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Was just wondering if anyone knew of any places or cool roads to check out in Columbia County.
Ken
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YES!!!
There are some neat roads to explore in Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin Counties. Quite a few Forest Service roads as well as county roads. Some of the county roads run through draws, canyons and hollows between mesas of wheat fields and are really quite scenic. Lot's of old homesteads, huge deciduous trees planted by great, great, great grandma's and grandpa's, old windmills, winding streams, beautiful views and wildlife.
Columbia County offers the Blue Mountains in the Umatilla National Forest, the headwaters of the Touchet River as well as much of the Tucannon River, one of my favorite streams. A fun road to drive is a FS road that runs south of the Bluewood Ski Area and connects with other FS roads in Oregon. And for diversity you can drive through the wheat fields to the Snake River and Little Goose Dam. Towns are not one of my big things, but I do like Dayton; it's friendly and neat as a pin.
Jerry
WENAHA-TUCANNON WILDERNESS