This is where my adventure ended, as my wife and I had a five-hour drive home the same day, and were trying to see this weird superhero film that just came out. Further down, you happen upon the “upper falls” which much resemble massive river rapids, and fall some 20 feet in height. Photo courtesy of Kyle HarringtonĮven so, if the dogs on a leash, (and maybe the kids too), all’s well.Īs you start on the main path, it wraps around and beside the falls, giving the adventurer a top down view of the very moment the river bed falls away. The showers of water and mist create elaborate ice sculptures that cling to the canyon walls. Four people have died in recent times at the falls, and it’s not a hike for the faint of heart.Ī view of Palouse Falls in the winter time, taken during a fairly deep freeze. Winding around the crest of the bowl, as it is known, is a series of foot trails, complete with, “don’t be stupid, or you WILL die,” signs. The sheer cliffs, jetting down into a cauldron of churning water, ever rained on by the thunderous cascade above, made my wife and I think of Ireland and its Cliffs of Moher. Not many miles downstream from Palouse Falls, the river joins the Snake River, which later joins the Columbia. The Palouse River canyon below the falls, looking south. Last month, close to a year after I left Pullman, my wife and I had the opportunity to gaze on this beautiful spectacle of creation which had eluded us of late. GO COUGS! In my years at Wazzu, I never made it out to Palouse Falls, and always felt like a fraud waterfall fanatic as a result. This reporter had the opportunity to take a quick look-around at the famous water feature, late last month, and gee willikers Batman, was it an adventure.Īs some know, I gradumacated from the good ole’ Washington State University in Pullman, or should I say in the middle of a wheat field.
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