On a clear day you can see Montana

Steptoe Butte lies 12 miles north of Colfax, the Whitman County seat. Its elevation is 3,612 feet, hovering over the Palouse wheat fields.

It is said that on the horizon you can see the high mountains in Montana.

For me, the view affords me a visit to many of the places that made my Palouse childhood so pleasant.

To the southeast are the hills in Idaho where my family spent many a fall day picking...