After a morning bicycle ride we trade pedal cycles for the motorcycle and head north to Ubehebe Crater. It’s a volcano/lava chute that blew about 2000 years ago. While hiking around the big crater we walked right next to the Little Hebe crater. What a beautiful view! The craters, multi-colored layers of stone down their sides, all framed by mountain ranges every way we look.

A good number of people there, so we headed south a bit, past the ranger station, to find a spot in the desert off the road for lunch. Then it was time to mosey along. We topped off the gasoline, stopped at the visitors center for an additional map for the Golden Canyon/Gower Gulch Loop trail, and circled around Artists’ Pallete Drive again to get some photos that we neglected to stop for yesterday.

It’s a lot busier today than yesterday. Still no traffic jams but far more people out and about. We decide to pass on the hike this afternoon and head back home. There it’s supper time – our monthly pizza night! Home-made crust and sauce. It was delicious and well worth the wait!