If you attended
Nick Zentner’s lecture as recommended in my last blog entry you will know that
Palouse Falls is another feature carved into Miocene bedrock by the sudden
release of ponded glacial meltwater about 15,000 years ago. When Carolyn and I visited, it was difficult to think of
anything glacial, the temperature was well over 100 degrees in the shade – with
damned little shade to be had.
Palouse
Falls State Park is a small, isolated place not on the road to anywhere. The view is spectacular, but there is little
else to do there. There used to be some
hiking, but the State now deems it unsafe and has closed the trails. The little camp ground is nice and would
probably greatly appeal to anyone who had tired of humanity.
All in all,
Palouse Falls is a handsome, lonely sort of place. I am glad that such places continue to exist.
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