At last posting we were in Whitebird, Id after leaving Spokane 2 weeks later then planned. John's dad needed cataract surgery, so we stayed in town until he was released to drive. Anyway we left for Whitebird and we headed to Hagerman, Id. Why you asked do you go to Hagerman, Id, well hot springs for one reason and to kayak an area called "Thousand Springs".
The water was amazingly clear and we spent the day on the water. About 8 miles down the road is a placed called Miracle Hot Springs, where you can rent your own private pool room. The first night we just stayed in the main pool area, but the next night we rented a private spot.
Highly recommend spending the extra $2.oo.
We left Hagerman, Id for Craters of the Moon National Monument. It is a really interesting place to go to, even if all the time you have is to drive around the park. We decided that we wanted to camp in the back country, so we got our permit for Echo Crater. It is about a 4 mile hike to the crater.
The area was beautiful and quiet. We had spaghetti for dinner and ended up inside the tent at 8:00. The wind had come up and it got freaking cold. We got back out of our sleeping bags at about 1:00 am to see the stars. Nothing like being away from cities to get blown away by the numbers of stars in the sky. The next morning we hiked out and planned on hiking through the lava tubes on our way out. When we arrived at the trailhead there was a HUGE bus of elementary school kids there to hike through the tubes as well. Needless to say, I had forgotten to get my frontal lobotomy performed, so I was not overly receptive to hiking with 50 screaming kids. We decided another time. (For Sarah: Bear Spray is all I have to say)
After leaving Craters of the Moon we headed for Lava Hot Springs. Yep, we were hiking and hot springing our way down to Moab. Seemed like a great plan to us. Unfortunately when we got to Lava, the park that we were planning on staying at had turned there water off, so instead of staying several days, we only stayed on night. We did however enjoy the hot springs.
Next stop, Rock Springs, WY. This was to be our access point into Flaming Gorge Reservoir. We took the jeep out to scout the area and found a rv park in Dutch John, which was about 5 minutes from the trailheads that we wanted to hike. There will be more on that is the next blog.
We left Flaming gorge after spending four days. (again more later) and drove to Fruita Colorado. Spent 4 days in the that area before heading to Moab.
Okay now you know that we are in Moab. I really do need to blog about Flaming Gorge and the Colorado national monument. So read this first and then see if I have actually gotten around to the other blogs. The flaming gorge one will be good.
1 comment:
I still say retired people need to live on their own planet, so us working folks don't have to listen to all the fun things you're doing! At least you're forgetting it all as fast as you do it. And under no circumstances are you ever, Ever, EVER allowed to have bear spray around anyone...I'm not bailing you out of jail for that one! hugs and kisses from the pups and I! Love you!
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