Roadtrippin'--1st day--Cle Elum

Once over the mountains notice how the terrain changes. I like cle Elum. There are still lots of trees but not so dense. Lots of meadows.
Cle Elum is located in Upper Kittitas County. Kittitas County It is bordered on the north side by the Cle Elum Ridge and the south side by the South Cle Elum Ridge including Peoh Point. The Yakima River Runs through it and also Crystal Creek.
At the site of the future city, a Northern Pacific Railway station was named Clealum after the Kittitas name Tie-el-Lum, meaning "swift water", refering to the Cle Elum River. In 1908, Clealum was altered to Cle Elum. The name was given to the river, the city, and Cle Elum Lake.

Cle Elum was officially incorporated on February 12, 1902
The first picture shows modern day Cle Elum main street.
Next is a beautiful farm. Note the barn very full of hay.
See the goats up high on the hill.
This old irrigation flume is no longer in use.
Country fun on the river. Innertubing is always a blast.
On one part of Hyway 10 (The backroad to Ellensburg) are these sandstone cliffs. I found them interesting because they are nowhere else.