When you make plans and the weather changes, you can either bale or just ride through the rain. The Echo Ridge trails are a great place to ride after a long day at the office. Close to work, easy to get to and a very peaceful quiet place to ride. Sometimes you need just a little bit of time in the great outdoors to shed the stress of the daily grind behind a desk. We didn't get to wet, just a little mud speckled and dampness to brighten our day. The adrenaline rush from just riding a bike, feeling the wind rush by always puts a smile on my face. Most of the time I run out of gas a lot sooner than I would hope, but just getting out and breathing in that clean forest air makes every minute worth it. Stopping to smell and admire a few flowers along the way add to the wonderful ride. This is our go to place when time is tight and we need a quick ride.
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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