{"id":530,"date":"2011-04-11T20:23:43","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T00:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4wheels4girls.com\/?p=530"},"modified":"2011-04-11T20:23:43","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T00:23:43","slug":"el-malpais-national-monument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4wheels4girls.com\/?p=530","title":{"rendered":"El Malpais National Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Geez! So many strange, hard-to-pronounce names! El Malpais is a great monument where you can hike and see the remnants of an old volcano as well as the lava rock and little caves formed by the rock. The visitor center taught us a lot about the different volcanoes throughout the park and about the animals that live there. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_555\" style=\"width: 457px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4wheels4girls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/elmalpais3.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-555\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/4wheels4girls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/elmalpais3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"elmalpais3\" width=\"447\" height=\"280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4wheels4girls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/elmalpais3.jpg 447w, https:\/\/4wheels4girls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/elmalpais3-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We found this lizard, who has spines down its sides<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After the visitor center and lunch, we went for a three mile hike into the volcano. On the way we saw lots of animal scat, which Ellie has been interested in learning about. \ud83d\ude00 We saw the poop of a coyote, a deer, a bunny, and maybe even a mountain lion. Also, we saw several caves formed by the lava rock crushing into the ground. It was really neat, and there was one called Bat Cave that Stella really wanted to explore (but no one is allowed).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_553\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4wheels4girls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/elmalpais1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-553\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/4wheels4girls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/elmalpais1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"elmalpais1\" width=\"500\" height=\"316\" class=\"size-full wp-image-553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4wheels4girls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/elmalpais1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/4wheels4girls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/elmalpais1-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This cave is actually part of a long lava tube <\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the top of the volcano it was super cool &#8217;cause you could look down into the volcano! <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_554\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4wheels4girls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/elmalpais2.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-554\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/4wheels4girls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/elmalpais2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"elmalpais2\" width=\"450\" height=\"309\" class=\"size-full wp-image-554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4wheels4girls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/elmalpais2.jpg 450w, https:\/\/4wheels4girls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/elmalpais2-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Behind my sisters is a lava trench, which is a collapsed lava tube<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We hiked back down a mile and a half back to our RV, then left the park. It was a great day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geez! So many strange, hard-to-pronounce names! El Malpais is a great monument where you can hike and see the remnants of an old volcano as well as the lava rock and little caves formed by the rock. 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