@alliwant

Ancient Lakes lies on the western edge of the Columbia Basin near the town of Quincy in Washington State.

An arid shrub-steppe desert, the Columbia Basin was irrigated by dams. Now it's an agricultural area growing crops and wine grapes.

Hundreds of massive Missoula Floods in the Ice Age

The Missoula floods were cataclysmic glacial lake outburst floods that swept periodically across eastern Washington and down the Columbia River Gorge at the end of the last ice age. These events have been researched since the 1920s. These were the result of periodic sudden ruptures of the ice dam on the Clark Fork River that created Glacial Lake Missoula.

After each ice dam rupture, the waters of the lake would rush down the Clark Fork and the Columbia River, flooding much of eastern Washington.

The water was over a mile high. It lifted Eastern Washington topsoil and deposited it in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, now the richest soil growing area in the world.

The Missoula floods carved out lakes, rolling, crenulated hills, cliffs and more. "Scablands" is a name used to describe Eastern Washington.

Watch "Nick on the Rocks," a PhD. geology professor at Central WA University. He has fun, fascinating five minutes videos.

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@Willow_Wisp

There was enough wind. No mosquitoes. I brought mosquito repellent.

I led Greg up on a hillside above the lakes for a better view.

@HippieChick58

We'll see.

Jolanta

We had fun.

@LiterateHiker I am happy you did. No wonder you think it was a great first date.