Last week, we headed north and east and saw many sights along the Columbia River.
Our first stop was the Maryhill Museum, just across the river from Oregon. It's collection is sort of an eclectic assortment of European culture and western art. Always interesting to see the Rodin sculptures.
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| Maryhill Museum |
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| Rodin's Hand of God (in plaster) |
We also stopped at a winery perched above the Columbia River near Quincy, the White Heron Cellars.
On Friday, we went fishing in Banks Lake with a guide. While technically not on the Columbia River, water is/was piped from the Grand Coulee dam to form Banks Lake and a series of lower lakes for both irrigation and recreation.
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| Steamboat Rock |
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| Sheer basalt cliffs |
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| Our catch |
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| Western grebes were starting to display courtship behavior |
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| We also saw eagles, swallows, and swifts, but only managed to photograph the grebes |
And we spent several days in Grand Coulee/Coulee Dam. The dam was built across the Columbia River at a point where it turned from westbound to northbound. It was completed in 1942 and created Lake Roosevelt.
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A view of the dam from CCC-built Douglas Park
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| A tribute to Wood Guthrie at the Visitor's Center |
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