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If-trees-could-talk t1_jbv4wz8 wrote

An under appreciated landscape in WA. This area is fascinating.

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RippingLegos OP t1_jbv5q69 wrote

It truly is an amazing hike. There are brown trout in the lake that we've caught before, we would hike in with our float tubes on your backs with our fly rods attached, there is also the western side path that is beautiful and easier.

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roxyamused t1_jbwgvyi wrote

The deluge! It’s why there’s the gorge amphitheater and the “scarred land”. Called the Missoula Floods.

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WikiSummarizerBot t1_jbwgwzw wrote

Missoula floods

>The Missoula floods (also known as the Spokane floods or the Bretz floods or Bretz's floods) were cataclysmic glacial lake outburst floods that swept periodically across eastern Washington and down the Columbia River Gorge at the end of the last ice age. These floods were the result of periodic sudden ruptures of the ice dam on the Clark Fork River that created Glacial Lake Missoula. After each ice dam rupture, the waters of the lake would rush down the Clark Fork and the Columbia River, flooding much of eastern Washington and the Willamette Valley in western Oregon. After the lake drained, the ice would reform, creating Glacial Lake Missoula again.

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justpickituplease t1_jbvy4h5 wrote

I used to duck hunt there many years ago. You could drive in

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RippingLegos OP t1_jbyzr0s wrote

From the back access, we would hike in with our float tubes that way. So they had the gate open back then?

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Terra_117 t1_jbw0gkx wrote

Gods I miss driving through this place :)

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RippingLegos OP t1_jbyzt8s wrote

Did you move out of the area? :(

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Terra_117 t1_jbz0hdm wrote

I used to live on the Palouse so I’d take this route to drive to Seattle when I went on a semi regular basis. I found a lot of beauty in driving through this part of the PNW.

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RippingLegos OP t1_jbz2tim wrote

I love the Palouse, used to drive through and golf down there and sometimes for work :)

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jimmycoed t1_jbve379 wrote

Rattlesnake capital of Washington.

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ElTardoDente t1_jbvhuui wrote

It’s not too bad out here. Just don’t look at my profile : )

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MadAzza t1_jbvm2cz wrote

I just spent 15 minutes looking at photos of boats, Huskies, and little kids with fish. No rattlers, but it was a pleasant diversion for this homesick gal!

Edit: I screwed up. I didn’t check out your profile — I thought you were the OP, so all the photos of fish etc. were from u/RippingLegos. Sorry about the confusion, u/ElTardoDente!

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RippingLegos OP t1_jbvrjqp wrote

I'm grateful for you and your browsing through my profile. :) I've lived in New York and Boston for a bit and it made me very homesick...

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ElTardoDente t1_jbvhxos wrote

That pond in front of you has the best frogs for eating come summer time!

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RippingLegos OP t1_jbvloln wrote

Yep! there's another pond to the south by cascade that we catch them in with flies :)

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