Grand Coulee, Washington

Interesting lunch spot along Hwy 20

Grand Coulee Dam overlook

Who is that walking along side of the Columbia River?

It's Ms Tomasina Turkey

Releasing the water. Getting ready for the nightly laser light show.

 Lake Roosevelt formed behind Grand Coulee Dam.

It's huge and it's powerful.  The Grand Coulee Dam can generate more electricity than any other dam in North America.  The largest turbines/generators at Grand Coulee Dam weigh 3,000 tons.  The flow of water from the Columbia River is so strong, it can get the turbines up to full speed in 12 seconds.  The total length of the dam is 5,223 feet - almost a mile long and as tall as a 46-story building - approximately as tall as Seattle's Space Needle.

Grand Coulee Dam Visitors Center

Woody Guthrie wrote a song about the Grand Coulee Dam.

Dry Falls Overlook and Visitors Center

Just down the road is the entrance to Sun Lakes/Dry Falls State Park.

Park Lake

85 feet deep with Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Tiger Trout & Triploid

Deep Lake

120 feet deep with Kokanee Lake Trout & Rainbow Trout

Dry Falls Lake

30 feet deep with Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout & Tiger Trout

Perch Lake

25 feet deep with Rainbow Trout & Tiger Trout

Vic Meyer Lake

10 feet deep with Brown Trout, Eastern Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout & Tiger Trout

View of Vic Meyer Lake from the campground.

A great way to end a hot day. 

Gehrke Windmill Garden

Emil Gehrke's colorful windmills have been featured on national television, and in

 National Geographic Magazine, December 1975.