Craters of the Moon

We started our 4 day tour to Yellowstone on a Thursday(4th October'12). There was great excitement and expectation in the air. Rohit felt that his Subaru Legacy would be a bit cramped for such a long journey and therefore rented a Chevy Malibu instead which has has about the same engine HP as Legacy, but more comfortable leg and head room and extra boot space. The Malibu is powered by a 2500 cc engine and fitted with automatic transmission and has special features like digital dashboard and cruise control. We left Boise around 9.30 am, crossed Mountain Home veered off the freeway and reached Twin Falls around 11.30 am and stopped at Starbucks for a beverage break. I had my usual Chocolate Mocha while others went for Cappucino/Coffee Latte. This gave us time to stretch our limbs and use the washroom. Then we resumed our journey towards Craters of the Moon ( a volcanic region) which is a National Monument and National Preserve in the Snake River plain in Central Idaho. We reached around 1.30 noon had another washroom break and we decided to have lunch before proceeding on a conducted tour of the Lava fields. We had worked up a voracious appetite by then, located a comfortable niche surrounded by black lava soil and a bleak but beautiful landscape and tucked hungrily into the delicious egg biryani prepared earlier in the morning.

I have packed my bags

The Egg Biryani is ready too

The Chevvy Malibu - Rent-a Car @ $ 25/day

Rest Rooms Stop at Craters in the Moon

We have entered Craters of the Moon - see the black soil !

I love to climb on these rocks but I am hungry - How about finding a nice place to eat  ?

Okay lets look around

Ah we have located a good place

I am really ravenous - the Biryani is heavenly

Volcanic soil does not support vegetation - hence the sparse and bleak landscape