I had to get out of town, so I headed north to Othello, WA. Good place to go in the winter, no rattlesnakes. I took the Frog Lake an Marsh Loop trails. Water setteled in these areas after some irrgation projects started up in the 1930s. Very abundent wildlife, since it's really the only decent amount of water in the area. http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2183/125871870_bJyLv-Ti.jpg http://heibeck.smugmug.com/gallery/2402133_ZNpZa/ 2007-01-27T14:39:15Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com">heibeck</a><br />Mid-afternoon, just at the enterence to the trails. Left is Frog lake and right is the marsh loop.</p><p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/2402133_ZNpZa#125871870_bJyLv" title="Mid-afternoon, just at the enterence to the trails. Left is Frog lake and right is the marsh loop."><img src="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2183/125871870_bJyLv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Mid-afternoon, just at the enterence to the trails. Left is Frog lake and right is the marsh loop." title="Mid-afternoon, just at the enterence to the trails. Left is Frog lake and right is the marsh loop." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-14T15:13:51Z heibeck http://heibeck.smugmug.com http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2183/125871870_bJyLv-Th.jpg 2007-01-27 19:37:59 <p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com">heibeck</a> </p><p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/2402133_ZNpZa#125871890_vGfQB" title="heibeck's photo"><img src="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2186/125871890_vGfQB-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="heibeck's photo" title="heibeck's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T12:26:52Z heibeck http://heibeck.smugmug.com http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2186/125871890_vGfQB-Th.jpg 2007-01-27 19:40:31 <p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com">heibeck</a><br />The whole area is inbetween two sets of mesas.</p><p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/2402133_ZNpZa#125871908_HYscZ" title="The whole area is inbetween two sets of mesas."><img src="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2187/125871908_HYscZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The whole area is inbetween two sets of mesas." title="The whole area is inbetween two sets of mesas." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-14T15:16:42Z heibeck http://heibeck.smugmug.com http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2187/125871908_HYscZ-Th.jpg 2007-01-27 19:40:37 <p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com">heibeck</a><br />Toward Frog Lake</p><p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/2402133_ZNpZa#125871936_ygxN2" title="Toward Frog Lake"><img src="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2189/125871936_ygxN2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Toward Frog Lake" title="Toward Frog Lake" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T12:29:25Z heibeck http://heibeck.smugmug.com http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2189/125871936_ygxN2-Th.jpg 2007-01-27 19:48:12 <p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com">heibeck</a><br />Was going for a Moon shot, but it was a bit high in the sky.</p><p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/2402133_ZNpZa#125871962_4ukvE" title="Was going for a Moon shot, but it was a bit high in the sky."><img src="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2192/125871962_4ukvE-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Was going for a Moon shot, but it was a bit high in the sky." title="Was going for a Moon shot, but it was a bit high in the sky." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T12:36:35Z heibeck http://heibeck.smugmug.com http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2192/125871962_4ukvE-Th.jpg 2007-01-27 20:04:16 <p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com">heibeck</a><br />This is close to the mesa loop on the Frog Lake trail. The sun was just starting to set.</p><p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/2402133_ZNpZa#125871976_oA7Dz" title="This is close to the mesa loop on the Frog Lake trail. The sun was just starting to set."><img src="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2194/125871976_oA7Dz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="This is close to the mesa loop on the Frog Lake trail. The sun was just starting to set." title="This is close to the mesa loop on the Frog Lake trail. The sun was just starting to set." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T12:35:54Z heibeck http://heibeck.smugmug.com http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2194/125871976_oA7Dz-Th.jpg 2007-01-27 20:04:35 <p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com">heibeck</a><br />View from the meas, looking north from the trail.</p><p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/2402133_ZNpZa#125872000_KgFkz" title="View from the meas, looking north from the trail."><img src="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2195/125872000_KgFkz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="View from the meas, looking north from the trail." title="View from the meas, looking north from the trail." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T12:40:53Z heibeck http://heibeck.smugmug.com http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2195/125872000_KgFkz-Th.jpg 2007-01-27 20:07:05 <p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com">heibeck</a> </p><p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/2402133_ZNpZa#125872024_b8nnC" title="heibeck's photo"><img src="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2197/125872024_b8nnC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="heibeck's photo" title="heibeck's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T12:49:31Z heibeck http://heibeck.smugmug.com http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2197/125872024_b8nnC-Th.jpg 2007-01-27 20:08:17 <p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com">heibeck</a><br />View from the mesa.</p><p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/2402133_ZNpZa#125872057_B3EJw" title="View from the mesa."><img src="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2198/125872057_B3EJw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="View from the mesa." title="View from the mesa." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T12:51:51Z heibeck http://heibeck.smugmug.com http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2198/125872057_B3EJw-Th.jpg 2007-01-27 20:08:25 <p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com">heibeck</a> </p><p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/2402133_ZNpZa#125872074_CZK6c" title="heibeck's photo"><img src="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2202/125872074_CZK6c-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="heibeck's photo" title="heibeck's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T16:47:14Z heibeck http://heibeck.smugmug.com http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2202/125872074_CZK6c-Th.jpg 2007-01-27 20:36:24 46.93039625550000 -119.23452258100000 0 <p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com">heibeck</a><br />Looking down into the marsh area.</p><p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/2402133_ZNpZa#125872096_kRarc" title="Looking down into the marsh area."><img src="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2204/125872096_kRarc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Looking down into the marsh area." title="Looking down into the marsh area." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-14T15:16:09Z heibeck http://heibeck.smugmug.com http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2204/125872096_kRarc-Th.jpg 2007-01-27 20:37:10 <p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com">heibeck</a><br />Sunset. I was waiting for this color.</p><p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/2402133_ZNpZa#125872113_C99pc" title="Sunset. I was waiting for this color."><img src="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2206/125872113_C99pc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Sunset. I was waiting for this color." title="Sunset. I was waiting for this color." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-14T15:13:15Z heibeck http://heibeck.smugmug.com http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2206/125872113_C99pc-Th.jpg 2007-01-27 20:46:34 <p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com">heibeck</a><br />Manmade marsh</p><p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/2402133_ZNpZa#125872130_CQEoX" title="Manmade marsh"><img src="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2208/125872130_CQEoX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Manmade marsh" title="Manmade marsh" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-14T15:16:13Z heibeck http://heibeck.smugmug.com http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2208/125872130_CQEoX-Th.jpg 2007-01-27 20:52:29 <p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com">heibeck</a><br />Manmade pond</p><p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/2402133_ZNpZa#125872159_3o2dt" title="Manmade pond"><img src="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2210/125872159_3o2dt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Manmade pond" title="Manmade pond" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T16:55:13Z heibeck http://heibeck.smugmug.com http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2210/125872159_3o2dt-Th.jpg 2007-01-27 21:00:11 <p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com">heibeck</a><br />Sun going down</p><p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/2402133_ZNpZa#125872177_R3GVX" title="Sun going down"><img src="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2211/125872177_R3GVX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Sun going down" title="Sun going down" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T12:52:27Z heibeck http://heibeck.smugmug.com http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2211/125872177_R3GVX-Th.jpg 2007-01-27 21:00:18 <p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com">heibeck</a> </p><p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/2402133_ZNpZa#125872195_pwKJj" title="heibeck's photo"><img src="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2205/125872195_pwKJj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="heibeck's photo" title="heibeck's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-12T12:35:08Z heibeck http://heibeck.smugmug.com http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2205/125872195_pwKJj-Th.jpg 2007-01-27 20:46:27 <p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com">heibeck</a> </p><p><a href="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/2402133_ZNpZa#125872215_h7zsJ" title="heibeck's photo"><img src="http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2201/125872215_h7zsJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="heibeck's photo" title="heibeck's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-14T15:15:13Z heibeck http://heibeck.smugmug.com http://heibeck.smugmug.com/Travel/Columbia-National-Wildlife/IMG2201/125872215_h7zsJ-Th.jpg 2007-01-27 20:27:11