8 Aug 2024 – Trip Day 130
After a few days hanging out with the grandparents, we headed north to check out Craters of the Moon NM.
The kids knocked out their Junior Ranger books in the visitor center and the small museum. I took Ducky and Randal out so they would cause less chaos, so we didn’t get pics of Jarek and Evan getting their badges.
After the visitor center, we embarked on the scenic drive. We stopped off at the Devil’s Garden area for a picnic lunch and walked the short paved trail.
A view of some of the lava formations.
Happy kids on a hike!
We drove on and came to a cinder cone. There was a trail up to the top. Randal was asleep, so Meagan and the kids went up to the top first while I stayed with Randal. Zoom shot from the cell phone came out well!
Ducky works his way up. You can see the van and the parking lot down below.
On top of the world!
Views from the cinder cone.
Arya and Ducky walk along the top of the cone. As they were heading down, Arya asked Ducky to hold her hand. Ducky says “No, I don’t want to hold your hand!” Arya says OK, and walks down the hill a bit. Ducky sees this, then shouts after her “I want to hold your hand! I want to hold your hand!”
At the end of the scenic drive, we came to another lava field. The kids and Meagan took a short walk out to explore it along the trail.
Back at the RV, Ducky poses with his new duck he got from Granny!
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