Ever since a chance visit on Steptoe Butte, when a traveler told usabout Dry Falls, I have been itchin' to see them.

Ever since a chance visit on Steptoe Butte, when a traveler told us about Dry Falls, I have been itchin' to see them. Wow, I'm sure glad I did! The scale of this thing is so huge that it took over 40 years for geologists to accept the theory of an ice dam backing up the Clarks Fork River in Montana, near present day Missoula, to a depth of about 2100',  Then the dam suddenly ruptured, releasing 5 trillion cubic feet of water through Montana, Northern Idaho, Washington, and Oregon before exiting into the Pacific Ocean via the Columbia Gorge. Journeying through the Palouse we saw vast areas of the loess (topsoil) stripped bare to the underlying basalt bedrock. This area is called the Scablands and it was created by the Missoula Floods. I encourage you to look it up yourself, if you want to learn more about this event. Later we took a walk through the basin trying to see it up close and personal. Finally we spent the remainder of the afternoon at Sun Lake Resort, the perfect place for a family vacation.