I was sorry to miss Palouse Falls, and we toyed with adding a side trip to it on the drive home today, but 7 hours was plenty long enough already. Much better to bike to it anyway than to just drive up for a quick look. Maybe some day when based around Walla Walla.

Yes, a nice warmup to returning to the WV. I think we saw more bikers today than the whole last two months put together.

Yes they are, and their dialog is so varied. They’re one of our best singers, rather like a mockingbird.

Well, Bear vomit is still a possibility. We’re just basing all this on Andrea’s best guess from the photo. I really should have picked it up and fondled it a bit to get more information.

And, of course, someday you should ride to Palouse Falls and around that interesting landscape.

Thank you for yet another interesting installment. You could be doing these rides without telling anyone about them but you generously choose to keep us informed and entertained.

Good elevation gain. Mt. Everest is only 29,029 feet.

Especially shredded and canned!

And I'm going to miss your photos of it.

I love trails like this.

I would have thought this was a logging truck photo.

I would guess they emerge more streamlined, torpedo-like, and then slowly open once free of the ground. I think that's why there is more dirt right at the top. You know all of this already.

Delicious!

And here I was all excited that you might have discovered a new plant species, Scott! Too bad. You could have named it Spectabilis Scottii.

Great photos of strange things. Quite educational. Thank you.

I thought it was bear vomit at first. It reminds me of the movie I loved when I was a kid called The Blob. This could be an infant Blob and I would stay away from any in the future.