Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho

On our driving way from Grand Teton to Boise in Idaho, We coincidentally found a National Monument "Craters of the Moon."

It is said that the Monument and Preserve encompass three major lava fields and about 1,000 km2 of sagebrush steppe grasslands to cover a total area of 2,893 km2.

We stayed only a couple of hours there but enjoyed weird and scenic landscape.

Dubois In Wyoming

The town of Dubois looked like those in Arizona or Nevada where I stayed about 15 years ago with my two daughters and wife.

There were many mountains which had no threes or were almost grassless. It was hot in daytime and very cool at night and morning.

Great Falls In Montana

I am staying in in the U.S.A. now.

Great Falls is located on the Missouri River in the heart of Montana state.

Downtown Night Market is held near the hotel we stayed. The festival started August 11 on Friday.

Art, crafts and art vendors, art demonstrations, food vendors, live music and more gathered along the street of downtown.

Kaiwomaru Park and Japan Sea Center

We went to Kaiwomaru Park in Toyama prefecture located near Toyama bay. 

The name of the ship is Kaiwomaru, it is also called "Lady of the Sea."

The ship began as a merchant training vessel.

It is said that she has raised 11,190 young sailors since February 14th, 1930.

She is now a museum ship.