Roughly 15,000 years ago parts of the Pacific Northwest was covered in water sometimes reaching thousands of feet deep. This huge body of water stretched from what is now Montana all the way to the Pacific Ocean and was a major influence on the landscape that we see today. I’m talking about the epic glacial flooding events known as the “Missoula Floods”.
If you ever get the chance to visit southeastern Washington, northern Oregon or even parts of Idaho and Montana you will notice a wide variety of unique land formations. These range from deep canyons filled with old growth forests to scablands littered with towering basalt rock formations that stir the imagination.
Towards the end of Earth’s last ice age and over the course of thousands of years, a series of natural dams created by ice formed a truly gigantic reservoir of water known as Lake Missoula located in western Montana. This lake reached a depth of 2,000 feet and when these ice dams broke free the entire body of water roared towards the ocean carving the landscape along the way.
This planet that we all live on is a strange yet beautiful place and one of my goals in life is to travel the world and explore everything it has to offer. Life is far too short to live in a single place and I am a curious human being, as we all are. I’m just starting this journey, quest or pilgrimage whatever you want to call it but the results have been rewarding so far. Mother nature is a truly powerful force that we must all be respectful of. Her influence effects everything around us and who we are including the mind, body and soul. Be curious and be brave. Earth has so much to offer if we dare to look. Let’s explore it together.
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