Cincinnati - Mitchell, SD
August 13th, 2016
Badlands, SD
August 14th, 2016
Hill City, SD
August 15th, 2016
August 16th, 2016
West Yellowstone, MT
August 18th, 2016
August 19th, 2016
August 20th, 2016
August 21st, 2016
Glacier National Park
August 22nd, 2016
August 23rd, 2016
August 24th, 2016
August 25th, 2016
Seattle, WA
August 28th, 2016
August 29th, 2016
Silver Creek, WA
August 31st, 2016
September 1st, 2016
September 2nd, 2016
Crescent City, CA
September 4th, 2016
September 5th, 2016
Diamond Lake, OR
September 7th, 2016
September 8th, 2016
Twin Falls, ID
September 10th, 2016
Moab, UT
September 12th, 2016
September 13th, 2016
September 14th, 2016
September 15th, 2016
Manitou Springs, CO
September 17th, 2016
September 18th, 2016
September 19th, 2016
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While in Twin Falls for the day, we decided to head up to the Craters of the Moon National Monument. It is a "great rift" in the Earth's crust where lava oozes through a crack. In some spots when it spurts up, it causes cinder cones to form. We climbed to the top of Inferno Cone.
Most of the area is not like the cinder cones. They are large cooled lava flows.
Underneath these lave flows are tunnels where lava used to flow quickly out of the rift. There are parts that have collapsed that now give access to underground caves. We went in 4 different wild caves that required lots of bouldering.
Going in...
Some parts had "skylights".
Most parts were pitch black. The kids lit the way - Gavin with his flashlight and Marina with her headlamp.
Coming back above ground...
Back in Twin Falls, we decided to try to check out the Shoshone Falls before a bite to eat at a Mexican Restaurant. Unfortunately, most of the water has been diverted for irrigation. The flow was extremely low and the once huge waterfall is nearly dry. Kind of sad.
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