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Northrup Canyon, Eastern Washington

If you are even slightly interested and or have a fascination with rocks, or the big flood this is a trail to hike. When you leave the highway and start up the dirt road to the trail head the rock formations and walls are incredible. Of course the rock walls are pretty magnificent that hug the highway likewise. I didn't know what to expect on this trail. I have traveled through this area since I was a young, and haven't really been overly interested in dessert hiking. This area appeared barren, dry, had a slightly ugly feeling as we traveled through. This year for early spring hiking we decided to stretch ourselves and explore some trails in the Eastern Washington area. This is a beautiful trail, fairly flat all the way to the old homestead. The trail is a old road that leads to the homestead then heads left up and around what I think was a chicken or turkey barn and farther up the canyon. Leave plenty of time to stop gauke, gaze, take pictures and stand in awe and a...