I know a lot of people have never heard of this park and probably have never or rarely gone to a national park. When we lived here this park “Craters of the Moon” National Park was only 18 miles from our house. We would drive out several times a year to look at the changing seasons in the park. It is a very unusual park.
But before I show photos from this morning’s trip here is what we woke up to:
I liked this weather gauge at home so I got one for the camper too! We woke up to 44 degrees this morning, but there is a button you can push on the side to see what the low was and it was 41 degrees!! I had the bedroom area windows open during the night and I remember waking up at about 4:30 AM and shutting the windows but I had forgotten that the vents on the ceiling were open a little also – good thing I have one blanket and a quilt on the bed and in this country I have been wearing leggings and long sleeve pj shirt to bed – plus it is a smaller bed than we have at home and Mike puts off a lot of body heat 
so most of the time I am ok.
Beautiful flower at the park – this is called a “blazing star”. This must be a local name for the flower as I tried to look it up and all I was finding was a purple stalk flower that looks nothing like this! The information on it says it mainly blooms at night and early morning. It is found in rocky areas:
This sign before you get to the park states it all in one sign:
Some of the lava formations with the growth of plant life even so small and has been around for a lot of years:
I always thought this land was beautiful in the winter when it looked like this! This is a photo from the visitor center:
We are back to portions of the Oregon Trail again also as this sign states:
More plant life:
A short trail going through the lava rocks – you have to stay on the trail as some of the lava rock can be unstable and crunch under the pressure of people walking on it.
I am going to do several post on this park as I took so many pictures. I didn’t take as many as I wanted to though as my battery died!! I forgot to charge it. Right now I am back at the camper this afternoon at the computer and soon to be sewing while Mike is 20 miles down the road looking at a museum on nuclear power – I’m afraid I knew I would be bored and told him to go look at it himself as it did not interest me. I have never understood the technical stuff of his job and only understood the paycheck LOL
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How interesting. Can’t wait to see more pics!
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This is sure a weird looking place. I love the signage that you include so we can read the details, especially interesting about the “short-cut” for the wagons headed west.
It would be fun if you could take a picture of the camper (and area) with each post so we can “see” where you are each day. I hope you’ve had a nice afternoon sewing while Mike was off at the museum.
We hit another heat record here. 105 in Richmond, VA – 18 degrees above normal.
Enjoy your cool night, and your bed warmer.
We were there 40 years ago. While we were camping there a van load of “hippies” came in and we sat up until late in the night singing and listening to their guitar music. We had never seen anything like the volcanic rock and loved showing our sons how we could pick up bolders. What fun we had.
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I think I will have to put this on places to see when I retire. I love stuff like this :0)
Crispy
I can’t believe those temperatures. I would have been whining for the heater to be turned on.
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Haven’t commented before but I am loving all the narrative and the photos of your trip, Karen. I especially am intrigued by the Craters of the Moon, as well as a flowers you’ve shown us. Amazing. I’ll be looking forward to more along your trail!
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