Aleksander & Milam: " Nature Boy " is the sculpture on the library across from the natural history museum, the Conner, at Washington State University in Pullman
Aleksander & Milam: Washington State University Museum sabertooth, Pullman
Aleksander & Milam: fossil tree with prehistoric giant beaver tooth marks. Washington State University Museum, Pullman
Aleksander & Milam: Dire Wolf fossil, Washington State University Museum, Pullman
Aleksander & Milam: hoary marmot, Washington State University Conner Museum, Pullman, found throughout Washington .
Aleksander & Milam: Olympic Marmot, Washington State University Conner Museum, Pullman. our official state mammal.
Aleksander & Milam: mountain beaver / aplodontia. Washington State University Conner Museum, Pullman; we got to see one in the wild in Discovery Park in Seattle.
Aleksander & Milam: Washington State University Conner Museum, Pullman. DNA from prehistoric animals.
Aleksander & Milam: the real " Jurassic Park " began here with a quagga. Washington State University Conner Museum, Pullman
Aleksander & Milam: Washington State University Conner Museum, Pullman. the 4 wild sheep of North America: Desert, Bighorn, Stone, and Dalls
Aleksander & Milam: we really like magpies and this trip had them everywhere from the city to the alpine heights. here in Pullman, Washington
Aleksander & Milam: Edward Murrow at the School of Communications he attended and is now named for him. Washington State University, Pullman
Aleksander & Milam: view of the lovely rich farmland of the Palouse region taken from Washington State University in Pullman
Aleksander & Milam: Bruce at Edward R. Murrow's actual door, now in the communications school named for him and including a museum on him. Pullman, Washington.
Aleksander & Milam: a cougar at Washington State University, Pullman
Aleksander & Milam: "A World Beyond " Brad Rude, 2000 at Washington State University, Pullman. note there is a rhino.
Aleksander & Milam: Washington's second biggest university after UW in Seattle. in Pullman.
Aleksander & Milam: Devil's Steptoe State Park in the Palouse near Pullman, Washington. a rich farming area with buttes.
Aleksander & Milam: view from our room in Spokane; we had a balcony overlooking the Spokane River, Riverfront Park, and downtown.
Aleksander & Milam: the center of Spokane downtown is on the river and is very wooded and rock parkland, Riverfront Park; it has a colony of marmots.
Aleksander & Milam: one of numerous marmots in the former world's fair site,Riverfront Park, in downtown Spokane - now a huge park of waterfalls, rapids, forest, and wildlife. we also saw raccoons, ground squirrels, and bald eagles downtown.
Aleksander & Milam: marmot in downtown Spokane Riverfront Park, one of many
Aleksander & Milam: this is a recycling goat; you feed it your trash ! Spokane 1974 world's fair site Riverfront Park
Aleksander & Milam: Spokane. for Margaret.
Aleksander & Milam: downtown Spokane is very green with Riverfront Park and the braided river is quite large.
Aleksander & Milam: one of several rapids and waterfalls in downtown Spokane, now parkland. we ate in the old flour mill shown here . Riverfront Park. great view.
Aleksander & Milam: the 1974 World's Fair site downtown on the Spokane River, Spokane. a protected park, Riverfront Park..
Aleksander & Milam: the historic and amazing Davenport Hotel in downtown Spokane. fancier than any in Seattle or back in the old country.
Aleksander & Milam: Spokane light fixture
Aleksander & Milam: "Flowers of the Northwest " Harold Balazs 1978 downtown Spokane