The scenery close by our campground is beautiful even in springtime with not much greenery or flowers yet. We are close to Dry Falls. This is the place where an ice dam broke back at the end of the ice age and let loose billions of gallons of water creating one of the largest waterfalls ever created. What you can see now is the "dry falls" where the water went over the basalt cliffs. It is over 3 miles long and over a 400 foot drop. Which is three times the length and three times the drop of Niagra Falls. The water carved out a wide gorge or "coulee".
We had a fishing derby at the marina here on Banks Lake next to the campground. They put a net across an area by the docks to make it a fishing area. They stocked the water with almost 500 trout. The trout were from 1/4 pound up to over 5 pounds. The kids caught lots of fish with lots of help from the parents. After the derby they left the net in place for almost a week so the adults could enjoy the fishing too. We gave it a try but didn't have any luck -- we are not good at trout fishing even when they are trapped in small area.
We still haven't gone out on the lake fishing -- it might as well be Minnesota -- so windy and the wind is unbelievably cold. The wind is coming off of the snow in the Cascades -- brrrr.
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