Craters of the Moooooon!!!!

Somehow we managed to pry ourselves away from the excited bustle that is Boise *cough* and headed for the great National Parks of Southern Utah. On Furball's suggestion, we made a stop at Craters of the Moooooon!!! (CotM!) . (They don't spell it that way, but we think that demonstrates a severe lack of imagination on the part of the National Park Service.)

Basicially, CotM! is the 2,000 year old remains of a massive volcanic eruption in Idaho. (So exciting things do happen there from time to time!) There's lava fields, caves, lava tubes and big, dirty cinder cones, which are fun to run up and down.


The other thing they have a lot of at CotM! is wind. We were nearly blown right off the cinder cone and into Utah.

Furball's Travel Tip #1:
- Never spend the hours between noon and 3 on a big black lava field without sunscreen. Ouch!

Noticing a lack of fine dining establishments on the Moon, we headed to the booming metropolis of Arco, ID for lunch (which isn't even listed in the AAA guide book). There we partook of the fine food and ambiance of Pickle's Place.



Pickle's is the home of the Atomic Burger, just as Idaho is the home of the first nuc-yoo-ler power plant. We got the fried chicken instead, and a whole lot of smiles (they were listed as a side dish).

After fueling ourselves up in Arco, we headed East, no wait, West, then finally South, reaching our destination of Beaver, UT by midnight. Whew!