out of this world Crater's of the Moon was unlike anything I've ever seen. Being the
sci-fi geek that I am, it was easy to imagine some studio wanting to
use it as a set for an alien planet. Fortunately, it's being protected
since aggressive tourism in the 20th Century crumbled parts of it
away. Interesting to observe the the struggle between the
conservation of a park and the public's ability to enjoy it without
causing further damage.
There was much more to do there than we'd anticipated...hiking up old
lava flows, walking through the Devil's Orchard, peering into splatter
cones and just generally being awed by our surroundings. We ended up
spending so much time that Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons had to
wait for today. Don't want to shortchange our National Parks.
We ended up staying in a little log cabin in Jackson, Wyoming. Town
was like something out of a modern day fairy tale. Gotta tell you,
there's something about seeing all of this that has me contemplating
going on the road permanently. Then I remember that those cute little
log cabins cost money. Problematic.
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* posted by me at 1:26 PM
