Sunday, May 20th - to Grand Coulee Dam

We left Yakima and drove northeast to Coulee Dam, Washington. On the way, we passed Dry Falls overlook and visitors center. At the end of the last Ice Age, massive Lake Missoula was created by an ice dam. When the dam melted, the lake swept westward with 10 times the water force of ALL the rivers in the world. This force of nature created the Columbia River Gorge. As the torrents forged westward, it created this geologic wonder, the Dry Falls. At the time it created a waterfall many times greater than Niagra Falls. The waterfalls dried up leaving these massive cliffs that are surrounding land mostely devoid of water. These depressions are called "coulees".

Grand Coulee is the largest of these land formations. We are now camped in the village of Coulee Dam at the casino. Tomorrow we will see the Grand Coulee Dam.