Palouse Falls

I finally have something to post about. We finally adventured out into the unknown. It seems to happen more often when we have family in town. We headed northeast, about an hour and a half outside of the Tri-Cities, to Palouse Falls State Park. The falls drop from a height of 200 ft. and are one of Washington's most beautiful waterfalls.
Jason, Lauren, and I
Elaine and Chris
A view of the upper Palouse Falls and Palouse River.

We hiked down into the canyon to the upper waterfalls. It was less than a mile, so really easy. (I think Lauren was saying a prolonged "Ouch," in this picture.)

I was reading some interesting facts on the Palouse Falls website. I've never heard of the Marmes Rock Shelter until now, but this is what the site had to say. "The Marmes Rock Shelter was the site of a 1968 archeological dig. Geologists unearthed remains of the "Marmes Man." Among the oldest human remains found in the western hemisphere, Marmes Man is estimated to be 10,000 years old. Approximately 1.25 miles upstream from the mouth of the Palouse, a levee surrounds a murky pool below a shallow basalt cave. The remains of at least five individuals were excavated from a fire hearth in the cave."

It pays to adventure out. There is always something spectacular to see and so much history to learn. Washington has around 140 state parks. Our plan is to visit as many as we can.

We are down by two!