Arrived in Twin Falls, Idaho and was surprised to see the Snake River Canyon. Absolutely beautiful! The canyon floor is home to two golf courses, one is a country club and the other is a public course. I'm sure Andy would have wanted to play a round but that meant I would have gone shopping at Macy's. We both passed on that opportunity.
Then headed to Craters of the Moon Nat'l Monument and Preserve. It is a vast ocean of volcanic rock from lava that welled up from long fissures across the Snake River plain over 15,000 years ago. Geologist compares this area to the surface of the moon. The parks lava fields and arid sagebrush seem barren but does have plant and animal life. In 1969, NASA Apollo astronauts (Alan Shephard) learned basic volcanic geology here as they prepared for their moon mission. We are actually camping within the Nat'l Preserve with the lava rocks all around us. We drove the 7 mile loop road and hiked a few of the trails to see the lava flow, miniature volcano craters, and scattered islands of cinder cones creating a "weird and scenic landscape". These fields cover almost half a million acres. No, we didn't see it all! Tomorrow we are exploring the caves. There is an area of lava tubes we will be able to journey through.
Then headed to Craters of the Moon Nat'l Monument and Preserve. It is a vast ocean of volcanic rock from lava that welled up from long fissures across the Snake River plain over 15,000 years ago. Geologist compares this area to the surface of the moon. The parks lava fields and arid sagebrush seem barren but does have plant and animal life. In 1969, NASA Apollo astronauts (Alan Shephard) learned basic volcanic geology here as they prepared for their moon mission. We are actually camping within the Nat'l Preserve with the lava rocks all around us. We drove the 7 mile loop road and hiked a few of the trails to see the lava flow, miniature volcano craters, and scattered islands of cinder cones creating a "weird and scenic landscape". These fields cover almost half a million acres. No, we didn't see it all! Tomorrow we are exploring the caves. There is an area of lava tubes we will be able to journey through.
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