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Hike 4/11 Frenchman Coulee
Overlook of the busy trailhead and camping area at Frenchman Coulee
This is a great training area for climbers, who love the pleasant spring conditions here just like we do
Bundles of phlox were the most noticeable blooms
Balsamroot just starting to get going here
Larkspur in among the phlox
Typical scenery on the plateau above Frenchman Coulee
Group makes their way along one of the unofficial trails that criss-cross the plateau
Looking westward over Frenchman Coulee
Hookers Balsamroot
A group of Mountaineers was doing a climbing class
Rappeling down the vertical basalt columns
Our second hike followed the gentle dirt road on the floor of Frenchman Coulee
The falls at the head of the coulee
Several people scrambled up to the base of the falls
Partly cloudy in the afternoon, highs in the upper 60's
Driving down to the boat launch area, at the end of the old Highway 10 on the banks of the Columbia
Lupine in bloom by the boat launch
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