Frenchman Coulee — Saturday, Sep. 3, 2016

Central Washington > Potholes Region

Followed the driving directions and made it without any problems. Pulled into a parking area off the side of the road. We could see many rock climbers around and making their way up the feather columned rocks. It would have been cool just to sit and watch them but realized this wasn't the spot to park for the hike we wanted to go on. Continued down the road just a little bit further and there was a parking lot with a pit toilet and trailhead. Discover Pass is required and there is no pay station or day fee area. I had two boys with me, 11 and 12 years old. They had fun climbing around the large rock formation just into the trail. There were a few trails to take. We went on a couple. They are easy and no major inclines or obstacles. Trails don't really lead to too much. On our way back it started to rain and there was no where to take cover so we quickly headed back to the truck. We had seen the waterfall on the right when had come in and decided to go check it out. We waited out the rain and was rewarded with a double rainbow. Places to park on both sides of the road. There were even a couple campers on the coulee side. There's no trailhead sign for getting to the waterfall. We just found a way down and headed towards the fall. Even for the end of the summer there was a good amount of water coming down and it was so beautiful and refreshing on a sunny day. (apparently there is a geocache out there, too)