The people we met at Craters of the Moon that were camping across from us and showed us the moon and planets, Laurie and Doug, were also going to the Sawtooths a day ahead of us and said they would save us a campsite when they got there. So we woke up, ate breakfast and then packed up. We headed north to the Sawtooth Mountains. We stopped Bellevue to get gas and propane. Then we stopped in Hailey and bought some groceries. They lady working in the store was from...

This morning we ate breakfast at the campsite and then rode our bikes to the Visitor Center and got postcards and books for the Junior Ranger program. Then we drove to Spatter Cone trail and looked inside the volcanoes. Then walked over to the North Crater trail and looked into the craters which were amazingly enormous. It made us feel very tiny. Walking on the ridge of the craters made Matt and I have a weird feeling in our peripheral vision. It was similar to ...

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...