Eastern Washington Trip | Part 1

For Spring Break in 2012, our family decided to take a trip to the eastern parts of the state. Over the end of the week, we'll visit lots of places, until out trip ends with Jack's baseball tournament on the weekend.

Thursday morning, Dad and the two older boys left for Snoqualmie Pass to go skiing one last time this season. Joseph and Jack got around ten runs in, skiing on one of the few slopes that's open this time of year. Mom and Henry arrived an hour later, and we headed east.

The weather had been very nice up at the pass, though maybe a bit hot for snow sports. As we drove eastward, the weather was bad for a bit, but soon got better and turned into a nice day. After a few hours of driving, we turned north, and drove past some scenic lakes. Soon, we got to Dry Falls, which, 2000 years ago, was the largest waterfall in the world. Now, it looks like Niagara Falls with pretty much no water, only a few small lakes at the bottom. This formed a pretty neat canyon, which although wasn't as big as the Grand Canyon, was still pretty cool.

In between a couple of these lakes we stopped at Steamboat Rock State Park, and did a short hike partway up a large rock. We didn't have the time to make it all the way to the top, a hike of that size would be worth a day by itself. However, we did see some great views of the lake surrounding the park.

Finally, we got to our destination for the day - the Grand Coulee Dam. The Dam in 550 feet tall, and powers seven states in the western US. After checking into our hotel in Coulee and getting some dinner, we ended a fun day in Eastern Washington.

                                                                                                   -Written by Joseph

Here are some pictures of the stuff we did today (taken by Joseph):

 The bridge we took over the Columbia river.

 One of the views of the lakes we drove by.

 A picture of Dry Falls canyon and the lake below.

 Dry Falls again, just to the right of the above picture

 Another scenic view.

 The large rock we climbed part of.

The view from halfway up the rock.













That's all for now. Check back later to see more about the rest of our trip.