Yesterday we left West Glacier (which we dearly loved). We took a driving day along Route 2 through the panhandle of Idaho and then into Washington.
Having sprung a major leak over Ruthie's side window in our RV, we also scheduled a stop at R n R, a Winnebago dealer near Spokane. Hats off to William who caulked up a hole by the roof gutter (which we probably did driving thru trees in a campground), checked and recaulked our awning clamp, and sent us on our way at no charge. What a great western experience! We were in and out in less than an hour.
We set up camp at Steamboat Rock State Park on Banks Lake. All of this area was "created" by the building of the Grand Coulee Dam. A nice campground with rock formations that reminded us of the Southwestern U.S.Today we drove over to the Grand Coulee Dam and took the tour. The size of this dam and the power generated is hard to fathom.
Then on to Dry Falls, the LARGEST water falls in the world !!
(20 million years ago). Unfortunately, the Columbia River changed channels a few years ago, leaving this falls waterless.
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| Steamboat Rock |
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| Dry Falls |
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| Grand Coulee Dam |
Just to add some information for you guys. The dry falls are actually a result of massive glacial flood deposits from an ice dam breaking repeatedly during the last ice age (~11,000 years ago). Water in glacial lake Missoula (which was bigger than all of the Great Lakes) came flooding out, scouring the basalts covering much of the area, leaving behind coulees and massive waterfalls. You may also have noticed giant boulders the size of houses. Those were carried by the flood-waters and deposited when the water receded!
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