We tore down camp and Matt made oatmeal this morning while the boys and I worked on their Junior Ranger books. We stopped at the Visitor's Center and completed the Junior Ranger program then started driving to Crater's of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. We tried to find lunch at a restaurant on the way but did not have any luck so we ate snacks. We arrived at Craters of the Moon, found a campsite and went into Arco to eat pizza but it ended up being pi...

We got up and packed the car. It took us awhile since we tried to reorganize and sort things a bit. We left at 11 am and headed south to the City of Rocks National Preserve. We stopped at the visitor center first and then headed into the preserve to rock climb. We did the "practice rock" since it was the boys' first time climbing on actual rock. They enjoyed it and then we drove around the park. It is a really neat place and difficult to describe how unique of a...

We ate breakfast at the campsite and then drove 15 minutes to Minidoka National Monument. When we got there, the short film about the encampment was playing so we saw 3/4 of the film and then took the 1.5 hour tour. The boys asked the tour guide/park ranger a few good questions and we learned a lot such as: - President Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, which mandates all Japanese-Americans living in the west coast to be moved to enc...

We got up, ate breakfast at the campsite and then drove to Banbury to rent kayaks. We rented tandem kayaks so Matt and Seth rode together and Liam and I rode together. The first part of the kayaking trip was downstream so it wasn't difficult. We took our time and looked around and explored a bit. We got to Blue Heart in about 30 minutes. We rode around and marveled at the clear water and blue bottom. You could see fish swimming on the bottom. Then we docked our ...

We got up, ate breakfast and I started packing. The boys worked on their memory work for school. Matt worked. I got everything packed by 1 and we left Idaho Falls around 1:15. We drove southwest and stopped briefly in American Falls but there was nothing to see. Soon afterwards we had to stop at a rest stop so Seth could use the restroom and we spotted signs for an historical marker. We took the paved trail that was probably half a mile long and wound under the...