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  2. 2014-09-21-Dayton & Columbia County, WA-Patit Creek Campground, Winery Visits and Whitman Soccer2014-09-21-Dayton & Columbia County, WA-Patit Creek Campground, Winery Visits and Whitman Soccer
Early in the morning, Andy, Sam and Tom drove through beautiful countryside and a couple of rural towns to the Patit Creek Campground, where the Louis and Clark expedition camped on an exploration that ultimately led them to the Pacific Ocean. Nowadays, life sized sheet metal renderings produced by a local artist of each expedition participant, including pack animals, decorate the site. In the afternoon we visited a few more wineries before attending The Whitman College versus Linfield College soccer match. Sadly, lightning struck twice--the game was another thriller but Whitman lost again in double overtime. We drowned our sorrows with fine Washington wine and Pabst Blue Ribbon which we used to wash down a wonderful dinner that we cooked "at home" in our VRBO house.

Detail-Life-size sheet metal silhouettes- The Patit Creek Campsite of Lewis and Clark

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Blue Moutain foothills 2 miles east of Dayton on Patit Road

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Historical marker commemorating the intrepid explorers

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Shorn wheatfileds east of Dayton, WA

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Jolly Green Giant-West of Dayton on the hillside behind Blue Mountain Station

Columbia County has a long, rich agricultural history. Nestled in the South Palouse, wheat, pea and other fields still frame this valley. The Blue Mountain Cannery opened in 1934. The Jolly Green Giant company settled into the valley in 1950 and left in 1978 when the cannery was purchased by Pilsbury. In the early 90’s, the Giant’s image was created by a group of nostalgic locals on a steep hillside West of town. As tall as a football field, the Giant still looks over the valley. The story of the Giant can be found in the book, Washington Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff.
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A massive wind turbine blade headed for the Hopkins Ridge Wind Facility, near Dayton

The Hopkins Ridge Wind Facility is Puget Sound Energy’s first Wind Farm in SE Washington State. Installation began in 2005. The facility covers 11,000 acres of land northeast of Dayton in Columbia County. With a capacity of 157 megawatts, the 87 turbines at Hopkins Ridge produce an average annual output of about 456,000 megawatt hours, sufficient to power 40,000 households.The Lower Snake River Wind Facility is Puget Sound Energy’s newest and largest wind-power operation. Completed in early 2012, the facility is the largest wind farm, to date, in Washington. The operation builds on the success of PSE’s two prior wind-power developments: the Hopkins Ridge Wind Facility in Columbia County, and the Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility in Kittitas County. With 773 megawatts of combined power-generating capacity, the three wind farms make PSE the largest utility producer of wind power in the Northwest and second-largest in America.
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Grain silo west of Dayton

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A classic red praire barn

One of the most common barns in the American landscape, prairie barns (aka Western barns), were the barn of choice for farmers in the West and Southwest because large livestock herds required great storage space for hay and grain.These large, wooden barns provided plenty of storage space for feed and could house livestock if necessary. Long roofs that often reach nearly to the ground created ample space; these barns were built throughout the 1800s as agriculture spread westward. The prairie barn is similar to the Dutch barn with regards to the long, low rooflines and the internal arrangements of animal enclosures on either side of a central, open space.
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An old barn nears the end of its useful life west of Waitsburg, WA

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Post harvest landscape

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, the Waitsburg area has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate.
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Waitsburg, WA

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Waitsburg, WA

Waitsburg is a small town in Walla Walla County, Washington. The population was 1,217 at the 2010 census. Waitsburg has a unique city classification in the State of Washington. It is the only city which still operates under its territorial charter. Waitsburg was first settled in 1859 by Robert Kennedy. The town name commemorates Sylvester M. Wait, who established a mill there in 1864.Waitsburg was officially incorporated November 25, 1881.
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Waitsburg, WA

The historic J.W. Morgan building in Waitsburg was built in 1892 and is a primary structure in the Historic District. The building is a one-story brick structure with a frontal gable. The trim is cast iron and pressed metal in the form of columns, rusticated pilasters, urns, and finials. The original front door-window configuration is intact.
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Waitsburg, WA

The historic 1928 Plaza Theatre building (R) in Waitsburg was built in 1928 and is a secondary structure in the Historic District. The building is a Moorish style two-story blond brick structure with gray and red brick trim. The interior theatre space was recently restored by the current owners.
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Hills harvested west of Waitsburg

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