGvHA2_0tzovDgB_K7Sy8H8_faSKtOPAllbx_GC0TugSOpKcZNtpMd6NokI/s1600-h/Dry-Falls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWkw8v9_6lAegwGEDJMvPcUDTLCcFglzQmuwNnpaOk1IzkyfN-nsxAFauPSXjB_5TfRhjbTkPHbauJhbTWGvHA2_0tzovDgB_K7Sy8H8_faSKtOPAllbx_GC0TugSOpKcZNtpMd6NokI/s400/Dry-Falls.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334939025150237186" /></a><br />Dry Falls viewed from the visitor center along SR17.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqBMgAwLUSWrb6kfD8mx0S_1Hfslqfa0bWz5hHJz-3iOFVWIGhLAlyxizj97aA8Rksib2JTO8DcIAtdLPXyYru0iUvhb2_UAMFTeLwAux4hzb4zAFw5atHFqHPPL6O-hydgg7IWEtyMw/s1600-h/Dry-Falls-Aerial.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqBMgAwLUSWrb6kfD8mx0S_1Hfslqfa0bWz5hHJz-3iOFVWIGhLAlyxizj97aA8Rksib2JTO8DcIAtdLPXyYru0iUvhb2_UAMFTeLwAux4hzb4zAFw5atHFqHPPL6O-hydgg7IWEtyMw/s400/Dry-Falls-Aerial.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335898016207101074" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJGWgRLGuZZtuvTUllGR98A12k3k3jfa7IXTd7DUz7JPwbfzFz6rLofpOp7dfAjweXx41jiNQ8QDEoaaZLmZBJCTxmiTGVFOxJ93IqKRC_0s8LxnVHICF18Fe19LgxZQjIk6DwxE8aNkM/s1600-h/Topo-Map.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJGWgRLGuZZtuvTUllGR98A12k3k3jfa7IXTd7DUz7JPwbfzFz6rLofpOp7dfAjweXx41jiNQ8QDEoaaZLmZBJCTxmiTGVFOxJ93IqKRC_0s8LxnVHICF18Fe19LgxZQjIk6DwxE8aNkM/s400/Topo-Map.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334939025628030690" /></a><br />This set of contour lines is pretty good evidence that the Ice Age Floods were a powerful force.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8GF4vYtP2ShhfV3M_Vm8jiNvpWL635aXIDBjru92yQarsId7LN-hn3g33ep7akDBWEK-XFrrXJ9yFgr2vBsUFj9ZmtrHT15cFqdPkhVljYDSZLAcnOKDy-iRf2oPRBs1K86TC8FdXj8/s1600-h/FTA.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8GF4vYtP2ShhfV3M_Vm8jiNvpWL635aXIDBjru92yQarsId7LN-hn3g33ep7akDBWEK-XFrrXJ9yFgr2vBsUFj9ZmtrHT15cFqdPkhVljYDSZLAcnOKDy-iRf2oPRBs1K86TC8FdXj8/s400/FTA.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336037661735623234" /></a><br />Sunday, June 7, 2009<br />FIELD TRIP: Dry Falls and the Lower Grand Coulee (led by Karl Lillquist, Coulee City native!)<br />8:00 am - 6:00 pm (carpool from Hebeler Hall parking lot)<br /><center>More information soon on the <strong><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/hugefloods/Ellensburg.html">Ellensburg Chapter</a></strong> page.</center><br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&ll=47.597308,-119.355469&spn=0.034727,0.036478&z=14&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&ll=47.597308,-119.355469&spn=0.034727,0.036478&z=14&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left"><center>View Larger Map</center></a></small>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-12007975449354731762009-04-13T07:01:00.000-07:002009-05-08T12:07:16.895-07:00The Dalles and "She Who Watches"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAt7Q8VarVlePfVLHHwvjMnHhEdegnXtVBcLGoHAXR31ckTV9mAykbFikc8mS8q8Wvhw4H90RXRD0RjHHiREHrdno4yUQmoJO1qxRWP4JfR1oKfmnqxFrXntW3OWn0gghHqTN6a-1BtmY/s1600-h/Tsagaglalal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAt7Q8VarVlePfVLHHwvjMnHhEdegnXtVBcLGoHAXR31ckTV9mAykbFikc8mS8q8Wvhw4H90RXRD0RjHHiREHrdno4yUQmoJO1qxRWP4JfR1oKfmnqxFrXntW3OWn0gghHqTN6a-1BtmY/s400/Tsagaglalal.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324178453574052226" /></a><br /><center>"She Who Watches"</center><br />I finally made it down to see the famous "She Who Watches" (Tsagaglalal) in the Columbia Gorge. Indians that lived in this area for hundreds perhaps thousands of years scratched and painted scenes into and on the <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Basalt.html">basalt</a> cliffs that were shaped by the Columbia River and <a href="http://hugefloods.com/"></a>Ice Age Floods.<br /><br />Wikipedia Page: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsagaglalal">Tsagaglalal</a><br /><br />The legend of <a href="http://www.lapermcats.info/She_Who_Watches.htm">Tsagaglalal</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcSv1wMaXdRRrthxLru5ErRWmna1DtfCt11kIMcQ3IhqRAPUDhT0izlGWAC7fMFcT99TomJbzlxUN1VpQLsQwPi_nQCcnzk6eavJoilCwmfrlG5KVaf40RQdjdvo0oTU345m7J3aY134/s1600-h/Columbia-Gorge-Mt-Hood.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcSv1wMaXdRRrthxLru5ErRWmna1DtfCt11kIMcQ3IhqRAPUDhT0izlGWAC7fMFcT99TomJbzlxUN1VpQLsQwPi_nQCcnzk6eavJoilCwmfrlG5KVaf40RQdjdvo0oTU345m7J3aY134/s400/Columbia-Gorge-Mt-Hood.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324178453866096610" /></a><br />I'm slower than most when driving from Pasco to The Dalles (Too much to see). I lose time in the Wallula Gap area and all the way down the Gorge. The stretch of scabland above John Day Dam (N. side) is facinating. Saturday morning <a href="http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Hood/description_hood.html">Mt. Hood</a> views were nice along the Washington side. This shot was taken near Columbia Hills State Park.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPeHvWqG0KHKYHFh6BEFw_ZKVWYTkeG25IYmV4hta7yF4e62CjZP4Y6qw8ojrEo26nXmaq6rAnfcAbBfeQ2uXm6ui6boM_K7VDHf7cfFkyT1GcjMXpNPwdKVGmrkB4kj40qzKDrPRuHY/s1600-h/Horsethief-Butte-Park.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPeHvWqG0KHKYHFh6BEFw_ZKVWYTkeG25IYmV4hta7yF4e62CjZP4Y6qw8ojrEo26nXmaq6rAnfcAbBfeQ2uXm6ui6boM_K7VDHf7cfFkyT1GcjMXpNPwdKVGmrkB4kj40qzKDrPRuHY/s400/Horsethief-Butte-Park.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324178058760992834" /></a><br /><center>Horsethief Butte</center><br /><a href="http://www.parks.wa.gov/parkpage.asp?selectedpark=Columbia%20Hills">Columbia Hills State Park</a> includes Horsethief Lake, Horsethief Butte and Dalles Mountain Ranch. <br /><br />The State Parks Dept. describes history of park:<br /><br /><i> The basalt rock resulted from a series of lava flows which emerged from cracks in the earth's crust and blanketed the entire eastern Washington/Oregon region.<br />The Butte and the surrounding Columbia River channel were carved out of basalt rock by floods following the last ice age.<br /><br />For centuries, the park was the site of a Native American village. The Lewis and Clark expedition camped at the village and described its wooden houses in one of their journals. The village was flooded by the waters of The Dalles Dam.<br /><br />Oral history states that the park received its former name -- Horsethief Lake State Park -- from workers in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who developed the site. The workers thought the terrain was similar to that of horsethief hideouts in popular 1950s Hollywood westerns. The abundance of horses kept on the premises by local Indians apparently gave the workers their inspiration.<br /><br />The commission combined the park with Dalles Mountain Ranch and renamed the area Columbia Hills State Park in 2003.<br /></i><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjKiToqTPjs1gQiZqFr0fK5hOgNM-vwvcRHuuxq7BvOa1wpvRPvRpD3vAtPTG0SB-8sGmee5_JwNACUEtJOef2kTvfp_Tu0xbktOE93IGg42tXbTqup2XIrnALCCVRLz-N7-6W5KFQk-g/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Floods-Butte.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 197px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjKiToqTPjs1gQiZqFr0fK5hOgNM-vwvcRHuuxq7BvOa1wpvRPvRpD3vAtPTG0SB-8sGmee5_JwNACUEtJOef2kTvfp_Tu0xbktOE93IGg42tXbTqup2XIrnALCCVRLz-N7-6W5KFQk-g/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-Butte.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324178054474082098" /></a><br />Near The Dalles you'll find plenty of <a href="http://hugefloods.com/">Ice Age Flood</a> features on both sides of the river.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-czhVniK3UgIuxjDQ2Qwe2bomh28LrDiVLHVVSk02Rja_tPk8M2O_4mTDELhIdHkY3Y1Avq57bxh8n9q9Orb23TAbMlc6EDGFVgy_RfMBFk230TSe7I2b2ptNt7zP9r_Uq1jJKB0GvM/s1600-h/Balsamroot-Columbia-Gorge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-czhVniK3UgIuxjDQ2Qwe2bomh28LrDiVLHVVSk02Rja_tPk8M2O_4mTDELhIdHkY3Y1Avq57bxh8n9q9Orb23TAbMlc6EDGFVgy_RfMBFk230TSe7I2b2ptNt7zP9r_Uq1jJKB0GvM/s400/Balsamroot-Columbia-Gorge.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324178052568319826" /></a><br />Balsamroot was just starting to bloom in some of the warmer spots along the river.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4H3FGTLiD4Z5MFxqL4WssT6sP2g2Jp___LhpXvIlEQnTszxjMktcOBFpmZo1OYbG-B9nRSA-8BsbnJPDSsE1vztVoDQgA6BTRdr2ZA24RceGnoA3bN_p4BUGIiD_aBv2cgIVh85kniuo/s1600-h/Pictographs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 331px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4H3FGTLiD4Z5MFxqL4WssT6sP2g2Jp___LhpXvIlEQnTszxjMktcOBFpmZo1OYbG-B9nRSA-8BsbnJPDSsE1vztVoDQgA6BTRdr2ZA24RceGnoA3bN_p4BUGIiD_aBv2cgIVh85kniuo/s400/Pictographs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324178048848799218" /></a><br />Both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroglyph">petroglyphs</a> (scratched into the rock) and pictographs (painted on) are viewed along the path to "She Who Watches".<br />This photo shows colors often used in this area by early artists. Black from charcoal, white from ash (Mazama Ash according to guide) and red from iron oxide. Red figure on left looks like a salmon.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jC6YfhVIXkwJBSNtsVpJw9iCqV3YjzH4gge3H8eGwhaSTizvDG40hE9LJeHKCEM4Qftecceo_jFp4N4iu0XhYSKPhvLSdmKs8__YeI1arwbm3M84IKnSMuIWJ6S2OdwVPkwz1e-F7LM/s1600-h/Petroglyphs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jC6YfhVIXkwJBSNtsVpJw9iCqV3YjzH4gge3H8eGwhaSTizvDG40hE9LJeHKCEM4Qftecceo_jFp4N4iu0XhYSKPhvLSdmKs8__YeI1arwbm3M84IKnSMuIWJ6S2OdwVPkwz1e-F7LM/s400/Petroglyphs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324178051402292882" /></a><br />Even if you don't get signed up for the guided tour to "She Who Watches", you can view petroglyphs like these that were removed by the Corps of Engineers during the construction of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dalles_Dam">The Dalles Dam</a>. They've been place along the park road.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxPgv0FeoNl8My2Ag0QW4SB5p_lwVAVesalZ-Bs9zjHTHpw4vxo1h9tojCRF7zd2jZbgm9QBi158z6aDMczQeECnDCqNnUlBpIeNs6fntNMD8GoX4UNLYZvIJNp1uT4Y0Vl3MWYU2dSQ/s1600-h/She-Who-Watches.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxPgv0FeoNl8My2Ag0QW4SB5p_lwVAVesalZ-Bs9zjHTHpw4vxo1h9tojCRF7zd2jZbgm9QBi158z6aDMczQeECnDCqNnUlBpIeNs6fntNMD8GoX4UNLYZvIJNp1uT4Y0Vl3MWYU2dSQ/s400/She-Who-Watches.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324177531058959154" /></a><br />Tsagaglalal photographs well but is much more impressive in person.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh783_-RQEkKfn6WsAYgnSNH_rX9ekmBFwvXMfVEUOO0By9Zh9vXpeiHnuN5Zo2ih4JPsk2TKUcQMP_bg-CDQYhWbmraSpAFlcY0ASiR0rVST0REaZ-tOI0FQDpzqTCkS7qVsVvTn6_N2s/s1600-h/509-767-1159.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh783_-RQEkKfn6WsAYgnSNH_rX9ekmBFwvXMfVEUOO0By9Zh9vXpeiHnuN5Zo2ih4JPsk2TKUcQMP_bg-CDQYhWbmraSpAFlcY0ASiR0rVST0REaZ-tOI0FQDpzqTCkS7qVsVvTn6_N2s/s400/509-767-1159.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325288734844628690" /></a><br />Number for reservation to join the short hike to Tsagaglalal.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6cevDfbphjBOIujWjn_GSvUX2vIE077Ge23L_pjcnrxMKPY1km4qudU5O9o5w040G_6Zph2BmvNSrgJMBiYQheG1MQd_5EEEwcywx6eMrWDxPETTA3TVIfFqrxIl-jb4qZ4ncCaCZfaI/s1600-h/USCOE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6cevDfbphjBOIujWjn_GSvUX2vIE077Ge23L_pjcnrxMKPY1km4qudU5O9o5w040G_6Zph2BmvNSrgJMBiYQheG1MQd_5EEEwcywx6eMrWDxPETTA3TVIfFqrxIl-jb4qZ4ncCaCZfaI/s400/USCOE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324177527947658130" /></a><br /><center><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celilo_Falls">Celilo Falls</a></center><br />Prime fishing locations at Celilo Falls and other nearby rapids drew Native Americans to this area for thousands of years. When The Dalles Dam was completed in 1957, the historic fishing sites were inundated.<br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q5Ku9HIyQNQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q5Ku9HIyQNQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br />Short YouTube video on the history of Celilo Falls 8 miles east of The Dalles. Video posted by kunik1962.<br /> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjctww7Eke0YX7hzvC0E7rV2jJG3SWjlBJx-sKMLdfpDyMtVu0o93LK9q5hV12koF2r1bSbJ_N5u5peA0UbW6CrIP3MZWQMWVJS_hOYAp2whnI3Ta7_xElqT0J0-1jxZxd0xDdzkiDB_7k/s1600-h/Celilo-Sonar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 390px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjctww7Eke0YX7hzvC0E7rV2jJG3SWjlBJx-sKMLdfpDyMtVu0o93LK9q5hV12koF2r1bSbJ_N5u5peA0UbW6CrIP3MZWQMWVJS_hOYAp2whnI3Ta7_xElqT0J0-1jxZxd0xDdzkiDB_7k/s400/Celilo-Sonar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324177525309099890" /></a><br />In November 2008 the Corps of Engineers released sonar images of Celilo Falls. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/sonar_shows_celilo_falls_are_i.html">Story about the falls.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://news.opb.org/article/3599-new-images-show-celilo-falls-still-intact/">Recent sonar study shows Celilo Falls is still entact.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFUO7uw9pzCvze_3Q7SRjr1RYg5t3GNQOTUabIgK5o2ZF63PLHzMFSM4TQ62Tno7ZUM-0_vLLeIenwSe0zwWQE-e2gMIEQ_HgHaPkdmjuhH1UnHSVjZ8Lx3ZInYNAvLsQiu74hh4abIc/s1600-h/Horsethief-Lake-State-Park-.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFUO7uw9pzCvze_3Q7SRjr1RYg5t3GNQOTUabIgK5o2ZF63PLHzMFSM4TQ62Tno7ZUM-0_vLLeIenwSe0zwWQE-e2gMIEQ_HgHaPkdmjuhH1UnHSVjZ8Lx3ZInYNAvLsQiu74hh4abIc/s400/Horsethief-Lake-State-Park-.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324177522067368866" /></a><br />One of the State Park's interpretive panels includes a map of the Ice Age Floods region and the following text:<br /><br /><i><strong>Created By Floods</strong><br /><br><br /><P>Millions of years ago, floods of lava poured over this landscape. Those layers of lava, now hardened into rock called basalt, can be seen in the cliffs surrounding you. About 15,00 years ago, huge catastrophic floods of water and ice rushed across the landscape.<br />These Ice Age Floods - up to 1,000 feet deep as they rushed through this valley - cut deeply into the basalt, leaving exposed cliffs and rock features still visible today.</P><br /></i><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxmKapjDQBIo_DyqpMyhmjQFDK6OIY6glEOVP_GYbUWR1qlh6FCyqxs91nb_UGyVXx_fI4_oAoh3yv5Yrd-dZzPulf8segXEbBimYw5d4via3nrRkeke0HPiPlxsrG6I97c_LpfoItKo/s1600-h/Dalles-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHxmKapjDQBIo_DyqpMyhmjQFDK6OIY6glEOVP_GYbUWR1qlh6FCyqxs91nb_UGyVXx_fI4_oAoh3yv5Yrd-dZzPulf8segXEbBimYw5d4via3nrRkeke0HPiPlxsrG6I97c_LpfoItKo/s400/Dalles-Ice-Age-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324176905995253186" /></a>Countless Ice Age Flood features can be found on both sides of the river near The Dalles.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZAFSheD79KBuBSeXNpjQkzeeohHnqAWU9-W611ul0MWKOmonnD6h6-CgsclvtROKV_Mh_vz0NbcgQ3ZMMZkcYKVJYaYpq38BYA2TtM82Ot1aWT8PY0uXnmsITX8XIj8z4YT58H3A3AZg/s1600-h/Fort-Rock-Camp.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZAFSheD79KBuBSeXNpjQkzeeohHnqAWU9-W611ul0MWKOmonnD6h6-CgsclvtROKV_Mh_vz0NbcgQ3ZMMZkcYKVJYaYpq38BYA2TtM82Ot1aWT8PY0uXnmsITX8XIj8z4YT58H3A3AZg/s400/Fort-Rock-Camp.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324177523615849122" /></a><br />Mural in The Dalles shows Lewis and Clark on one of the local flood sculpted buttes on their way to the Pacific in 1805.<br /><br />Learn more about this site at Lyn Topinka's <a href="http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/rock_fort.html">Rock Fort</a> page.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXXLb6tzhg3iODNEi0WVEg8jyrZXEQcBRN0Hhc6XWL-zMlZb5k5LjdZY7ILEVKyIYCrXfjowklS4EOA0EovNNsuZRtdw6CI4u3m616FJlL7u3nse4jh2EsXrvp-50sqbKQ_dEeTiGA7Y/s1600-h/Rock-of-Ages-Dalles.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXXLb6tzhg3iODNEi0WVEg8jyrZXEQcBRN0Hhc6XWL-zMlZb5k5LjdZY7ILEVKyIYCrXfjowklS4EOA0EovNNsuZRtdw6CI4u3m616FJlL7u3nse4jh2EsXrvp-50sqbKQ_dEeTiGA7Y/s400/Rock-of-Ages-Dalles.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324176900498046370" /></a><br /><center>Pulpit Rock</center><br />This mural on the side of the Salvation Army building (next to a used car lot) is a beauty. It shows one of the areas basalt spires that was used between 1838 and 1848, by Methodist Mission members as a preaching location. The Dalles Mural Society page tells the story of Pulpit Rock and other scenes depicted in area murals. <a href="http://www.a2zgorge.info/area/The_Dalles_Mural_Society.htm">Mural Page</a> <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8VCRn1JCsn5LO8Ryk9V5xX66rvoNjhtwM9u0hr8-Bbo21TXb1bG2JbBGn9ysZtVNz_BrXBzij-vfoM-ItWMxORpMlyQyidqlZY79rMpSKjPObA2MX4lbnIRgz53s-i4X38z6Z763rQs/s1600-h/Pulpit-Rock-Oregon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 339px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8VCRn1JCsn5LO8Ryk9V5xX66rvoNjhtwM9u0hr8-Bbo21TXb1bG2JbBGn9ysZtVNz_BrXBzij-vfoM-ItWMxORpMlyQyidqlZY79rMpSKjPObA2MX4lbnIRgz53s-i4X38z6Z763rQs/s400/Pulpit-Rock-Oregon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324176897891174578" /></a><br />1919 image showing Pulpit Rock from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pulpit_Rock_Oregon.jpg">Wikipedia</a>. <br />Photograph in Public Domain.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsri6lCeIrHvBwjSN78b_V9nrN0r3sWxHj00LTPSjWzeQ8S-Z9p_Gpl_U5nqTpqeJcapn-tVfO1UWBnCCtlCyUWrkAV-qZYdbO4kDM1mhCY15W9LsvfkoAe7bfdnZivoz-pESK1g4t8dg/s1600-h/Pulpit-Rock-The-Dalles.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsri6lCeIrHvBwjSN78b_V9nrN0r3sWxHj00LTPSjWzeQ8S-Z9p_Gpl_U5nqTpqeJcapn-tVfO1UWBnCCtlCyUWrkAV-qZYdbO4kDM1mhCY15W9LsvfkoAe7bfdnZivoz-pESK1g4t8dg/s400/Pulpit-Rock-The-Dalles.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324176899082383026" /></a><br />The folks in The Dalles have taken good care of Pulpit Rock over the years.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS54_6fb5nOyExosrEF9J241j6dnhlhwG0gUj44zyVmj3xhWgQxUkDceQ_Nh0JAMd9hePZqwl0sBmQ7Ly69J8FVQfo6jqXTLhJCuJ_pcVsxtGbTrYnLPrQCrb9Qiz9kU50GBB63ji6Gsg/s1600-h/Rowena-Grade.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS54_6fb5nOyExosrEF9J241j6dnhlhwG0gUj44zyVmj3xhWgQxUkDceQ_Nh0JAMd9hePZqwl0sBmQ7Ly69J8FVQfo6jqXTLhJCuJ_pcVsxtGbTrYnLPrQCrb9Qiz9kU50GBB63ji6Gsg/s400/Rowena-Grade.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324176893431388722" /></a><br />The road to the Rowena Crest viewpoint is pretty cool. Lyn Topinka has posted images of this area at: <a href="http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/rowena_crest.html">Rowena Crest</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbdiqVx3r8_XJUa9hmKmG7lxKtqkxFYftK9Au93WXY10wCSa8acl5Y6ztf_-ntNqqhWPc5JGPtVIq9ECDNjsdq9-zc-XbQQaIgR501cbsMyvj-EzOQRqT2nCWeZB1oK-85r_X8ufDEAo/s1600-h/Tom-McCall-Preserve.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbdiqVx3r8_XJUa9hmKmG7lxKtqkxFYftK9Au93WXY10wCSa8acl5Y6ztf_-ntNqqhWPc5JGPtVIq9ECDNjsdq9-zc-XbQQaIgR501cbsMyvj-EzOQRqT2nCWeZB1oK-85r_X8ufDEAo/s400/Tom-McCall-Preserve.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324176370690407330" /></a><br />When parked at the Rowena Crest viewpoint, check out one of the nearby trails. On this trip I took the short hike out across the green plateau ... Walking out here it feels like you should be carrying a set of clubs. The Ice Age Flood features in the area are impressive. Learn more about the <a href="http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/oregon/preserves/art6809.html">Tom McCall Preserve</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8i1pImscgkVXd0jIqswufuwrGBIPN3W8VFXCIgmtL4xkJhLoF4lZ_YMMkgGOkRF0Q0Q3j3jStzLwtw77hdyxLfkQIx3uaeEWejJWW8_U8XbAiMJzgYVy5mZGl0FG0SN95_BtjbSXric/s1600-h/Columbia-Gorge-Discovery-Ce.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs8i1pImscgkVXd0jIqswufuwrGBIPN3W8VFXCIgmtL4xkJhLoF4lZ_YMMkgGOkRF0Q0Q3j3jStzLwtw77hdyxLfkQIx3uaeEWejJWW8_U8XbAiMJzgYVy5mZGl0FG0SN95_BtjbSXric/s400/Columbia-Gorge-Discovery-Ce.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324176369728695826" /></a><br />Each time I visit The Dalles, I try to spend at least a couple hours in the <a href="http://www.gorgediscovery.org/default.aspx">Columbia Gorge Discover Center</a>. This place is AMAZING! In addition to an Ice Age/Ice Age Floods display, I always enjoy the Lewis and Clark, Oregon Trail and Wasco County exhibits along with materials that tell the story of the Native Americans that live in the area.<br /><br />The life-size 13-foot Columbian mammoth model is pretty cool but my favorite exhibit is Stev Ominski's painting that shows a group of mammoths running from one of the Ice Age Floods that raced down the Columbia Gorge. Click to open link that shows an interesting shot of Stev and his painting <a href="http://libertynatural.com/olf/lavfest08/ominski.htm"><i>The Rowena Incident</i></a>.<br /><br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101560590217619717623.0004679040fe2a6f79ee9&ll=45.666366,-121.183319&spn=0.167948,0.291824&z=11&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101560590217619717623.0004679040fe2a6f79ee9&ll=45.666366,-121.183319&spn=0.167948,0.291824&z=11&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left"></a></small></center><br />Red bubble marks Rowena Crest, blue bubble marks Horsethief Butte.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585443407489099406.post-87529572781893916402009-03-08T15:59:00.000-07:002009-03-20T06:57:50.646-07:00Lower Crab Creek Coulee - Buttes, Mesas and tsmee-toos?This early March hike took me by two clusters of buttes and mesas in the Lower Crab Creek Coulee.<br /><br />Several of these mesas may have been used as defensive positions by early Columbia Plateau residents. Mesas occupied by Native Americans were known as tsmee-toos by the Sinkiuse. The Lower Crab Creek Coulee features shown were shaped by Ice Age Floodwaters and the Columbia River.<br /><br /><a href="http://wdfw.wa.gov/lands/wildlife_areas/columbia_basin/unit.php?searchby=unit&search=Lower%20Crab%20Creek">Columbia Basin Wildlife Area<br />Lower Crab Creek Unit</a><br /><br /><center>Click any image to enlarge</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYc_gJuhqs1DRrqp2SvFtmGy2ItvoAK2jR1_bpCTMzWBJctdbIY9JmxehQ8Rg8nBftvAtzWMVEvrhND6sW9Pqs6Ra4e6eTXTZZjUKkYM_joJMFkTwzBtCIVKIDpGqOLLn0U4jBUbA22Do/s1600-h/Crab-Creek-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYc_gJuhqs1DRrqp2SvFtmGy2ItvoAK2jR1_bpCTMzWBJctdbIY9JmxehQ8Rg8nBftvAtzWMVEvrhND6sW9Pqs6Ra4e6eTXTZZjUKkYM_joJMFkTwzBtCIVKIDpGqOLLn0U4jBUbA22Do/s400/Crab-Creek-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310979084936422018" /></a><br />In 1973 amateur archaeologist Nat Washington released a report titled "<i>Mesa Top Cliff Dwellers of Eastern Washington</i>". Washington found evidence that Native Americans occupied the tops of at least 55 mesas in the Columbia Basin at some period. The sheer <a href="http://hugefloods.com/Basalt.html">basalt</a> walls are thought to have provided protection during attacts.<br />Ladders may have been used to gain access to the mesa top and would have been pulled up once the group was in position.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy56x7SuDn3TZixwUlxryg5UtvpFucFG0qLqFPzNhjMiVHg-PRSHZQ-azgVRaVpzFpLU4h4xMD60U3XCsQGsv5fFAwcj9aZ7Z828zGkjdZVtaPL_kEe_9NwQyhig4FbIJuqDe_43OlVF0/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy56x7SuDn3TZixwUlxryg5UtvpFucFG0qLqFPzNhjMiVHg-PRSHZQ-azgVRaVpzFpLU4h4xMD60U3XCsQGsv5fFAwcj9aZ7Z828zGkjdZVtaPL_kEe_9NwQyhig4FbIJuqDe_43OlVF0/s400/Ice-Age-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310979208829640242" /></a><br />Native Americans living in the Columbia Basin have used the lower Crab Creek drainage as a travel route for thousands of years. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZrNzn0JnRk6GZerPHHu4dR-_Q4Lwn_QLsTAYkbxhkhlVN-4Kaz6WbD5AD9vKPCbEm6uZgwNyHpfvh6wMDB_RSXJ6gsqpmMcdP-aUiZQ_BjiHmqlnvpI9T4uk9fE_rwsICRAIixfp8Jk/s1600-h/Saddle-Mountains.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZrNzn0JnRk6GZerPHHu4dR-_Q4Lwn_QLsTAYkbxhkhlVN-4Kaz6WbD5AD9vKPCbEm6uZgwNyHpfvh6wMDB_RSXJ6gsqpmMcdP-aUiZQ_BjiHmqlnvpI9T4uk9fE_rwsICRAIixfp8Jk/s400/Saddle-Mountains.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310977165524518258" /></a><br />The Saddle Mountains rise sharply and form the coulee's south rim.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5YlQLYZjiDUK4R1Exh24yPEe1Wq4Y_y6w5ZUzht0fHMC5VLxRVWTAxffSUmBYA7G45wUgQY7sIphlhlaBGnv5gkszvpdWTh_OfFmAeNM0GKA7FdtUleOqEZ_5n640VWymjzpCOqXcxM/s1600-h/North-Rim-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5YlQLYZjiDUK4R1Exh24yPEe1Wq4Y_y6w5ZUzht0fHMC5VLxRVWTAxffSUmBYA7G45wUgQY7sIphlhlaBGnv5gkszvpdWTh_OfFmAeNM0GKA7FdtUleOqEZ_5n640VWymjzpCOqXcxM/s400/North-Rim-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310979073739279154" /></a><br />Huge basalt boulders scattered below the coulee's north rim.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9b-bac_EtxTmKzI4BRSQ44-IbXqkWX-zf5iZ4iUPwZo9mvjtJ6QeWaGKTsFwAhqHTe9kPvsKYiodzUmGUkyvM-Tel0e0OgVDUEJeCFuTL6ZB4nIT0DFtxZ9buc6EOTLQTqbLRmMOx54/s1600-h/Lower-Crab-Creek-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9b-bac_EtxTmKzI4BRSQ44-IbXqkWX-zf5iZ4iUPwZo9mvjtJ6QeWaGKTsFwAhqHTe9kPvsKYiodzUmGUkyvM-Tel0e0OgVDUEJeCFuTL6ZB4nIT0DFtxZ9buc6EOTLQTqbLRmMOx54/s400/Lower-Crab-Creek-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310980030941085522" /></a><br />View from north rim, looking east up the massive coulee.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjylEsZJ6Gm_uWJ3y18wsITA_5zCgOutj3Omb69CAXD5CPAy8Zq-3G-hO9EXajCwnFB06g82pLWfgmex4slRQupUYP0ZtjouI5PR1y3y_mSg81MOfsOg7E7cedmQTZh5L_Plmv92uXppOc/s1600-h/Missoula-Floods.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjylEsZJ6Gm_uWJ3y18wsITA_5zCgOutj3Omb69CAXD5CPAy8Zq-3G-hO9EXajCwnFB06g82pLWfgmex4slRQupUYP0ZtjouI5PR1y3y_mSg81MOfsOg7E7cedmQTZh5L_Plmv92uXppOc/s400/Missoula-Floods.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310979057342928402" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xu8LzzJwHBvDnUzygHIEu_2YJwvxJjdT7gca8q3Pois64i3W9igebCVrZ-OdJNohJ_BkQKjyoVSP0vEv2F8NZSfCIH_2zxQtXlRCJWqkz7PwqKg7HRmSra5RWRSobB1Au3uU0q1QoTs/s1600-h/Lower-Crab-Creek.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3xu8LzzJwHBvDnUzygHIEu_2YJwvxJjdT7gca8q3Pois64i3W9igebCVrZ-OdJNohJ_BkQKjyoVSP0vEv2F8NZSfCIH_2zxQtXlRCJWqkz7PwqKg7HRmSra5RWRSobB1Au3uU0q1QoTs/s400/Lower-Crab-Creek.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310979055174940786" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGHMi4-6iRvjHdSO3cgeVNXle70s8Sd7I2bxL2oJG9gzFFs0lfuYQ9M3kTiXY_RxXLkPFgpcS5lgFYO00KAZucx87dXgx5-S_q8Jy_Eal9fPYmRMDLLymjg7BDDv2ZziQinXYrsk82nk/s1600-h/Crab-Creek.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGHMi4-6iRvjHdSO3cgeVNXle70s8Sd7I2bxL2oJG9gzFFs0lfuYQ9M3kTiXY_RxXLkPFgpcS5lgFYO00KAZucx87dXgx5-S_q8Jy_Eal9fPYmRMDLLymjg7BDDv2ZziQinXYrsk82nk/s400/Crab-Creek.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310978513764782706" /></a><br /><center>View from north rim of coulee.</center> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeKs7LXBnSGsICF7rQ5mWCawNjW4p_xRiYR353jdm_i8HldSBWeuSAyQcY8vFCQo1oLu2OGjf_uKVahXX76sms3DZGEUXdUv1gif1wBo4bO6qxzIZDuZzy3GBodr6tWG-xkq_YvhCekg/s1600-h/Wahatis-Peak.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeKs7LXBnSGsICF7rQ5mWCawNjW4p_xRiYR353jdm_i8HldSBWeuSAyQcY8vFCQo1oLu2OGjf_uKVahXX76sms3DZGEUXdUv1gif1wBo4bO6qxzIZDuZzy3GBodr6tWG-xkq_YvhCekg/s400/Wahatis-Peak.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310978512847625874" /></a><br /><center>Wahatis Peak in the distance.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFEBIick66zH_4AGHUjOTfn7jD8NdXQdjDzSuK69Wnht6m2b86pkfcoPsB1pmKLNsY1Zd84x1w1wnpGSpRt8-fBRz_QG1O6LUdKDQ8ZBAs9nOglOtk_3_uWhvlGQK3YLiRhisHuOgwco/s1600-h/Crab-Creek-Marsh.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFEBIick66zH_4AGHUjOTfn7jD8NdXQdjDzSuK69Wnht6m2b86pkfcoPsB1pmKLNsY1Zd84x1w1wnpGSpRt8-fBRz_QG1O6LUdKDQ8ZBAs9nOglOtk_3_uWhvlGQK3YLiRhisHuOgwco/s400/Crab-Creek-Marsh.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310978503244412418" /></a><br />This butte is surrounded by red-winged blackbird habitat. March is a great time to view birds in Lower Crab Creek Coulee.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhre7vbMFWpIWDL2G67aAJnAeUhCMRIiT7ZcQrwFW0Slu-8A7K4rj0ooOCDu496Vq6Fn-7hLgRt6Q9bJDFZMX7SQsV2WO-E0a3N2A9u8wy1bXVDo0nK9s9Ci3kT5NRBmysv1r8-EFbRRCk/s1600-h/Smyrna-Bench.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhre7vbMFWpIWDL2G67aAJnAeUhCMRIiT7ZcQrwFW0Slu-8A7K4rj0ooOCDu496Vq6Fn-7hLgRt6Q9bJDFZMX7SQsV2WO-E0a3N2A9u8wy1bXVDo0nK9s9Ci3kT5NRBmysv1r8-EFbRRCk/s400/Smyrna-Bench.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310978495546631234" /></a><br />Aerial view of organic fields on the Smyrna Bench. Arrows mark Lower Crab Creek Coulee. The mesas and buttes shown above are marked by the last two arrows.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIiJezjWmo1z6v0Sj60RQRfLvWbCZhQgdtyvr0pagEIGbwIw356oeY8FUFJJzxq8hXqhxrYwOIol8qDRmPGFi_apOG5xuetTgw_wY23Dgx9eJVBhTqnU-1kzHbXgurPyp-0noNXi9D4iI/s1600-h/Bruce-Bjornstad-Map.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIiJezjWmo1z6v0Sj60RQRfLvWbCZhQgdtyvr0pagEIGbwIw356oeY8FUFJJzxq8hXqhxrYwOIol8qDRmPGFi_apOG5xuetTgw_wY23Dgx9eJVBhTqnU-1kzHbXgurPyp-0noNXi9D4iI/s400/Bruce-Bjornstad-Map.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310977562564776514" /></a><br />If you slow down to study any one image in this post ... I hope it's this one.<br /><br /><a href="http://iafi.org/onthetrail.html">Geologist/Author Bruce Bjornstad</a> created this map showing the path of the Columbia River when the Okanogan Lobe of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet was in place. Bruce has marked Lower Crab Creek Coulee with the number 38. It was a combination of the <a href="hugefloods.com">Ice Age Floods</a> and this Columbia River diversion that shaped Lower Crab Creek Coulee.<br /><br />If you have a few minutes --- Click the map below to enlarge and follow the Columbia River's course shown on Bruce's map in Google's terrain view. The old river channel is easy to trace through the Drumheller Channels, Moses Lake area (Big Bend) and up through Rocky Ford to the Lower Grand Coulee.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBqu065OMMmnm-4xT_c7FLGdmz1rYP9aF69hzvUfffp5LEIlP1rH9Nmb9te-F1-cjOQrluamphh0fY7x3BdUSv24Qf61Z1Odg8S7b-IgpwV2wyYerAUIfbcr28uZViPWZyXya-MXLe48/s1600-h/Upper-Crab-Creek-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBqu065OMMmnm-4xT_c7FLGdmz1rYP9aF69hzvUfffp5LEIlP1rH9Nmb9te-F1-cjOQrluamphh0fY7x3BdUSv24Qf61Z1Odg8S7b-IgpwV2wyYerAUIfbcr28uZViPWZyXya-MXLe48/s400/Upper-Crab-Creek-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310977560920222370" /></a><br />This shot looking NE to the upper coulee, was taken several years ago from the Smyrna Bench. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdPv95ViqtMQIS2Ipo7Dat2FMeF0BmxP9pWVN2ERlnibLhMtm-pHyPKoFcH7q-e0uGrYZGVfVW2Z7l50x-aUMvpMCFUyIShwp3wPgCKYkzs6trtUT3lKf2zpBURNKeYagFfsdQbgAwJo/s1600-h/Ice-Age-Floods-Missoula.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdPv95ViqtMQIS2Ipo7Dat2FMeF0BmxP9pWVN2ERlnibLhMtm-pHyPKoFcH7q-e0uGrYZGVfVW2Z7l50x-aUMvpMCFUyIShwp3wPgCKYkzs6trtUT3lKf2zpBURNKeYagFfsdQbgAwJo/s400/Ice-Age-Floods-Missoula.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310977551711509106" /></a><br />It sure is neat to see the work done by the floods scrubbing away basalt. Where remnants of the upper basalt flow remain in the form of buttes and mesas, it's interesting to note well-defined moats sometimes present on the upstream side.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTPJb5_vyQSuE85pIo3qVALEUhuI-ET-ptM6qnySVKMcJJ6Gl9JytwovBxsX9gTWzgyfw_Kji6w2QiH10tYizAdgL-bqxnF8afCZdf4TUBCAc94JVQSoiDq58mo4wrN7aoQ3i5xBXNc4/s1600-h/Balanced-Rock.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTPJb5_vyQSuE85pIo3qVALEUhuI-ET-ptM6qnySVKMcJJ6Gl9JytwovBxsX9gTWzgyfw_Kji6w2QiH10tYizAdgL-bqxnF8afCZdf4TUBCAc94JVQSoiDq58mo4wrN7aoQ3i5xBXNc4/s400/Balanced-Rock.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310977544885101810" /></a><br /><center>Interesting balanced rock in the distance.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKx34kn4hhMYBIaSCp_GRiqS76cnMoFAUvrMREXkz175u_j8jopxgxKa_-cmCDQL0sI1At_3tlYyCIWbtCPuKR98mDRUaYH2J2cwjKeguAOMdreFqgfdbCcZgdTHe2eZ1ENFhMBqb8LfE/s1600-h/Balanced-Rock-Coulee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKx34kn4hhMYBIaSCp_GRiqS76cnMoFAUvrMREXkz175u_j8jopxgxKa_-cmCDQL0sI1At_3tlYyCIWbtCPuKR98mDRUaYH2J2cwjKeguAOMdreFqgfdbCcZgdTHe2eZ1ENFhMBqb8LfE/s400/Balanced-Rock-Coulee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310977540511597634" /></a><br />Should have ended up with a better shot of the rock. Saw no hope of getting on top of the rock before my 20 second camera delay expired.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzj4XuaucAP4-IXxCIb4XeYmzodvm-Pea0gb5Qjdzgs8ct96TRO-krIr75vTLXSwIBR2pCoQmOuTiu-ZflH827BqMU2E6Q5BX9_ryv97GOE3s1N8OwAg5Sed44bnStqomP0vKJ0Uytzw/s1600-h/Coulee-Crab-Creek.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 189px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihzj4XuaucAP4-IXxCIb4XeYmzodvm-Pea0gb5Qjdzgs8ct96TRO-krIr75vTLXSwIBR2pCoQmOuTiu-ZflH827BqMU2E6Q5BX9_ryv97GOE3s1N8OwAg5Sed44bnStqomP0vKJ0Uytzw/s400/Coulee-Crab-Creek.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310977171558974978" /></a><br />One of two sharp summit basalt formations in the area. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvDlUlY059wsoTaWjxxAB3v0UEXUxsxZAIqhZKno7lTUal3xAeXYzIGJD5Lp2oCahrntRBu8XlFtuj3X_Hj6Lv53wCA-EkTs7z0fSYKJRpKlcsNYSXwjPO8s8EF3PZMythMhbiuWN6x8/s1600-h/Coulee-Deer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvDlUlY059wsoTaWjxxAB3v0UEXUxsxZAIqhZKno7lTUal3xAeXYzIGJD5Lp2oCahrntRBu8XlFtuj3X_Hj6Lv53wCA-EkTs7z0fSYKJRpKlcsNYSXwjPO8s8EF3PZMythMhbiuWN6x8/s400/Coulee-Deer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310977172683311810" /></a><br /><center>Local deer seem nervous.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVs0WlR7fbH_RpwFQD-fWmKeckb1BXrWpdqv80_132XRQlvx5oWYPCuCbQCzY_VCSe3LxVq5IJB_m8PLs6U7jzRG347U8bOT2fDNfpf8u4nTgl0g8OXjVAD-0HeKpz7YoHxLuBk4mOVOM/s1600-h/Coulee-Hawk.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVs0WlR7fbH_RpwFQD-fWmKeckb1BXrWpdqv80_132XRQlvx5oWYPCuCbQCzY_VCSe3LxVq5IJB_m8PLs6U7jzRG347U8bOT2fDNfpf8u4nTgl0g8OXjVAD-0HeKpz7YoHxLuBk4mOVOM/s400/Coulee-Hawk.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310977168076468386" /></a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Hawk">Red-tailed hawk</a> soars above the north coulee wall.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0tBvXXribVC4UW56KFgm3tuDmh_lc-_Kusk7SOFCF6y9L435qahwDPffHWBiB6gdsvrozPQeqAWXwFyiLD4c5vNqEUOs2Df7Hxigf_vIrU8LmJ2IRyUCbq92rXzS7xMXGlexW5wATI4/s1600-h/Crab-Creek-Coulee-West.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0tBvXXribVC4UW56KFgm3tuDmh_lc-_Kusk7SOFCF6y9L435qahwDPffHWBiB6gdsvrozPQeqAWXwFyiLD4c5vNqEUOs2Df7Hxigf_vIrU8LmJ2IRyUCbq92rXzS7xMXGlexW5wATI4/s400/Crab-Creek-Coulee-West.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310977164913581298" /></a><br />Looking SW into the west end of the huge coulee. Try to imagine the dust stirred up in 1906 when 5,000 wild horses were rounded up between the Saddle Mountains and Ephrata. Newspaper reporters from as far away as the Boston Herald were sent to cover the event known as the <i>Last Grand Roundup</i>. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5zbTyhvuhWxtdgTTJfYf4cmRu7sSMc3NxteQdL6JEz0O9HydZy8aSEv9BTMpEF7Ec2X9oFrbJ2h275APV_ptaaW3azexAA1yrtYM_RVljQzh_Nlq-aly79Vmz1IzVaTj9bfviiCe2bug/s1600-h/Wanapum-Heritage-Center.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5zbTyhvuhWxtdgTTJfYf4cmRu7sSMc3NxteQdL6JEz0O9HydZy8aSEv9BTMpEF7Ec2X9oFrbJ2h275APV_ptaaW3azexAA1yrtYM_RVljQzh_Nlq-aly79Vmz1IzVaTj9bfviiCe2bug/s400/Wanapum-Heritage-Center.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313227183057741842" /></a><br />The Lower Crab Creek area was important to early ranchers that raised cattle and sheep. This display of equipment used by these men is located in the Wanapum Heritage Center a few miles up the Columbia River from the mouth of Crab Creek Coulee.<br /><a href="http://www.gcpud.org/resources/resCultural/heritageCenter.htm">Wanapum Heritage Center</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPu7CmKfzM572LlxXM8_Cn-LWw5x1zACsDczMO7nW93XS-mHTRpzaiEfZRKkt3CymNGs1xEMEjRL1sjW3zudeQ2LTGIkSmCox_OCFi8wxMeu32-EJl6ZlnF-sHnxDjlfJhmRyWX6rINBs/s1600-h/USGS-Map.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPu7CmKfzM572LlxXM8_Cn-LWw5x1zACsDczMO7nW93XS-mHTRpzaiEfZRKkt3CymNGs1xEMEjRL1sjW3zudeQ2LTGIkSmCox_OCFi8wxMeu32-EJl6ZlnF-sHnxDjlfJhmRyWX6rINBs/s400/USGS-Map.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310976565521200594" /></a><br />Lower Crab Creek Coulee could one day be used to store irrigation water. USGS image above (note Columbia River at left).<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.usbr.gov/">Bureau of Reclamation</a> and <a href="http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wr/cwp/crwmp.html">Washington State Department of Ecology</a> are exploring several coulees created by the Ice Age Floods for additional off-channel storage of Columbia River water. Lower Crab Creek Coulee is high on their list with a potential active storage capacity of 2,300,000 acre-feet. <a href="http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wr/cwp/cr_mainstem_storage.html">Columbia River Basin Storage Options</a><br /><br />Link to: <a href="http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wr/cwp/images/pdf/crssr_final_12062005.pdf">Columbia River Mainstem Storage Options, Washington Off-Channel Storage Assessment Pre-Appraisal Report</a> (Large File 7.4 MB pdf)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpfy6UWKjPktl-t4l9PjfrDhmjoSsiwMbyrsARrXMMH-EepKePmPYfMKiE_tSs8UF1W9hiFUfNHu-TC29mFCH1DlKAlZ-74mIKMNMEmA2tS-iamPkF5RHqkU6rxfCNbcm0Rzn9KpQ5E0/s1600-h/Wanapum-Transmission.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpfy6UWKjPktl-t4l9PjfrDhmjoSsiwMbyrsARrXMMH-EepKePmPYfMKiE_tSs8UF1W9hiFUfNHu-TC29mFCH1DlKAlZ-74mIKMNMEmA2tS-iamPkF5RHqkU6rxfCNbcm0Rzn9KpQ5E0/s400/Wanapum-Transmission.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310976565350644450" /></a><br />With transmission lines already in place and a reliable wind on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddle_Mountains">Saddle Mountain</a> crest, the ridge looks like a windfarm waiting to happen.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_Bl7yp0Z3HuBqDgDRW3i28wCqzz0RkCUtGXYbPiGUn98K1ME9YHRMIhRv8qGI5b_zqT0T-uQPV8UHDEQVueMkVffS6kOc42PinYaW-mefxshTs7sorYnDDVW-gvbyiT_UPHPNXPFZ2k/s1600-h/Sentinel-Gap.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm_Bl7yp0Z3HuBqDgDRW3i28wCqzz0RkCUtGXYbPiGUn98K1ME9YHRMIhRv8qGI5b_zqT0T-uQPV8UHDEQVueMkVffS6kOc42PinYaW-mefxshTs7sorYnDDVW-gvbyiT_UPHPNXPFZ2k/s400/Sentinel-Gap.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310976563895627234" /></a><br />This photo was taken pretty close to the point that I turned to the north and climbed up on Dry Island.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQAZP98Wssts5ZCnAt9CrMFU4pP6Q8JSnbVsPrBMkwxbtR2FDeTOA72qb3BESURkPcKPL7RjOp1HGSlEPjhhlwt5-2F99PMZpLc_WpvbqnOjvelUxc3pcqNB5_ZzXcqDWsXAftgZluwA/s1600-h/Columbia-Wildlife-Refuge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQAZP98Wssts5ZCnAt9CrMFU4pP6Q8JSnbVsPrBMkwxbtR2FDeTOA72qb3BESURkPcKPL7RjOp1HGSlEPjhhlwt5-2F99PMZpLc_WpvbqnOjvelUxc3pcqNB5_ZzXcqDWsXAftgZluwA/s400/Columbia-Wildlife-Refuge.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310976556934018834" /></a><br />Marsh area near the Clementine Lake trailhead. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9pAtHdRYqFwlLL_-oQg9L2y6LjLpL5kLbMw6VD22RsrAsYG0_oELBIPTbw99bi0B23H0pzF_4GUdWkmsFfWbRO0wzi-C4dj3NfOIeHCxovImCv_lJ7kukKa0oW4B_HZxpgfTzIWX2WSQ/s1600-h/Crab-Creek-Refuge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9pAtHdRYqFwlLL_-oQg9L2y6LjLpL5kLbMw6VD22RsrAsYG0_oELBIPTbw99bi0B23H0pzF_4GUdWkmsFfWbRO0wzi-C4dj3NfOIeHCxovImCv_lJ7kukKa0oW4B_HZxpgfTzIWX2WSQ/s400/Crab-Creek-Refuge.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310975952536142770" /></a><br />Plenty of room to roam on the refuge. This hike was just over 20 miles.<br /><br /><strong>The next two images are from the Drumheller Channels north of Othello.</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qtbjIMPb433hK3Oa6BLd3IeMGhV59i-wqQ6_FFei2-nXDkGQOfVl1sZksLnRC8BNpQIOKgCg5ei0patY82A2JCB3qaWzvUPCdYDD5SGvEUQwSOXnoQCK1UBLU4YxlAe_OTilqZfammA/s1600-h/Deadmans-Bluff.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 107px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qtbjIMPb433hK3Oa6BLd3IeMGhV59i-wqQ6_FFei2-nXDkGQOfVl1sZksLnRC8BNpQIOKgCg5ei0patY82A2JCB3qaWzvUPCdYDD5SGvEUQwSOXnoQCK1UBLU4YxlAe_OTilqZfammA/s400/Deadmans-Bluff.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313226309848315138" /></a><br /><center><i>Deadman's Bluff</i></center><br />Over the years, buttes and mesas created by the Ice Age Floods were put to other uses. This large mesa along the Morgan Lake road in the Drumheller Channels has a gentle slope on the south end (this view from north). <br /><br />The mesa was once used by local cattlemen as a sort of a "Corral in the sky" for their herd. The cattle were driven up the south side and one or two men were all that was needed to keep them on top. One April night in 1880, 15-year-old Edward O'Rourke was assigned the job of keeping the herd on the mesa. At some point during the night, Edward and his mule tumbled off the east side to their deaths. A rock-pile marker visible from the road marks the point of impact.<br /><br />The mesa is known today as Deadman's Bluff and the nearby lake used to clean Edward up before he was returned to his parents is Deadman Lake. (Lake located just SW of the Morgan Lake - McManamon intersection)<br /><br />Former Land Manager of the <a href="http://www.fws.gov/columbiarefuge/">Columbia National Wildlife Refuge</a> Ron Anglin has written an excellent book on central Washington history that includes descriptions of the Last Grand Roundup, tsmee-toos, and O'Rourke's tumble off the mesa. <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Forgotten-Trails/Ron-Anglin/e/9780874221169/?itm=1"><i>Forgotten Trails</i></a> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmB8C2anNS2y5FS-tfEMJe1jHY1qzz8YQCqXtnECVZ_OxeM-bz76OQ-SfbMUVD7fABbpjMKVp1oVTQKoQcD-6I85pLW3LRqU49-RA0uZpCTtIEUxcnAxPSGNEF_0h2SfmwLsYF5FOv40w/s1600-h/tsmee-toos.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmB8C2anNS2y5FS-tfEMJe1jHY1qzz8YQCqXtnECVZ_OxeM-bz76OQ-SfbMUVD7fABbpjMKVp1oVTQKoQcD-6I85pLW3LRqU49-RA0uZpCTtIEUxcnAxPSGNEF_0h2SfmwLsYF5FOv40w/s400/tsmee-toos.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313226957010724226" /></a><br />Washington found that one of the characteristics of mesas used as defensive positions was a reliable nearby source of water. I need to catch up with Washington's report to see if this Drumheller Channel mesa along Crab Creek made the list of 55.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDBenZDsGniURBIQ2KfCE_daDdU3TzeqfBoBK1QgAZ5T3ekPIYw_tx4j1gDWnqvz1LThjCudtoxjtgHiwihKrZpuMPXxfQbh5pZC9wYN9B8M6HxQ12h0t3y499v8a2VFj7i1sw3MPfDSY/s1600-h/FW-Map.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 137px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDBenZDsGniURBIQ2KfCE_daDdU3TzeqfBoBK1QgAZ5T3ekPIYw_tx4j1gDWnqvz1LThjCudtoxjtgHiwihKrZpuMPXxfQbh5pZC9wYN9B8M6HxQ12h0t3y499v8a2VFj7i1sw3MPfDSY/s400/FW-Map.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310975938099936386" /></a><br />Click to open WDFW's: <a href="http://wdfw.wa.gov/webmaps/gohunt/wildlife_area_pdf/wlau_lower_crab_creek.pdf">Lower Crab Creek Unit - Detailed Land Ownership & Resource Map </a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTQoe8_NLRUc1vTaFfk_w8ID66kJktxrbREfzzqag0OJxtPUk5hSOS5v9-Hln85n6ftg4-zwf4k_OLD2cOJqvZ-HJ4S1e8r8o8yZbIY8lsJRR3_L3KLU8cBh6Ak1Hemj9UxcSzJl8-0I/s1600-h/Columbia-River-Eagle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTQoe8_NLRUc1vTaFfk_w8ID66kJktxrbREfzzqag0OJxtPUk5hSOS5v9-Hln85n6ftg4-zwf4k_OLD2cOJqvZ-HJ4S1e8r8o8yZbIY8lsJRR3_L3KLU8cBh6Ak1Hemj9UxcSzJl8-0I/s400/Columbia-River-Eagle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313225951812507298" /></a>Eagle perched above Columbia River near <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanapum_dam">Wanapum Dam</a>.<br /><br /><center><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&t=p&msid=101560590217619717623.000464a3712b60fa012eb&s=AARTsJqelZVktFv82nx7WPszhyGUMyFRZw&ll=46.844695,-119.644718&spn=0.041094,0.072956&z=13&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&t=p&msid=101560590217619717623.000464a3712b60fa012eb&ll=46.844695,-119.644718&spn=0.041094,0.072956&z=13&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small></center><br />Note tiny Crab Creek wandering through the massive Lower Crab Creek Coulee. Use your mouse to navigate map.<br /><br />Links to Lower Crab Creek trip reports posted by others:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/trip-reports/trip_report.2009-02-15.9252416068">Crab Creek Wildlife Area Hike</a><br /><br /><a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/getaways/59054_hike21.shtml">Seattle P-I Hike of the Week</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16673422972792562966noreply@blogger.com1