Until you visit in the spring, and drive through the farmland on paved, gravel and primitive dirt roads, you can’t fully grasp the beauty of this part of the country or the grand scale of the agriculture products.

I wandered throughout the region around Pullman and Colfax for 4 days recently, with a targeted list of photo sites to visit, and made it to about 2/3 of them. It’s big country, takes a lot of driving and is a challenge to be at each location when the light is good. And on the dirt roads, you can't drive slow enough to avoid creating a cloud of fine dust.

Dozens of stops to photograph while roaming the country roads and I only had one encounter with a farm lady. “My barn is off limits, no photographs!”

Most images taken with a Canon R5 and the highly versatile RF 24-240mm lens. Zoomed close-ups from Steptoe Butte taken with Canon RF 100-500mm lens.