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Road Trip Home: Day 8

2015 August 13

Leaving Grand Teton, we drove through Jackson Hole, which seemed like it’d be a fun skiing town in the winter.

We made a quick stop at Idaho Falls Greenbelt:

idaho falls

Looking at a map, we realized that we could hit up another cool spot without much extra driving, so we detoured over to Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, where huge craters and volcanic rock litter the landscape.

lava lands

These lava lands stood out from the dry grasslands we drove through to get there. We did a few hikes here, including one of my favorites on the trip: up and down, in and out of the Indian Tunnel caves. Spelunking:

spelunking

We also ran into a Google Maps guy which was pretty cool. Seems like an awesome job to get paid to explore and map national parks.

After spending the early afternoon here, we headed to our stopping place for the night in Boise, Idaho.

Being in Idaho, we had to eat some regional specialties, so we had bison burgers and fries made from different potato varieties at Boise Fry Company.

boise fry company

Then we explored the Boise Capitol Building downtown and wandered around Boise State University a bit. I tried to step on the famous blue turf football field, but I could only catch a glimpse through locked gates.

boise capitol

At the hotel, we got upgraded to a two-bedroom suite, took a quick dip in the swimming pool, and called it a night.

After six straight days sleeping on the ground, a hotel mattress never felt so good.

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