Over the Moon!

Our overnight 'Alpine Chalet' stay over, we pulled-out onto Highway 20 following the GPS's directions to "Crater of the Moon National Monument". This appears from nowhere in the midst of plains grassland. At first, you're prompted to question whether the land has been heavily ploughed for miles and miles, but it soon becomes clear that the whole area is in fact a sea of solidified lava flows and piles of once-flying volcano debris. Driving the loop road, we pulled off at various points of interest, hiking trails to the rim of a deep volcano crater and marvelling at rare lava cones and pipes. Visiting this stark, barren, landscape was reminiscent of our encounter with The Badlands! By midday we reached Arco, a small town on the route to Driggs, where we called at "Pete's Pickle" ("Home of the Atomic Burger"!) for a BLT (with pickle!). For the next two hours we rode through lush grasslands and seed potato fields looking at one of the biggest horizons ever! As we turned up Highway 30, the Grand Tetons came into sight and gradually grew in stature as we neared Driggs. The GPS took us into town and than out again....finally informing us that our motel was located in an empty field! Convinced that this was not in fact the case, we called at a Best Western and was given better directions! We checked-in and were relieved to discover that contrary to one previous Tripadvisor review (a Californian's)it was not like the Bate's Motel! We successfully completed another laundry cycle before encountering a micro-ironing-board and electric-iron combo that defy description! Then it was time to see what "The Royal Wolf" could offer for dinner......result!! Finally, as our day had a distinctly lunar influence, this musical piece seems appropriate......