Fishing, swimming and water sports await in Douglas County, at the southeast corner of Okanogan Country.
     Fishing, especially for bass, is available at Banks Lake, where several bass tournaments are held each year. There's plenty of room to water ski, too, especially near scenic Steamboat Rock.
     Golf is available near Electric City.
     A fun loop starts at Grand Coulee, where you can view the dam. At night during the summer months is the Laser Light Show, projected on the dam's face. Several overlooks are available for tremendous viewing.
     Head south on Highway 155 to find Banks Lake and Banks Lake Golf Course south of Electric City. Head west at Coulee City, where you can return north on Highway 17 and back east to Grand Coulee, or make a larger loop by heading west on Highway 2 to the Columbia River.
     A side trip goes south a couple miles on Highway 17 to Dry Falls, where at an overlook you can view the dry remnant of a prehistoric waterfall many times larger than Niagara Falls.
     Farther south, slightly into Grant County, are the Lake Lenore Caves, where Indians camped in the summer while collecting roots, and fishing and hunting.
     In between is Sun Lakes State Park, with a resort and golfing nearby. If you head west from Coulee City on the large loop, you eventually will come to the old wheat town of Waterville, county seat of Douglas County.
     Along the way a short jaunt to the north could take you to Jameson and Grimes lakes, where fishing opportunities are some of the best in eastern Washington.
     After going down the grade out of Waterville, you will arrive at the Columbia River. Heading north you will cross the Columbia at Chelan Falls, which features a treacherous, narrow gorge best viewed from a distance.
     On the way back to Okanogan County you can visit Wells Dam south of Pateros before taking Highway 173 out of Pateros to Bridgeport and hooking up with Highway 17 (eventually 174) back to Grand Coulee.
     Or you could take the short loop from Coulee City, heading north on Highway 17 to Leahy Junction. There you turn east and return to Grand Coulee on Highway 174.
     A short trip off this loop could include another town based on wheat, Mansfield. A wildlife area is located on Bridgeport Hill on the county road running between Bridgeport and Mansfield.