the narrows of el malpais

A little further down the road from the lava field trailhead is a two mile stretch of road called the Narrows, so named because the lava field comes closest to this long rock wall. The walls face west, making for good sunset light.

We could have missed the sunset, had we hiked to the Lava Falls a little further down. But that trail was even muddier than the lava field.