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Craters of the Moon Ntl. Park, Arco
... We head out for Arco for a shot stay overnight and to take a side trip to the recommended Craters of the Moon National park. Arco is about half closed down with the other half open and friendly. The RV park owners gave us a free breakfast of eggs and ...
Craters of the Moon National Monument
Sometimes as I reflect on my travels, trends stand out that I might otherwise never have noticed. For example, I'd not have thought myself unusually interested in volcanoes or lava, but in the past year I've ...
short ride but....
After a night at craters of the moon and Chris getting worse we headed into Arco which was a short 19 miles. Let me just say that it was a very difficult 19 miles of fighting the head winds and trying not to be so worried. That night was hard to sleep ...
friday the 13th!
Craters of the moon is definitely a destination everyone should visit. It is a very mysterious place among an already desolate and unknown land. With frozen in time lava flows as long as the eye can see, over 52,000 acres. We camped in the middle of this ...
Energy buzz
... something to do with geology. It's getting too late to stop at the visitor's center so we continued down the road to Arco, proud to be the first city with nuclear powered electricity. The hill above the town has been graffitti'd by every graduating class ...
Hoehlen, Berge, Astronauten!
Das "Craters of the Moon National Monument" umfasst ein Gebiet, in dem vor wenigen tausend Jahren riesige Lavastroeme die Erdoberflaeche umformten. Die Oberflaeche der Lava kuehlte dabei ab und wurde fest, waehrend das heisse Innere sich weiter seinen ...
Camping on scoria
We arrived mid afternoon and got the best campsite, amongst the rocks, there is no dirt. We are camped on a lava field, not to dissimilar to Rangitoto Island. We took a walk over the lava fields with a park ranger, walked through a huge ...
Atomic Fun...or how I learned to love the bomb!
... . So, a drive-through had to suffice. Some day we hope to get back to see it in better conditions. In retrospect, Arco was much more entertaining than Craters could ever be!! p.s. Be sure to click on each photo from Arco for details you won't ...
Labor Day Family Hiking Fun
Spent the Sunday before Labor Day at Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho. Weather was absolutely perfect as this place can get horribly hot in the summer. We had breezes and temps in the 70's...wonderful for a lot of hiking! Went out to view ...
Day 34: Craters of the Moon NM
... . The rest of the drive was uneventful and boring. We did stop for groceries and ice in the small town of Arco. Arco's claim to fame is that it is the first town to be powered by atomic energy. Around 4pm we arrived at ...
Caters of the Moon and Loaded Potatoes
... we will refer to as "The White Water Rafting Fiasco", we didn't get as far along as we wanted. We decided to camp in Arco, Idaho. The back roads between Jackson Hole and Arco were swamped with OWLS... Yes Owls, left and right dashing towards our car. ...
Welcome, summer
... at mid-day! Caught behind a slow tractor. About half the sky is white from horizontal streaky clouds. Arrived at Arco Craters of the Moon at 1:20 pm. After settling, went to Craters of the Moon National Monument that I'd never ...
Craters of the Moon had better be spectacular!
... around here. How do you do that in the Middle of Nowhere, Idaho? “Well, I don’t have a phone. I’m a firefighter in Arco. On my way to work. Y’all have a phone?” Yep. So, our new friend Firefighter Allan called in the ...
Lava Everywhere
Craters of the Moon is a Lava field left over from to 10 million years ago. There's a visitor center and a 7 mile loop road through the park. The volcanic landscape is abundant and very unique. ...
Hot Lava
We left Arco early to get to Craters of the Moon National Monument before the sun rose too high in the sky. This is a huge area of lava flows. We hiked to see tree impressions in the lava, saw cinder cones, and many varied forms of lava. ...
Day 6 - Thursday
... a waypoint to Idaho Falls - where I was planning on stopping for the night - but the heat was wearing me thin by 5:00pm, and Arco was much bigger than I thought it would be, surprisingly. So I decided to hang up the boots early here for the night. ...
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