{"id":2720,"date":"2024-07-19T20:54:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T19:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/?p=2720"},"modified":"2024-07-19T20:54:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T19:54:47","slug":"mostly-craters-of-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/?p=2720","title":{"rendered":"Mostly Craters of the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Idaho is a gem.  It&#8217;s nickname is literally the Gem State.  Most people don&#8217;t know this, but Idaho is not actually a giant potato farm.  The northern part of the state is very alpine, see last year&#8217;s post on Coeur d&#8217;Alene for examples.  The southern part of the state is volcano weirdness, in fact the southeaster corner of the state is literally Yellowstone NP.  Craters of the Moon National Monument is vast ocean of lava flows, leaving all kinds of strange landscape features like lava tubes and cinder cones.  It&#8217;s strange driving up to it because you&#8217;re basically in a desert and suddenly everything turns black.  I definitely recommend a visit.  Afterwards we spent a day in Missoula, MT before seeing a concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1807.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2705\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1807-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1807-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1807-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1807-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1807-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1807.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">At this point I know I can&#8217;t take a good picture of fire works, but I keep trying.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1837.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2708\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1837-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1837-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1837-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1837-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1837-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1837.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The town we were in had some cool history.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1844.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2707\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1844-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1844-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1844-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1844-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1844-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1844.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">What you see as you are driving up to Craters of the Moon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1905.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" data-id=\"2714\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1905-1024x554.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1905-1024x554.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1905-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1905-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1905-1536x831.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1905.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pahoehoe (pah hooey hooey) lava<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1851.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"460\" data-id=\"2710\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1851-1024x460.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1851-1024x460.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1851-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1851-768x345.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1851-1536x690.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1851.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Collapsed lava tube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1908.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"511\" data-id=\"2712\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1908-1024x511.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1908-1024x511.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1908-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1908-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1908-1536x766.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1908.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alien landscapes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1875.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2716\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1875-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1875-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1875-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1875-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1875.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pahoehoe and crumbled lava<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1868.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2717\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1868-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1868-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1868-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1868-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1868-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1868.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Native Americans made these hundreds of years ago.  We don&#8217;t know why.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1856.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2713\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1856-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1856-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1856-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1856-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1856-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1856.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Entrace to a lava tube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1857.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2718\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1857-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1857-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1857-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1857-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1857.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Inside a lava tube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1859.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2706\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1859-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1859-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1859-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1859-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1859-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1859.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Swallows from inside the lava tube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1887.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2715\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1887-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1887-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1887-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1887-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1887.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Witch&#8217;s Broom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1912.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2709\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1912-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1912-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1912-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1912-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1912-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1912.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Downtown Philipsburg, MT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1914.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2711\"  src=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1914-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1914-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1914-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1914-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1914-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wherey.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1914.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nickel Creek at the Big Sky Amphitheater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Idaho is a gem. It&#8217;s nickname is literally the Gem State. Most people don&#8217;t know this, but Idaho is not actually a giant potato farm. The northern part of the state is very alpine, see last year&#8217;s post on Coeur d&#8217;Alene for examples. The southern part of the state is volcano weirdness, in fact the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wherey.at\/?p=2720\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mostly Craters of the Moon&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2721,"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2720\/revisions\/2721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wherey.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}