Yakima Canyon--Umptanum Recreation Area

Yakima Canyon's Umptanum recreation area is a wonderful place to visit, complete with this bridge that allows you to cross. The trail up the canyon is good for viewing wildlife--many birds, squirrels, insects, snakes, and if you climb the coulee edges, you might locate mountain goat and elk. If you do, be sure to bring a pair of binoculars. This article on selecting and using binoculars contains helpful hints :
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/242810/wildlife_and_travel_buffs_bausch_and.html

and this planning guide helps explain how to choose trips to maximize your wildlife viewing:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/152075/how_to_plan_a_bird_watching_vacation.html

Happy viewing!

Roamer

Roamer & Lizard Bride

It's a hard ride, life

clutching onto whatever raft

will take you, alive

to go alone

accept the loss at breast,

the loneliness inside

sometimes wishes for a lie

fur combed, or even

someplace to hide

us coward's would give it you

the love needed

except lies kill cleaner

straight to the bone

when reality intrudes

so come away with me into night

take where the seas toss us

ride the breakers of tomorrow

until the stars need no longer hide.

Sheri Fresonke Harper