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Wrapped up Touring in Idaho

Got to Maryhill State Park, Washington on Monday. Spending a few days just relaxing and recuperating on the Columbia River. (Yes, that is Gail wading in the Columbia, above.) WHAT a whirlwind trip this has been…and hot…even here on the Columbia!

We spent the 10 previous nights at 4 locations in southern Idaho: Almo, Arco, Twin Falls, and Boise. We visited one new National Park (our last one in Idaho) and revisited 3 others: City of Rocks National Preserve (#181), Craters of the Moon National Monument & Reserve (#134 &135-Revisit), Minidoka National Historic Site (#98-Revisit), and Hagerman Fossil National Monument (#99-Revisit). We first visited Craters of the Moon in October 2018, with snow on the ground. And when we visited Minidoka and Hagerman Fossil, in October 2016, they shared a small downtown Hagerman storefront Visitor Center (and there was snow).

Twin Sisters in City of Rocks – Left Sister is from Green Creek Granite (~2.5 Billion years old) – Right Sister is from Almo Pluton Granite (28 Million years old)
Pinnacle Pass of the California Trail @ City of Rocks
Lunch Entertainment @ City of Rocks City of Rocks is VERY Popular with Climbers
Cinder Garden in Craters of the Moon …last visit in October 208 there was SNOW!
New Visitor Center at Minidoka Japanese Internment Site established in a Warehouse Automotive Repair building
Brandy New (April 2022) Visitor Center at Hagerman, shared with Idaho State Park & Recreation for Thousand Springs SP