How many people know that there is a place in the middle of the Idaho desert covered with a lava flow? As of today there are two more than yesterday. Jess and I just visited the Craters of the moon monument. It may not exactly resemble the craters of the moon but it is the pristine black lava image you conjure up in your mind when someone talks about volcanoes. In all there is over 50 miles of lava in all shapes forms and flow patterns. Very cool!
Will anyone come back here with me and go backpacking for a week of two? Jess is wavering on this. Rock temperatures exceed 150 degrees in the summertime and water is extremely scarce. Oh and the lava is jagged, sharp and loose underfoot. Who's in? Somebody out there must want to do this too?
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Pat, I would love to do that with you but I think I have to wash my hair that week.
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Visited Craters of the Moon on my way to Glacier/Yellowstone/Tetons once...not too high on my backpacking list :-). Just got back from Lassen, still a very active volcano, and from the summit could see one of the vents lower down on the mountain...also visited some of the steam vents & bubbling mud pools. All the cool things that await you in California!!
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