Sunny Day Above Wallula Gap

 

DEM showing ice age flood lake that formed above Wallula Gap and above the Columbia River Gorge

I got a chance to get up on the edge of Wallula Gap. Alas access is very limited due to private property. The expansion of big ag ownership with irrigation has resulted access limitations. 

Dry land winter wheat near the west edge of the gap. 

Note that the field was not plowed prior to planting.

This planting method is used in some areas of the eastern Washington dry land wheat belt and has become much more common in the Horse Heaven Hills.

Looking north 

View across the gap looking east. The Oregon-Washington Border heads east from the gap approximately at the middle of the picture.

I have put up a fair number posts on Wallula Gap: 

https://washingtonlandscape.blogspot.com/2014/06/ice-age-floods-dem-and-lake-lewis.html   https://washingtonlandscape.blogspot.com/2011/04/wallula-gap-and-john-mix-stanley.html   https://washingtonlandscape.blogspot.com/2011/04/wallula-gap-and-prime-farmland.html   https://washingtonlandscape.blogspot.com/2012/05/sheep-in-vineyard.html   https://washingtonlandscape.blogspot.com/2012/12/columbia-river-treaty-and-cover-photo.html   https://washingtonlandscape.blogspot.com/2013/01/grand-canyon-and-wallula-gap-its.html   https://washingtonlandscape.blogspot.com/2013/10/wallula-gap-geology-and-art.html   https://washingtonlandscape.blogspot.com/2013/11/lake-lewis-and-wallula-gap.html