Palouse River, Washington
During the morning journey the Sea Lion was circled by White Pelicans, Audubon's favorite American bird. ith bright sunlight and morning shadows, guests also had a front row seat for acres of apple trees, two large dams – one with an unusual Guillotine door, and sparsely populated U.S. Corps of Engineers verdant parks. A midday the boat dropped anchor in the placid waters of the Palouse River, a tributary of the day's main water highway, the Snake River. During the morning voyage, Naturalist Jerry Igo described the Bretz Floods which violently shaped the Scablands of Eastern Washington and Oregon many thousands of years ago.
Our excursions included kayak and Zodiac explorations of the Palouse River mouth and a brief motor coach ride to Palouse Park and Palouse Falls. The dramatic Falls, in the midst of the forbidding, mesmerizing Scablands, are a lonely, isolated vestige of the Great Floods. At the Falls, guests accompanied Historian Junius Rochester for interpretive walks around the area.
Wildlife joined the programs: marmots, coyotes, rattlesnakes and black beetles at the Falls: deer, pheasants and Canada Geese on the water; with guests in the midst of this Spring menagerie.
The accompanying image is not of the Grand Canyon. Rather, the photo depicts Washington State's Palouse River, sheltered by meandering brittle basalt walls. This lonely, off-the-path scene is an example of Lindblad Expeditions commitment to find, explore and help preserve the earth's special natural sites.
During the morning journey the Sea Lion was circled by White Pelicans, Audubon's favorite American bird. ith bright sunlight and morning shadows, guests also had a front row seat for acres of apple trees, two large dams – one with an unusual Guillotine door, and sparsely populated U.S. Corps of Engineers verdant parks. A midday the boat dropped anchor in the placid waters of the Palouse River, a tributary of the day's main water highway, the Snake River. During the morning voyage, Naturalist Jerry Igo described the Bretz Floods which violently shaped the Scablands of Eastern Washington and Oregon many thousands of years ago.
Our excursions included kayak and Zodiac explorations of the Palouse River mouth and a brief motor coach ride to Palouse Park and Palouse Falls. The dramatic Falls, in the midst of the forbidding, mesmerizing Scablands, are a lonely, isolated vestige of the Great Floods. At the Falls, guests accompanied Historian Junius Rochester for interpretive walks around the area.
Wildlife joined the programs: marmots, coyotes, rattlesnakes and black beetles at the Falls: deer, pheasants and Canada Geese on the water; with guests in the midst of this Spring menagerie.
The accompanying image is not of the Grand Canyon. Rather, the photo depicts Washington State's Palouse River, sheltered by meandering brittle basalt walls. This lonely, off-the-path scene is an example of Lindblad Expeditions commitment to find, explore and help preserve the earth's special natural sites.
