For this trip I originally planned to make a second attempt to visit two national parks in the southern part of the state. Then, once I learned I would be unable to enter Canada during my planned September trip after flying into Seattle, I moved both of these parks to September. But then when I learned shortly before going on this trip that I would miss getting to go to Glacier National Park because the National Park Service had a "lottery" going on for months to get entry tickets to the most visited parks (and I was too late to get the tickets), I put Craters of the Moon back into this trip. 2021 has been a crazy year for trying to do trips, most of the trips being ones originally booked for 2020!

Craters of the Moon was a rather disappointing place to visit, especially since I went 2.5 hours out of my way to get there. All it is is a bunch of rocks that are different looking than most rocks.