I am just a tad bit weary of the cold....I think I have the cooped up winter blues....after cracking and busting up ice for days on end for animals...the beauty and joy of winter tends to slowly disappear....a little bit of fresh snow and temperatures above 20 would help I am sure...this cold...frosted tree stuff is getting old....I was able the other day to slip away early to catch a ball game and on my journey home capture some pictures with color.....The light was fading fast and I haven't managed to figure out how to take the best pictures with low light or at night......nothing wrong with a little bit of grain and texture in life....I have been trying to catch up on my back log of photos.... revisiting trail through pictures....Man that can be tough this time of year....seeing all the beautiful green trees...flowers and views.....slowing making some progress one trail at a time....I do know that Cascade Pass and the Sahale Arm trail is a place I will be putting on my list this year....maybe a spring and a fall visit this year.....what a beautiful hike....Reality is calling....folks are cold today and furnaces have decided to stop working...so I've got to get my service techs moving on this lovely cold day.....
Echo Basin was our last early spring hike in the Eastern Washington area. We were planning to hike the Frenchman Coulee side that heads toward the waterfall but changed our mind due to the amount of cars parked at the trail head. So down the road just a little ways we went to hike the Echo Basin trail. Even with a early start the sun was way too bright, not hot, just bright. We hiked up the jeep trail that starts on the left hand side of the road as your facing the Columbia River. Didn't seem like a real exciting trail till we reached the sand dunes, which put us closer to the rock walls. Up and over the sand dunes and on up a goat trail to get above the walls. Without really knowing were we were going we just winged it. Lots of faint trails and trails in the sand, hard to know which was the true trail. The rock walls are huge and fascinating, the columns are even more interesting up close. We hiked until we had a view looking down into Echo Basin, and a nice look at th
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