Adventure to Lava Beds National Monument

This weekend our family made the relatively short drive to Lava Beds National Monument. Hopefully you can tell by the title that this was a interesting landscape that had been uniquely effected by a volcanic eruption. Lava flows and Caves are everywhere in this park. For more information on its history visit Lava Beds National Monument. To find out about the Modoc Indians, the Modoc War, the volcanic activity and more.

 

So here are some of our great pics from the day. First we hiked through some enormous lava rocks to Captian Jack's Stronghold.

Then we stopped at the visitors center to have a picnic lunch, get some loaner flashlights and then we toured our first cave of the day. Mushpot Cave was awesome! We told William it was the bat cave! Sorry the pics are dark and grainy but we were in a cave not great lighting. 

Next my mom and I where the only two who took the opportunity to go into Skull Cave which was pitch black, and extremely cold and went straight down 500ft.

Lastly we hiked to Symbol Bridge Cave to see the ancient Indian Pictographs. 

 

Hope you enjoyed a glimpse into our adventure!

And here is a bonus pic of little man at the Memorial Day Parade!