HOT Lava !!!

No, we weren't in Hawaii (although then we could have added the 48th state to our RVing of America).  We were at Craters of the Moon.  Lava fields, lava tunnels, cinder cones, and a landscape that was filled with volcanic boulders and ash.....Even our campsite in this National Monument was in a cleared area between lava fields.

The good news is that the lava wasn't actually hot.  It has had time to cool after the last eruption only 2,000 years ago.  Good thing!

We drove the loop road and did some of  the hikes including one that went to some of the cinder cones where you could look into the center of the once live volcano.  In places, walking was treacherous, so we needed to be
 very careful.  Eerie landscape.

And in case you were wondering, Yes some of the astronauts that went to the moon, including Alan Shepard, trained here at Craters of the Moon.  but, NO....this is not the place where the moon landing was filmed.