Craters of the Moon

We ended up going to the national park on National Park day, though we hadn't realized until after the fact. We were thinking that they let us in for free because the place was under some major construction work.

There is a one way loop through the park and we decided to bike it. I hated it the first 3 miles because it was a steep incline the whole way. So I cheated and made William walk up it with me.


We saw some cool splatter cones and William was excited to use the word kapuka, which is an island in a lava flow.


They had 3 caves, created by underground lava flows, open to the public to climb through. Unfortunately, we didn't bring our flashlights and so were only able to go through one of them.


The caves were nice and cool, which was nice compared to the desert feel on the surface. We also saw some chipmunks out on the lava formations, which was surprising since the nearest tree was a mile away.