Loose in the Palouse

September 07, 2020  •  2 Comments

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Welcome to September! The weather is getting cooler across middle part of the nation this week and we are transitioning from summer to fall. That also means harvest season. On my recent trip to Washington, I visited a farming region in southeast Washington known as "The Palouse". Centered around towns like Colfax and Pullman, Whitman County is the number one wheat producing county in the United States. 

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The Palouse is characterized by gentle rolling hills covered with wheat fields. The hills were formed over tens of thousands of years from wind blown dust and silt, called "loess", from dry regions to the southwest. The best vantage point to see these hills is from the summit of Steptoe Butte. They look like giant sand dunes because they were formed in much the same way.

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With an ultra zoom lens from atop Steptoe Butte, the patterns of these rolling hills are especially fun to compose in the low light just after sunrise and just before sunset. 
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The isolated cottonwood trees can also be fun subjects in the vast wheat fields. 

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The landscape here is much like western Kansas...but with bigger hills! There are a few old barns and abandoned homes as well. 

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Very interesting blog. Alot of blogs I see these days don't really provide anything that I'm interested in, but I'm most definately interested in this one. Just thought that I would post and let you know.
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No doubt, Whitman County is a hub of wheat production in the United States. The land of this county is so fertile to produce wheat. I have also decided to buy some acres of land in the Whitman County to start my new business of exporting wheat to other counties.
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