September 22-25, 2010. From Travel Journal #15: "In Challis we stopped at the Land of the Yankee Fork Interpretive Center. My husband had planned a ghost town photography adventure in Bayhorse about four miles away, so a bit more information was needed before venturing on that side trip. The old copper and silver mining town was created into a state park and was located on a rocky, dirt road from Highway 75.

For many years the site was not open to the public. In 2006, Bayhorse became a unit of Idaho’s State Park system. We spent an hour in this forgotten memory photographing the hotel, mill, and other structures that meant life to those who called Bayhorse home. For any other ghost town adventures it would have to be using a jeep or an all-terrain vehicle. Becoming temporary prospectors or this type of trail blazing would have to wait for another day and time.

At Challis it was south onto the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway, (Highway 93) a very popular Idaho byway. The road was fairly flat with very few curves, and the scenery was all the literature claimed. At Arco we continued another 18 miles on Idaho 93 south to Crater of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. The shadows grew longer as we finally arrived at our destination around 5 p.m."

The wind blew feriously, and the volcanic grit penetrated nostils and skin. It must be a beautiful place in the early spring with all the wildflowers, but one night at Craters of the Moon in a tent...plenty. A must see, though.