Today we are off to Craters of the moon and the Shoshone Indian ice caves. The caves
were the first stop. The caves are in a 41/2 mile lava tube, 90 ft under the ground but
only a 1000ft has ice due to cave ins and air circulation this area remains 28-34 degrees
inside no matter how hot it is outside. The cave room itself is about 30ft wide and 40ft
high and the ice varies in depth from 8ft to 30ft. A young Indian boy discovered the
caves about 1860 and was a ice source for the area untill the 1930's. So really its a
living glacier in the desert.
From there the Craters of the moon, three young lava fields created by a 52-mile long
tear in the earths crust., and mother nature cleaned house way down below in the core
of this place we call earth [home] They claim this has happened about every 2000 years
where we are on the clock I couldn't hear because of crying kids, and their parents didn't
seem to want to take the kids outside so other people could hear what the ranger had to
say.So with that said, it was interesting and a change of scenery.
I was looking forward to getting back to the bus and a nice cold one maybe set outside
and go watch those guys hit there balls [golf balls] that is,but farmer Joe must have been
busy while we gone, because it smells like real farm living outside. Can't blame this on
my Co-Pilot this time anyway.
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