Palouse Area Washington State

For Labor Day weekend, Rita, Marian and I drove to Walla Walla Washington through the Palouse area to see the wheat field scenery. On the way we stopped at the Cataldo Mission in Idaho, Couer d'Alene for lunch and a barn in eastern Washington. We only drove a few miles on Sunday and stopped many times in the fields, climbing to the tops of ridges to find a view. Monday we headed home but only drove a total of 166 miles before we stopped in Farmington to shoot the sunset. Then we had to make it the rest of the way back to Missoula after dark.


Cataldo Mission in Northern Idaho, the oldest standing building in Idaho. They have a brand new modern Visitor Center with an auditorium, displays and a gift store.



Inside the Mission. Tough to find straight lines in that place. Built in the 1850s.



Wheat fields where the tractors leave tire marks in the stubble.



Later on Saturday


Store Front in downtown Walla Walla Sunday morning.


Storage for the crop.


Miles of fields.

All within 20 miles of Walla Walla.


Overlooking Lewiston, Idaho on the Way to Uniontown.

We surprised Marian and stopped in Uniontown where her father was born. We found their church and took pictures. We wanted to go inside and were looking for someone to ask permission. A man drove into the driveway and Marian introduced herself. He laughed after the introduction and told her he has the same last name. Turns out he is her cousin! We received a guided tour of the church.
Wheel fence at an artist's Co-op in northern Uniontown. Took the artist 30 years to assemble the fence.

At the corner of 27 + Farmington Rd.

We received directions from some locals to drive up these hills to look back on Steptoe Butte and the sunset.


The Butte.