180 degree photo of Crater Lake West Rim Drive

A close up of Wizard Island

Fall foliage in Oregon

Sunset at Snake River Gorge, Idaho

"Goodales Cutoff" Idaho

Lava flow, Craters of the Moon National Monument

Craters of the Moon National Momument was incedible! It is an average elevation of 5,900 feet. The protected area's features are volcanic and represent one of the best-preserved flood basalt areas in the continental United States.
The Monument was established on May 2, 1924.In November 2000, a presidential proclamation by President Clinton greatly expanded the Monument area and encompass three major lava fields and about 400 square miles of sagebrush steppe grasslands to cover a total area of 1,117 square miles (2,893 km2). All three lava fields lie along the Great Rift of Idaho, with some of the best examples of open rift cracks in the world, including the deepest known on Earth at 800 feet

Moonlight Craters of the Moon NM

Walking through the lava fields

Craters of the Moon NM

Monument Rock Overlook

The last two days we visited Colorado National Monument..The second drive we took in the afternoon was worth it!Colorado National Monument (locally referred to as The Monument) is next to Grand Junction, Colorado. Sheer-walled canyons cut deep into sandstone and granite–gneiss–schist rock formations. This is an area of desert land high on the Colorado Plateau, with pinion and juniper forests on the plateau. The park hosts a wide range of wildlife, including red-tailed hawks, golden eagles, ravens, jays, desert bighorn sheep, and coyotes.

Rock climbing Monument Rock

Colorado National Monument

We even spotted this family of Big Horn sheep on the side of the road!!!