What Creates Ripple Marks in Rocks?
Have you ever came across a rock that looked like ripples in shallow water? They are amazing! You’re looking at a snapshot of Earth’s history…
Category: Geology
4 Waterfall hikes near Bonners Ferry
Waterfalls are a great destination year-round because they are always changing. Spring runoff brings high flow. Hot August days reduce the waterfall’s flow revealing underlying…
Swarm of earthquakes one for the history books
When the dishes and windows rattled and the house shook for 10 to 15 seconds my first thought was a major train derailment. But then…
Did you feel the earthquake?
Earthquakes are uncommon in North Idaho so when the windows rattled and the house shook, it took a minute register what happened. I hadn’t felt…
Pondering Lake Pend Oreille
There is something about large bodies of water that I cannot describe. I found myself gazing in wonder out over Lake Pend Oreille on a…
Digging deep into the formation of igneous rocks
Myrtle’s Turtle and the Beehive are two of the most spectacular rock exposures in the Selkirk Mountains. They are the Half Domes of the Selkirk…
Rocks in the Selkirks not all the same
From the giant rock faces of Myrtle’s Turtle and the Beehive to the rocky shorelines of Trout Lake, one can’t help but notice the rock…
Stromatolites a window into Earth’s history
Fossils offer a glimpse of what organisms have lived on Earth, such as woolly mammoths and Tyrannosaurus Rex- yet most don’t exist today. Some fossils…
Benchmarks lay the foundation for maps
“Where am I?” “How high am I?” These questions are easy to answer today with a GPS. People have always wondered where in the world…
Mountains moved to form the Purcell Trench
The Kootenai Valley and the Selkirk, Purcell and Cabinet Mountains are the main geographic features in the county. One geologic feature is responsible for how…
Mighty Yukon River
From the time I leave Bettles, Alaska until I cross over the Cassiar Mountains east of Whitehorse, Yukon on the Alaska Highway, I will be…
Brooks Range not on the map until 1911
Two-hundred miles of flying and we only crossed one road 15 minutes into the flight. The rest of the flight was ridge after ridge of…
4 Waterfall hikes near Bonners Ferry
Waterfalls are a great destination year-round because they are always changing. Spring runoff brings high flow. Hot August days reduce the waterfall’s flow revealing underlying…
Swarm of earthquakes one for the history books
When the dishes and windows rattled and the house shook for 10 to 15 seconds my first thought was a major train derailment. But then…
Did you feel the earthquake?
Earthquakes are uncommon in North Idaho so when the windows rattled and the house shook, it took a minute register what happened. I hadn’t felt…
Pondering Lake Pend Oreille
There is something about large bodies of water that I cannot describe. I found myself gazing in wonder out over Lake Pend Oreille on a…
Digging deep into the formation of igneous rocks
Myrtle’s Turtle and the Beehive are two of the most spectacular rock exposures in the Selkirk Mountains. They are the Half Domes of the Selkirk…
Rocks in the Selkirks not all the same
From the giant rock faces of Myrtle’s Turtle and the Beehive to the rocky shorelines of Trout Lake, one can’t help but notice the rock…
Stromatolites a window into Earth’s history
Fossils offer a glimpse of what organisms have lived on Earth, such as woolly mammoths and Tyrannosaurus Rex- yet most don’t exist today. Some fossils…
Benchmarks lay the foundation for maps
“Where am I?” “How high am I?” These questions are easy to answer today with a GPS. People have always wondered where in the world…
Mountains moved to form the Purcell Trench
The Kootenai Valley and the Selkirk, Purcell and Cabinet Mountains are the main geographic features in the county. One geologic feature is responsible for how…
Mighty Yukon River
From the time I leave Bettles, Alaska until I cross over the Cassiar Mountains east of Whitehorse, Yukon on the Alaska Highway, I will be…
Brooks Range not on the map until 1911
Two-hundred miles of flying and we only crossed one road 15 minutes into the flight. The rest of the flight was ridge after ridge of…