Not that one at the local’s playground.
Imagine for a moment the earth began to slide beneath your feet or your house/property. Not necessarily like the violent shaking of an earthquake, more as it is the gradual movement of tons of loose dirt, gravel, and rock as gravity works moving a mountain in a massive landslide.
Well this gentle giant is only as forgiving as what stood in its path. Trees like toothpicks, houses moved effortlessly, a roadway buried for miles, and a river “naturally” re-routed in the wake of what is a brand new landscape.
Now The Nile Valley transformed. This beautiful area is now a giant project for the Army Corps of Engineers as they work with private and state enterprises to keep The Naches River from flooding meadowlands and to build a new roadway.
The amount of excavation is impressive. The collaboration of people, tons of heavy equipment, hundreds of truck loads of earth being moved to help secure access for people living there while re-opening a new connector for the State Route is almost as impressive as Mother Nature’s ability to offer us a timely sense of urgency.
If you’re ever in this neck of the woods, maybe drivin’ up old SR 410 towards Chinook Pass, stop off @ The Wood Shed Restaurant & Lounge, or just ask around, you’re certain to hear many a good story about The Nile Valley Slide.









