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If I were to guess, I would say this was taken from the tower of the county courthouse.

I can see the GN clock tower to the left above the falls. If you go across the bridge toward the center you run into the building with the conical spire that used to house the Spokesman-Review. And of course off to the right is Kendall yards with some boxcars.

Where I live (Pullman, WA) my house is 2450 ft ASL. There is a definite drop on HWY 26 around Hooper (historical route of the Palouse River), but it goes back up quite a bit after Washtucna. From there to Kittitas its extremely dry, and isn't viable for farming without irrigation.

It may not be "High Desert" by definition, but it is Desert nonetheless.

Most don't realize the "Great North American Desert" isn't relegated to the Southwest US.

It actually stretches through central and eastern Oregon straddling the OR/ID border and comes to a point traveling through central WA state. It's northern tip is sandwiched between the Kittitas valley and the flats west of Airway Heights, WA. It very roughly follows the route of the Columbia river. In fact, if you look at the area near Grand Coulee Dam and Banks Lake you will see the extreme northern reaches of the GNAD.

Following the river as it flows south will take you through high-desert areas around Yakima and Tri-Cities. Note how most of the area farms in this region rely on irrigation. Without the dams and irrigation canals/projects, this land would not be as productive at best, and would revert to unfarmable deserted lands at worst.

If I might, I want to throw out how WA state has many very diverse bio-regions, including a rainforest on the Olympic peninsula, and all the lush rolling hills of farmland of the Palouse region south of Spokane.

Aside from the occasional mountain blowing up every 500 years or so, WA state is awesome!

I’m not sure if they still call it the “Indian John Hill“ rest stop, but that is one of the best places to stop and get a picture of that range.

First time is mandatory lose sale privileges for a while + fine AFAIK. Regardless, maybe this isn’t their first time?

This.

Sounds soooo much better than “We sold to a minor and got caught, so the state liquor control board shut down sales.”

Technically, it’s true since LCB defines the taxing structure of spirits as well.