After taping the first base jump of the day, Nancy and I went off to see some Idaho sites. First on our list were the Shoshone Indian Ice Caves.
The best part about our tour of the ice caves, was our tour guide, who guided us through the ice caves saying very little. He told us that the statues of cavemen were built to scale and that the Ice Cavemen lived only 18-20 years because they did not have medicine and education like we do. Before going into the caves, he told us, in his mumbling and monotone voice, that the volcanoes in this area were not like other volcanoes, as they were formed by the a rift. He gave no explanation of how these volcanoes were unlike others or what a rift was. He also pointed out two stalagmites and told us the difference between stalagmites and stalagtites is that "stalagmites might grow to the ceiling; stalagtites hold on tight." Oddly enough, I'll probably never forget the difference between the two again!
There were two other oddities at the caves. The first were the huge statues outside of the cave in front of the so-called gift shop. Among these were one huge Native American, one HUGE dinosaur with a Native American riding it (??), and a third was an elephant. Why were they there? We don't know. It didn't make any sense to us at all. But, yhou can see them in the Mixbook project below.
After visiting the Shoshone Indian Ice Caves, Nancy and I took a trip to Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. If you like volcanic rock, this is the place for you! The park was apparently named because it looked like the craters on the moon through a telescope. Let me tell you... it looks nothing like any pictures of the moon I've ever seen. But, there was MILES and MILES of volcanic rock. Here's a little video of the park.
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