After being cooped up in the house for 2 days. (Mother Nature decided that Winter was not over yet.) We just had to get out and do something. I've been wanting to go to Craters of the Moon since we moved to Idaho. I checked the website and it said they had cleared the snow off the main loop. We drove a couple of hours, it was probably the ugliest part of Idaho I've seen, flat, brown, dry, and nothing but tumble weeds. There wasn't any sign of snow until we hit Craters of the Moon. It was a bad sign. The visitors center was open and we talked to the rangers. NOTHING was open. The loop you drive around was still closed, all the trails were closed, the caves were still blocked with snow drifts. I told the rangers I had read on the internet that it said the roads were being cleared. I was informed that they go through and break up the snow so it can melt...I was a very unhappy person. They said you could walk about 1 mile up the road (the road that you are supposed to be able to drive on) We decided to make the best of it and actually ended up having some fun.
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You can see how high the snow still is in some parts.
You can see how high the snow still is in some parts.
Rachel off in the distance.
3 comments:
I'm glad you've learned how to make lemonade. It looks like you had fun in spite of everything being closed.
I've never even heard of that. Rexburg is pretty ugly (sorry rexburg lovers: ) so I can't imagine it much uglier: ) Looks like your kids had fun at least, probably since there were rocks they could almost fall off of: ) Glad you were able to get out and do something out of the house!
Yeah- I've been wanting to go there forever too, but Michael doesn't want to drive to an uglier place-hahaha.
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