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In a most improbable feat of natural engineering, a beautiful nearly 200′ waterfall was plopped in the middle of nowhere.  At least many would call the rolling grasslands and eroded lava formations of the Palouse “nowhere”, though not your humble narrator because I find this is a great region to explore in the springtime.  It’s climate is milder than eastern Washington’s so the snow melts earlier and grass and wildflowers have a head start.  And summer’s heat is a distant memory so spring is definitely the best time to visit — when the weather is cool and the water on the Palouse River fills its channel and pours over …

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