Upper Palouse Canyon

©2002 Mike Huntington	I parked the barge at the state park & headed upstream from there. Extra water is needed for this jaunt. It's just over 5 miles 1 way straight line and no trails
©2002 Mike Huntington	A view of the basalt layers in the east canyon walls
©2002 Mike Huntington	Looking back downstream
©2002 Mike Huntington	If this is Nature's highway - - -
©2002 Mike Huntington	- -.then this is obviously the rest area
©2002 Mike Huntington	August is usually the lowest water of the year
©2002 Mike Huntington	looking upstream
©2002 Mike Huntington	view downstream
©2002 Mike Huntington	Coyote is enjoying the scenery too
©2002 Mike Huntington This formation looks like something out of a gothic fantasy
©2002 Mike Huntington	It'll take some climbing to get past the side canyon & onto the next bench
©2002 Mike Huntington	He has the right of way. (If you can't see him, check below)
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©2002 Mike Huntington	out of the cane break & onto the bench
©2002 Mike Huntington	How long can this rock hang there? I guess its weight at about 30,000 lb
©2002 Mike Huntington	The head of the canyon is a prehistoric plunge basin. The notch near the left horizon is the route out
©2002 Mike Huntington	first view of the Little Falls
©2002 Mike Huntington	This slab of rock gets swept bare during high water
©2002 Mike Huntington	looking back downstream over that same slab
©2002 Mike Huntington	Little Palouse Falls
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©2002 Mike Huntington	a chance to cool my feet before the climb out
©2002 Mike Huntington	Starting around the basin to climb out
©2002 Mike Huntington	A view down river from higher ground
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©2002 Mike Huntington	The shadows are moving faster than I can climb up the basin wall.
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©2002 Mike Huntington	From the rim, you can see northward toward the ancient river channel, which was against the loess hills in the background.
©2002 Mike Huntington	This coulee & the next offer more than 2 miles of easy walking but the deep shade is about to end photography for the day.
©2002 Mike Huntington	This one opens into the river canyon about 100 feet above where we saw the buzzworm. None of these ravines come any closer to the river.