Palouse Falls

Palouse Falls. An awesome place! Anyone who's interested in the Ice Age Floods should visit! It's the only major waterfall left along the glacial flood path created 15,000 years ago.

It's hard to get the idea of how enormous these falls are from the pictures. They drop 200ft!

In 1968, 1.25 miles upstream, archeologists unearthed the remains of a 10,000 year old man.
Marmes Man was found in a cave with the remains of at least four other people. They are among the oldest human remains found in the western hemisphere. Pretty cool!

In springtime, the snow run-off can make the falls double in volume. Spring and early summer are the best times to visit. But as you can see from our photos, they're pretty impressive in the fall as well. This year we plan to explore more of the Channel Scablands. They stretch from the Grand Coulee Dam all the way down to the Blue Mountains. And that's just in Washington State! PBS has a fascinating episode of NOVA if you're interested in this incredible event. It's called Mystery of the MegaFlood. Check it out online. It's good stuff!!