Mountain Home ID - 2023

We were able to get quite a few sites in while in Mountain Home visiting family. Our first adventure was to Malad Gorge State Park and Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument. 

Malad Gorge - Devil's Wash Bowl

Malad Gorge downstream

This bridge on I 84 eastbound is where a truck pulling a travel trailer went over the side of the bridge, click on the link to see the article. Couple goes over bridge

Waterfall downstream

 

 

 

Family

Echo sporting his new shades.

Cousins

Waterfall at Woody's Cove

A little bit about Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument. The visitor center has casts of the fossils that were found but you can't actually get to the fossil bed. The bed contained the largest concentration of Hagerman Horse fossils in North America. It is considered a national monument because it protects the world's richest known fossil deposits from the late Pilocene epoch, about 3 to 4 million years ago.

Our 2nd adventure was to Massacre Rocks State Park, Register Rock and City of Rocks National Reserve.

Massacre Rocks is pretty cool, they have a disc golf course, an educational hike, a nice campground that we think we will come back and stay in. There are places to get to the water to fish. There was also a .8 mile hiking path that takes you to a part of the Oregon trail. The path takes you through two tunnels under I-84. 

Cool rock formation

John E on a rock

Cousins on the rock

                  Guys on a rock                                            Girls on a rock

Looks like an animal crossing the river, but it is rocks

Tunnel to the Oregon Trail

Next stop was Register Rock. It is a giant boulder on which many emigrants stopped to sign their names. As you can see, the rock is protected by fencing and a pavilion.

Our next adventure was to City of the Rocks National Reserve. We actually went twice because the first time it was raining.

I was in awe of all the ways the rocks were altered.

Echo posing on a rock.

Our grandson Clay climbing up to get through a hole in the top of this rock.

Looks like an angry bird.

Looks like hearts carved into the rocks.

Looks like a bird and at the time the picture was taken a bird landed on it.

You can see someone climbing the rocks in this picture.

Here's another picture showing how altered the rocks are.

Gayla, John and the boys in Window Arch.

Us in Window Arch.

Our last adventure was to Little City of the Rocks for a hike. We were expecting to run into water but only found a couple of small pools.

Looks like a giraffe.

There was a distinct smell and at first we couldn't figure out what it was. I thought after touching it that it smelled like celery salt.

Our time in Mountain Home came to end too quickly. We sure enjoyed our time with our family!