Tuesday's postcard, and one of the great shows on Earth

May 2, 2023

Canyon sunrise northwest of Othello, WA

It is more than a footnote for a visit to Palouse Falls that the river tumbling into the majestic plunge pool did not create the plunge pool. It’s just borrowing it.

The Palouse River, for most of its life, finished its long journey in a reach the drained about 20 miles to the west, where it bent south and emptied …