With the wedding all done and a big cooked breakfast with all the left over guests we headed off back towards Boise for Stacha to catch her flight to Poland. Along the way we came across 'Craters of the Moon' State Recreation Area where we did a 7 mile loop road drive through all the lava, the pahoehoe which is the smooth flowing type and the ah-ah which has cooled quicker and is in jagged rocks. This volcano last erupted about 2,000 years ago. Our campsite was literally surrounded by lava and you can see why it's called craters of the moon.
Here is a tiny tree starting to grow within the lava showing how resilient nature is
We climbed to the top of the cinder cone for a great view over the lava flow area
You can see our motorhome at the bottom giving you an idea of how high this cone is
This tree needed a little help
This is the top where all the lava spewed out of
These little clumps of flowers were growing all over the area
We went into the visitors centre for a video of the formation of the area
After dinner we went for another walk
Beautiful miniature flower
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