Yellow-Bellied Marmot
We sure got ‘em. They're all over the place. Yellow-bellied marmots graze in the grass
near our campsite at Lincoln Rock SP, retreating to their dens if anyone gets close. Before now, I’ve only seen marmots rarely, never
more than one at a time, and only in remote high-altitude areas, so it was a
surprise to see dozens of them here at 725’ altitude in a busy park. I think the ones I’ve seen before were hoary
marmots, not yellow-bellies.
Lincoln Rock
This Park is on the Columbia River, 8 miles north of
Wenatchee, WA. There’s a bluff across the
River that, when viewed at the proper angle, kinda looks like Abe Lincoln’s
face in silhouette. Gotta say that it looks more like Lincoln than Steamboat Rock looks like a steamboat.
Rocky Reach Dam is ½
mile downriver from our campsite.
It was
completed in 1961 and has 11 hyrdoelectric generators.
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