I had no idea that there was an Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail.  Apparently it starts in Montana and travels through Idaho, Washington, Oregon until it finally reaches the Pacific Ocean.  this geological trail starts with an ice dam that created a lake of about 3,000 square miles.  That's a big lake.  As expected, an ice dam won't last and eventually failed...

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 The miles rolled by, scenery blurring out the window. A podcast playing loudly, the windows rolled down.  The gentle snores of the dog curled up on the backseat.  We sat next to each other up front, quietly, letting our thoughts go with the passing trees. At the curve in the road up a head, I noticed what appeared as two furry ears and...

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Highway 20 is an amazing road over the mountains to central Washington.  Besides the abundant hiking opportunities starting around Concrete and continuing on throughout the Cascades.  There are boating, fishing and camping opportunities as well.  Camera must be in hand as well due to the numerous view points and one of my favorites is the Washington Pass Observation Site.  We've been here twice...

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 Hiking has been such a central part of our vacations anywhere we go.  We get to see so much of an area through hikes and its a chance to be outside.  Even though fishing dominated our Sun Lakes vacation, we were able to get in one hike.  This lake is below Banks Lake in the Coulee Corridor of Central Washington.  The road isn't...

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 As the afternoon warmed and the mosquitos came out in droves, we headed by out to the water.  This time with two poles.  The wind had kicked up a bit and I wondered if the fish were even going to bite.  I started my steady rowing rhythm towards the east side.  The dog was anxiously looking over the stern to see if the...

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