Yes!  After a year of not going on a trip, I left the Pacific NW and traveled eastward.  I first started by slowly going through Washington and Oregon, then I was off to explore Idaho.  I was in no hurry.  My first stop for the night was Long Lake a tad bit south of Mosses Lake.  

I had been there before in 2015 and the place didn’t disappointment me on this second visit.  No mosquitos unlike my last visit.

Nearby there are basalt columns shown on Nick Zenter geology YouTube.  So, waking up the next morning I was itching to see the basalt columns.  Off I went to a parking lot location Nick had given.  I didn’t see the outstanding columns, I’m not sure where they were, probably in front of my face.  Or maybe my memory isn’t correct about what Nick said.  Ha ha.  But oh my, the grasses were outstanding.  This was a “why I travel” moment putting a smile to my face.  I had never seen such gorgeous grasses dancing in the wind.  I no longer cared about seeing the basalt columns.  

Continuing east, I stopped at the Palouse fall.  It was more outstanding than I remembered.  Then there was a stop at the Lyons Ferry fish hatchery.  I was lucky, I was able to watch them tag fish the day that I stopped.  It is high tech with machines inserting a coded wire into each small fish.  The machines are in a trailer which travels between fish hatcheries.  Interesting.  

And before I left Washington and Oregon, I stopped to see the Fremont Powerhouse, built to provide power to local mines. It started operation in 1908.

At the Fremont powerhouse, I was greeted by Mitch, the full time care taker.   He showed me around explaining how the plant worked and the history of the plant.  I didn’t ask Mitch, but I’m guessing he is there Monday through Friday available to show you the powerhouse.