Some landscapes are made by wind. Not these ones in the Chilcotin Basalt, inland from the glacially-carved volcanic arc of the Coast Mountains.
Big Bar Eskers
This is where the glaciers melted 10,000 years ago, leaving the land in an exotic covering of river patterns. Look at the water that has taken the place of some of the last ice, like a tidal pool after the moon has pulled the sea away …
Eroded Eskers, Big Bar Lake
Here, too, in between the flowing eskers…
The land, as you can see, was not so much carved by the ice as laid down around it by vast gravel bearing rivers …
The life of this land will forever follow those ancient flows.
Big Bar Eskers, with Droplets of Juniper
In this land, life is a continuation of the melting of the ice.
Young Loon, Big Bar Lake Wetlands
A good place to rise from the water and practice flying!
Categories: Erosion, Geology, Grasslands, Nature Photography, Water
Okanagan Okanogan 
Water, trees,mountains -looks like they always fascinate ,no matter what geographical coordinates they belong to! Your post is special to me as I’ve just posted some similar wievs-the comparison betveen your plateau and Jezersko (vlage on an plateau surounded by Alps) is intetesting, we could all learn something here, don’t you think so?
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the way you bring it forward into human culture in this place is moving. Here the original people have been cleared away and replaced with “wilderness”, which is a created object. I’d love to hear more from you on the human-stone-water dance.
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I accept-just give me some time, please
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Of course! And I’m going to think about it, too.
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Do you really believe that ‘forever’, Harold? Or is it until the next ice age? Or dessertification? Or a tropical invasion? I suppose opinion hardly matters as none of us will be here to check the outcome!
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Until the next ice, I’d say.
Or maybe the earth will stand on her head.
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I sometimes think she’s ready for the headstand now. Perhaps it’s part of her yoga practice?
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And human stone water dance at Jezersko goes like this :
http://mybotanicalgarden.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/human-stone-water-dance/
What do you think?
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Hi, Tamara,
here’s what I think:
https://okanaganokanogan.com/2013/08/27/jezersko-village/
blessings
Harold
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I can’t wait to read it!
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