Eastern Washington Part 1

  • Combines
    Combines
    Highway 2, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#9317
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Farm View
    Farm View
    Often old, replaced equipment is just left at the edge of a field.
    Highway 2, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#9320
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Trees & Clouds
    Trees & Clouds
    Highway 2, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#9321
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Train Tracks
    Train Tracks
    Highway 2, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#9324
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Derelict Barn
    Derelict Barn
    Highway 2, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#1540
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mountains, Trees & Clouds
    Mountains, Trees & Clouds
    Grand Coulee, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#9327
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Gehrke Windmill Garden
    Gehrke Windmill Garden
    Grand Coulee, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#9332
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sign
    Sign
    Very interesting information on the dam.
    Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#9333
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grand Coulee Dam
    Grand Coulee Dam
    Grand Coulee, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#9334
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Visitor Center & Towers
    Visitor Center & Towers
    Some of the distribution system for the electricity produced by the dam.
    Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#9336
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Park
    Park
    We had a nice picnic lunch at the table in the center of the photo.
    Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#9337
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Jones Bay
    Jones Bay
    Banks Lake, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#9338
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Narrowleaf Hawkweed
    Narrowleaf Hawkweed
    Hieracium umbellatum
    Jones Bay, Banks Lake, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#9342
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Steamboat Rock
    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
    2023-09-06#9347
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Columnar Basalt
    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
    2023-09-06#1543
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Steamboat Rock
    Steamboat Rock
    Rabbitbrush in the foreground.
    Steamboat Rock State Park, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#9349
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Steamboat Rock
    Steamboat Rock
    Steamboat Rock State Park, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#9352
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rabbitbrush
    Rabbitbrush
    Chrysothamnus nauseosus
    Steamboat Rock State Park, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#9356
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crested Wheatgrass Seedheads
    Crested Wheatgrass Seedheads
    Agropyron cristatum
    Steamboat Rock State Park, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#9357
    Larry L. Jackson
  • 2023-09-06#9358 Dieteria canescens - Hoary Aster, Steamboat Rock SP, Washington, USA
    2023-09-06#9358 Dieteria canescens - Hoary Aster, Steamboat Rock SP, Washington, USA
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Derelict Log Barn
    Derelict Log Barn
    Colville Indian Reservation, Highway 21, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#1549
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Derelict Buldings
    Derelict Buldings
    Colville Indian Reservation, Highway 21, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#9362
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Longhorn
    Longhorn
    Bos taurus taurus
    Republic, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#1555
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Longhorn
    Longhorn
    Bos taurus taurus
    Republic, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#1560
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sign
    Sign
    Pflug Mansion, Wauconda, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#9364
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pflug Mansion
    Pflug Mansion
    Wauconda, Washington, September 6, 2023
    2023-09-06#1564
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Big Brown Bat
    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
    2023-09-06#9366
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sign
    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
    2023-09-07#9367
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    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
    2023-09-07#9369
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hedgehog Cactus
    Hedgehog Cactus
    Echinocereus engelmannii - a cactus that lives very far North.
    Beezley Hills Preserve, Washington, September 7, 2023
    2023-09-07#1566
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    View
    The clouds made the photo worth taking.
    Beezley Hills Preserve, Washington, September 7, 2023
    2023-09-07#9372
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Canyon Wall
    Canyon Wall
    More columnar basalt layers.
    Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
    2023-09-07#9376
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Columnar Basalt
    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
    2023-09-07#1567
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Columnar Basalt
    Columnar Basalt
    Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
    2023-09-07#9379
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mule Deer
    Mule Deer
    Odocoileus hemionus - at the edge of corn field.
    Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
    2023-09-07#1571
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Columnar Basalt
    Columnar Basalt
    Lichens add nice color.
    Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
    2023-09-07#9381
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Butte
    Butte
    The basalt has weathered and formed slopes of rubble.
    Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
    2023-09-07#9382
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Snow Buckwheat
    Snow Buckwheat
    Eriogonum niveum
    Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
    2023-09-07#9386
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Columnar Basalt
    Columnar Basalt
    Moses Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
    2023-09-07#9387
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sign
    Sign
    Hard to imagine the described formation of this feature.
    Dry Falls State Park, Lower Grand Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
    2023-09-07#9389
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Dry Falls
    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
    2023-09-07#9390
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lower Grand Coulee
    Lower Grand Coulee
    20 miles of canyon carved by the Missoula floods.
    Dry Falls State Park, Lower Grand Coulee, Washington, September 7, 2023
    2023-09-07#9392
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Poplars
    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
    2023-09-07#9396
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pothole Lakes
    Pothole Lakes
    Below Potholes Reservoir.
    Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
    2023-09-07#9398
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Purple Loosestrife
    Purple Loosestrife
    Lythrum salicaria - introduced species.
    Potholes, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
    2023-09-07#9400
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Purple Loosestrife
    Purple Loosestrife
    Lythrum salicaria
    Potholes, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
    2023-09-07#9401
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Yellow Bee Plant
    Yellow Bee Plant
    Cleome lutea
    Potholes, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
    2023-09-07#9402
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Yellow Bee Plant
    Yellow Bee Plant
    Cleome lutea
    Potholes, Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
    2023-09-07#9403
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Soda Lake
    Soda Lake
    Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
    2023-09-07#9406
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Soda Lake
    Soda Lake
    Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, September 7, 2023
    2023-09-07#9409
    Larry L. Jackson