The hills look like sand dunes. Silt blew in during ice ages. It is now very rich prairie soil. Palouse wheat fields grow, mostly wheat, lentils and peas. Some of the land is left bare for one growing season. This is called summer fallow. When I was a kid, they told me the summer fallow land was resting. Bicycling through this unique landscape is quite an experience.
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Palouse pictures
Palouse
Scenic Byway 2009
Palouse Scenic Byway 2008
Steptoe
Colfax area
Old Waitsburg Road
Colfax to Walla Walla
Combine at work
Short videos
Inside grain silo
Bryan Hall
Heating plant
KWSU AM tower
Panorama
Old barns
One barn
Summer storm
Elevator
Kamiak Butte
Kamiak from Pullman
Latah Trail
Moscow trailhead
Bill Chipman Trail
Harvest time
West of Colfax
Palouse Falls
Near Snake River
Inside a Snake River dam
Dust storm
Pullman on my blog
Pullman on Flickr
Palouse on Flickr
Palouse Scenic Byway 2008
Steptoe
Colfax area
Old Waitsburg Road
Colfax to Walla Walla
Combine at work
Short videos
Inside grain silo
Bryan Hall
Heating plant
KWSU AM tower
Panorama
Old barns
One barn
Summer storm
Elevator
Kamiak Butte
Kamiak from Pullman
Latah Trail
Moscow trailhead
Bill Chipman Trail
Harvest time
West of Colfax
Palouse Falls
Near Snake River
Inside a Snake River dam
Dust storm
Pullman on my blog
Pullman on Flickr
Palouse on Flickr
Near Pullman
Between Pullman and Lewiston
Between Pullman and Colfax
Near Colfax