Craters of the Moon N.M., Idaho pictures

[Burnham]

Finally getting to these pictures, after the bout with covid and a bunch of other stuff ...life does go on. Link to the first thread on our Idaho trip in September:
Back from Idaho | The Tree House (masterblasterhome.com)

Lots of pictures, probably too many, but you know how to ignore an old rambler if you get bored .

 

[Burnham]

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[lxskllr]

Was it cool? Honestly. it reminds me a bit of a quarry with tailngs piles. I bet the skies looked great at night.

 

[vharrison]

So pretty. Burn, was that a sunrise or sunset picture? You look fantastic!

 

[Burnham]

Sunrise. I was making the morning coffee for my beloved and seeing that was one of my rewards.

Sunsets were good too. I have a pic or two. I have some more to post...was in the middle of it when the TreeHouse went down on Monday. At least it went down for me, for about 36 hours.

Maybe I will get those up today.

 

[Burnham]

Now where was I???

 

[Burnham]

There are plenty of lava tube caves here. Out in the middle of really stark pahoehoe flows. We went in a couple of the easy ones.

 

[Burnham]

A few more. The last several are from a hike we took out into designated Wilderness. The tree trunk cast molds were interesting.

 

[lxskllr]

Any obsidian out there? That would be fun to play with.

 

[Burnham]

I didn't see any really pure obsidian, but that one picture I posted before of the couple of rocks showed a very glassy interior. It's a big place though, so there easily could be some out there that we didn't come across.

 

[stig]

Those pictures sure bring back some memories.
I visited in 1981.
Had never seen anything like it before, place totally blew me away.

 

[Bermy]

Wild landscape!

 

[Treeaddict]

Looks alien

 

[Burnham]

Certainly not your run of the mill landscape.

 

[vharrison]

I tell you what, Mel looks marvelous!

 

[Burnham]

For old peeps, we do look right fit. She's a marvel. I'd bet she's one of those rare folks who will live past 100. Both her parents lived well into their 90's. Good genes and a healthy lifestyle are serving her well. I'm doing pretty good too, no lie. Lucky.

 

[vharrison]

I agree! You both look fit as a fiddle!

 

[pigwot]

Hitchhiked to Craters of the Moon in 1975; revisited it with daughter while bicycling across the country in 2007. One of my favorite places.

 

[Bodean]

Beautiful…. Thank you for sharing.

Malika and I dropped a bunch of LSD there years ago… RIP.

 

[gf beranek]

It looks like Cinder Cone and Lassen. Very similar volcanic features. Fantastic.

Thanks for sharing, B.

 

[pigwot]

The lava fields near the pass by the Three Sisters in Oregon are not as large an area but still quite interesting. Yes, we stopped for a snowball fight along the way…

 

[davidwyby]

Cool stuff. If you get cold this winter you cand come exploring down here.

 

[Marc-Antoine]

Harsh envirnement for the poor trees. It makes Jim's land almost enjoyable.
But it's a fantastic geology here.