I had a lovely time at Steamboat Rock State Park in eastern Washington – of course it was actually hotter at home than there, even though I went specifically to chase the sun!!
I won’t comment much on the utterly atrocious behavior of many people camped there, other than to say extra state park rangers were called in to patrol all night long, so that those of us who weren’t acting like complete barbarians could sleep.
Climbing up to the top of Steamboat Rock is a bit of a scramble in a couple of places, but the views from the top are incredible. I spent hours in solitude, in wonderful conversation with birds and finding teensy little flowers that were happy spring was springing 
My last morning there I walked/meandered the flat area to the base of Steamboat, finding some wonderful tracks (probably wild turkey), listening to more birds, and doing a bit of QiGong by the shore.
I stopped at Dry Falls State Park on the way home for a few photos… the scope of this place is hard to describe, but it’s believed to have been the largest waterfall ever known on the planet during the Missoula Floods.
