I often write about trails that can be hiked in various parks. However, this week I’d like to take you on a driving tour of Crater Lake—you don’t have to even get out of your vehicle! You’ll enjoy it more if you get out and walk around the viewpoints, but if you’re looking for a [...]
I’ve been to Craters of the Moon National Monument several times, and it’s got to be one of the best volcanic areas in the US. For miles, it seems, there is nothing but cinder cones and lava fields. And the park even lets you experience these volcanic remains along several trails and walking through lava [...]
One of the best volcanic parks in the country has got to be Craters of the Moon National Monument in central Idaho. Fields of all kinds of hardened lava stretch in all directions, with just enough craters to give the park its name. Not the least of the attractions at this park are the lava [...]
For a class I took, the students were told that they’d just met a space alien who told us that we had to show it around the western US. Which attractions would you take the alien to? I’ll admit that in my assignment I mentioned a few places that were a bit off of the [...]
There is one terrific thing about Newberry National Volcanic Monument: the volcanic features here are really cool, and you can actually experience them without signs saying, “Say out! Stay off! Unsafe! Fragile!” Some of the areas are like experiencing another planet, especially the Big Obsidian Flow, as well as the view from the Paulina Peak. [...]
Today I’d like to talk about one of my favorite attractions at Lassen Volcanic National Park. Admittedly, it’s not very well known—although I believe a saw a picture of it in a National Geographic Magazine at one point—but we’ve really enjoyed ourselves both times we’ve visited the attraction simply known as “Cinder Cone” in the [...]
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