Hike 4/9 Ginkgo Petrified Forest
Nice displays at the Ginkgo Interpretive trail tell all about the formation and discovery of the petrified wood samples.
About 20 petrified wood samples are found along the trail, identified by tree type.
Caged enclosures protect the specimens from human beings.
How the petrified forest can to be. It's a long story, 15 million years in the making
Not-so-distant-past history here at the visitor center. Petroglyphs from natives who lived here since the last ice age.
View of the Columbia River from the Visitor Center
Getting right down to river level during our lunch break
Hiking up to the plateau. I-90 bridge in the distance over the Columbia
Our group was basking in the sunshine, for a while at least
Fields of tiny mustard plants gave the hillsides a yellow tinge.
Looking to the southeast out across the Columbia at distant hills
Views from the plateau
Mountain sheep are hard to spot, be we saw several meandering the rocky cliffs
Hiking through the sagebrush
Balsamroot, the signature flower over there in the spring
Wild Horses Monument, on a ridge east of the Columbia River.
Nice displays at the Ginkgo Interpretive trail tell all about the formation and discovery of the petrified wood samples.
About 20 petrified wood samples are found along the trail, identified by tree type.
Caged enclosures protect the specimens from human beings.
How the petrified forest can to be. It's a long story, 15 million years in the making
Not-so-distant-past history here at the visitor center. Petroglyphs from natives who lived here since the last ice age.
View of the Columbia River from the Visitor Center
Getting right down to river level during our lunch break
Hiking up to the plateau. I-90 bridge in the distance over the Columbia
Our group was basking in the sunshine, for a while at least
Fields of tiny mustard plants gave the hillsides a yellow tinge.
Looking to the southeast out across the Columbia at distant hills
Views from the plateau
Mountain sheep are hard to spot, be we saw several meandering the rocky cliffs
Hiking through the sagebrush
Balsamroot, the signature flower over there in the spring
Wild Horses Monument, on a ridge east of the Columbia River.