A Desert Refuge

Frogs and flowers are absent, but there are other attractions on a venture to the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge near Othello.

Don Davis
WALLA WALLA UNION-BULLETIN

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Don Davis
Nora studies the terrain below from a high mesa on the refuge.
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We visited Frog Lake on the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, about 14 miles out of Othello, on a warm mid-January day. We didn’t see or hear any frogs for a couple of reasons. We visited the lake in January, and, well, the lake had no water. By the way, “we” means Nora the Schnauzer and me as trail hounds and Darlene as team leader and base camp (or pickup) CEO. Anyway, we left Walla Walla late, at 10:43 a.m., but we eschewed the usual stop at the chocolate factory (The Country Mercantile, on Highway 395), so we reached the refuge at 12:55 p.m.
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