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aytee111: I was in Idaho for a very short time, half of it going past this huge lake
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aytee111: A great road out of Spokane, WA
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aytee111: A very severe fire, must have been a while back - west of Spokane, WA
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aytee111: After the mountains of MT and ID, entering central WA fams for miles with hardly a break
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aytee111: Odd place for a windmill?
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aytee111: At Grand Coulee Dam, WA
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aytee111: Farm lands broken only with sagebrush and the odd rock!
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aytee111: Can't remember the name of the town, sorry - these amazing sculptures all along Main Street (somewhere in central WA)
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aytee111: What a thing to be stuck behind - 10 mph for a long time
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aytee111: My first view of the Columbia River - it's impressive
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aytee111: Fruit trees on every available piece of land
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aytee111: The park at Pateros, WA, where the annual Apple Festival is held
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aytee111: The new town sign - Pateros, WA
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aytee111: Orchards everywhere - central WA
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aytee111: Heaven!
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aytee111: Not sure what this was all about
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aytee111: Columbia River Gorge and I-84
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aytee111: The whole of the Gorge is made up of these vertical patterns, caused from volcanos (I think) - a geologist's paradise
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aytee111: Along one road they had kindly put up signs - peppermint, beans, hay, etc. For once I could be intelligent about the fields!
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aytee111: Heading towards the Columbia River Gorge
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aytee111: Couldn't resist the name of this town - a really really small one too! The are missing an opportunity to capitalize on the name.
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aytee111: Following the Lewis and Clark trail, lots of history here about their journey
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aytee111: Columbia River Gorge from I-84
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aytee111: Lots of noise made me look up and saw this
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aytee111: I walked a bit of this trail, not much, I wasn't sure if I would end up at the Pacific
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aytee111: Hat Point, noted as such in the Lewis and Clark journals
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aytee111: I was surprised to see this barge on the Columbia River, I thought it was only the Mississippi
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aytee111: If you look closely you can see snow-covered Mt Hood in the background
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aytee111: Again, you have to look closely and you will see sails in the air!
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aytee111: Taking advantage of the constant wind up the Columbia River - photo taken from Washington looking into Oregon!