Flood Fest 2024 coming

RITZVILLE — Geology aficionados are planning their inaugural Flood Fest to tour areas scarred by the historic Missoula Floods that shaped much of modern-day Eastern Washington.

The event is set for Sept. 27-28 and will feature travel to sites across the region.

“The Bronco Inn in Ritzville will be our home base,” organizer and Ice Age Flood Institute-Palouse Falls Chapter President Michelle Plumb wrote in an email to The Journal.

Event-goers will be arriving Friday evening, after which Lloyd Stoess will provide a pre-trip lecture, “The Diverted Columbia River at the time of the Missoula Floods...