Eastern Washington Part 1
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Combines
Highway 2, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Farm View
Often old, replaced equipment is just left at the edge of a field.
Highway 2, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Trees & Clouds
Highway 2, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Train Tracks
Highway 2, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Derelict Barn
Highway 2, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Mountains, Trees & Clouds
Grand Coulee, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Gehrke Windmill Garden
Grand Coulee, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Sign
Very interesting information on the dam.
Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Grand Coulee Dam
Grand Coulee, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Visitor Center & Towers
Some of the distribution system for the electricity produced by the dam.
Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Park
We had a nice picnic lunch at the table in the center of the photo.
Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Jones Bay
Banks Lake, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Narrowleaf Hawkweed
Hieracium umbellatum
Jones Bay, Banks Lake, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Steamboat Rock
The photo guide book I used mentioned columnar basalt at this location, a feature that always interests me.
Steamboat Rock State Park, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Columnar Basalt
Anxious to see this feature, I found in subsequent days that there is a LOT of columnar basalt in Washington.
Steamboat Rock State Park, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Steamboat Rock
Rabbitbrush in the foreground.
Steamboat Rock State Park, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Steamboat Rock
Steamboat Rock State Park, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus nauseosus
Steamboat Rock State Park, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Crested Wheatgrass Seedheads
Agropyron cristatum
Steamboat Rock State Park, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Derelict Log Barn
Colville Indian Reservation, Highway 21, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Derelict Buldings
Colville Indian Reservation, Highway 21, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Longhorn
Bos taurus taurus
Republic, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Longhorn
Bos taurus taurus
Republic, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Sign
Pflug Mansion, Wauconda, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Pflug Mansion
Wauconda, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Big Brown Bat
Eptesicus fuscus - spotted on the wall of a Pizza Hut where we had Personal Pan Pizzas and beers.
Omak, Washington, September 6, 2023
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Sign
The Preserve is too close to town and the hilltop seems a favorite spot for drinking and shooting.
Beezley Hills Preserve, Washington, September 7, 2023
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View
The photo guide book says this is a beautiful place for Spring flowers. Fall provided nice views, but little else.
Beezley Hills Preserve, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Hedgehog Cactus
Echinocereus engelmannii - a cactus that lives very far North.
Beezley Hills Preserve, Washington, September 7, 2023
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View
The clouds made the photo worth taking.
Beezley Hills Preserve, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Canyon Wall
More columnar basalt layers.
Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Columnar Basalt
Formed by lava coming up through cracks in the earth's crust over millions of years, millions of years ago.
Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Columnar Basalt
Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Mule Deer
Odocoileus hemionus - at the edge of corn field.
Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Columnar Basalt
Lichens add nice color.
Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Butte
The basalt has weathered and formed slopes of rubble.
Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Snow Buckwheat
Eriogonum niveum
Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Columnar Basalt
Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Sign
Hard to imagine the described formation of this feature.
Dry Falls State Park, Lower Grand Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Dry Falls
The flow during the Missoula floods 13 to 15,000 years ago, flow was ten times greater than Niagara Falls.
Dry Falls State Park, Lower Grand Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Lower Grand Coulee
20 miles of canyon carved by the Missoula floods.
Dry Falls State Park, Lower Grand Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Black Poplars
Populus nigra - very nice park where we hoped to see some wildlife but it was the wrong time of the year.
Potholes, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Pothole Lakes
Below Potholes Reservoir.
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria - introduced species.
Potholes, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
Potholes, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Yellow Bee Plant
Cleome lutea
Potholes, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Yellow Bee Plant
Cleome lutea
Potholes, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Soda Lake
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Soda Lake
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Soda Lake
Reflected clouds.
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Marsh Unit 1
Maintained for migratory birds.
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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Upper Goose Lake
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
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5 Columns
Columnar basalt columns moved here to mark the trailhead.
South Trailhead, Lower Crab Creek, Washington, September 8, 2023
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South Trail
We took a walk down the trail, but Fall conditions lack much color and wildlife.
Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 2023
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American Common Reed
Phragmites australis americanus - light coming through the seedheads was nice.
South Trail, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Hoary Tansy-aster
Machaeranthera canescens - flowers weren't open early morning.
South Trailhead, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Big Sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata vaseyana
South Trail, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
South Trail, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 2023
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View
South Trail, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Yellow Salsify
Tragopogon dubius - near the beginning of the trail on my way to a waterfall.
North Trail, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Yellow Salsify Seeds
Tragopogon dubius
North Trail, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Waterfall
I was a little disappointed that the trail was on the other side of the creek but used my long lens for this photo.
North Trail, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Slow Shutter Waterfall
North Trail, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Showy Milkweed
Asclepias speciosa
North Trail, Lower Crab Creek, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 8, 2023
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California Quail male
Callipepla californica - across from the Beverly Dunes ORV site, unfortunately heavily tracked.
Crab Creek, Washington, September 8, 2023
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California Quails
Callipepla californica
Crab Creek, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias - on our way to a wildlife viewing area listed in our photo guide book that is now just a housing development.
Crab Creek, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
Crab Creek, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Hoary Tansy-aster
Machaeranthera canescens
Crab Creek, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Columbia River
The Columbia River is very large.
Wildhorse Mounument Viewpoint, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Yakima River Canyon
Washington, September 8, 2023
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Yakima River
Yakima River Canyon, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Railroad & Yakima River
Yakima River Canyon, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Apple Orchard
Eastern Washington is a very productive agricultural area due to abundant water supplies.
Interstate 82, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Apple Orchard
Interstate 82, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Railroad Trestle
Interstate 82, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Derelict Barn
Hardly any shingles to keep the rain out.
Interstate 82, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Mt St Helens
Viewed at great distance.
near Yakima, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Sign
It seemed odd that there were no employees or people here, but there was a toxic algae bloom in the pond that caused wildlife to find other spots.
McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Kennewick, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Nuttall's Cottontail
Sylvilagus nuttallii
McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Kennewick, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Common Sandpipers
Actitis hypoleucos
McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Kennewick, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Red-winged Blackbird female
Agelaius phoeniceus
McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Kennewick, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Red-winged Blackbird male
Agelaius phoeniceus
McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Kennewick, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Red-eared Slider
Trachemys scripa elegans
McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Kennewick, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus - the other pond had a healthier condition with quite a few birds.
McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Kennewick, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Kennewick, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Pond
The unhealthy pond had almost no wildlife.
McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Kennewick, Washington, September 8, 2023
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California Gulls
Larus californicus - there is also a White Pelican.
McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Kennewick, Washington, September 8, 2023
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Wallula Gap
South of the confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers.
Washington, September 9, 2023
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The Sisters
Wallula Gap, Washington, September 9, 2023
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Barn
We got off of Highway 12 to the old highway and backroads looking for photo opportunities like this.
Old Highway 12, Washington, September 9, 2023
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Hay
After a picnic lunch in the parking lot of Whitman College in Walla Walla, we continued the backroad search for photos that interested us.
Lower Waitsburg Road, Washington, September 9, 2023
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Tree
Harvested wheat fields dominate much of southeast Washington.
Lower Waitsburg Road, Washington, September 9, 2023
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Lone Tree
Lower Waitsburg Road, Washington, September 9, 2023
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Trees
Nice clouds enhance the scene.
Lower Waitsburg Road, Washington, September 9, 2023
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Wheat Stubble
Patterns from the combine in the stubble and a farm house.
Lower Waitsburg Road, Washington, September 9, 2023
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Field Pattern
We ended up on several stretches of old Highway 12.
Old Highway 12, Washington, September 9, 2023
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Combine & Field Pattern
The combine header is somewhere else.
Old Highway 12, Washington, September 9, 2023
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Old Highway 12
Washington, September 9, 2023
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