Cauldron Linn (Part One of "Idaho: The Reckoning")

Howdy, all. Well, it's time to start showcasing our photos from the Idaho trip we took over the Memorial Day weekend. These pictures were taken at Cauldron Linn, a section of the Snake River that's made of lava rock. As you can see from the pictures, the river has sculpted the heck out of the lava rock, creating all sorts of formations--waterfalls, placid oxbows, strata of varying colors. It was really quite dramatic.

Here's Val surveying the scene:















Here are some of those rocks I was talking about. Beautiful to behold, a heck of a time to hike over:
















Blake really wanted to take the raft out (I wondered about that one, because there were two deadly waterfalls not too far downstream), so here they are launching it at a peaceful section of the river:
















The rocks were weathered in bowls, potholes, and even tubes (poor Abby's face doesn't look too comfortable):





















Kaitlin has a bright future as a sea captain:
















The comparisons to SpongeBob were inevitable (Libby actually said, "No pictures, please," but we didn't listen; we'll be trotting this one out twelve years from now, on prom night):
















Oh, aren't we cute:
















I suppose that this is the linn part of Cauldron Linn ("linn" means "waterfall" in Scots Gaelic, I'm told):

Well, that's all the pictures for now. More will follow--be sure of that.

-Z