Just south of Potholes Reservoir is the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, an area of basalt lava cliffs, lakes, ponds, grasslands, and canyons. It is part of the channeled scablands, a corridor scoured by the release of an ice age … Continue reading →
In the Grand Coulee corridor in Central Washington State is a series of dry rocky coulees and pothole lakes. The channeled scablands were scoured by the released floodwaters of Lake Missoula during successive ice ages. This area is barren and … Continue reading →
While hiking in central Washington State we ventured out to mountain bike a section of the John Wayne Pioneer Trail. This route is a rails-to-trails recreational corridor that follows the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railway bed for 430 … Continue reading →