I enjoy wandering the sagebrush hills in search of flowers, playing with the light and feeling the peace and quiet. The only noises are the sound of the birds singing, the brush of the tall weeds against your pants, the rustle of the grass with the breeze. I can waste hours enjoying natures beauty, in the quiet. It doesn't always have to be about the big views, incredible mountains, and high lakes. I enjoy finding places that I can hike over and over again and still enjoy all the beautiful flora and the great outdoors with very little effort. Places like this make it easy to get out in the evenings and empty the mind of all the daily grind.
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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