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Lava Beds NM and More

20 Friday Sep 2019

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California, Glass Mountain, Lava Beds NM, Oregon, Tule Lake NWR

I came to the Lava Beds National Monument to see the caves and found so much more. The area is full of surprises, contradictions, and irony with a complicated history of war mixed in.

The geology of the lava tube caves was interesting but unexpectly it didn’t grab my interest. I felt an uneasyness as I ventured into the dark caves. And with my headlamp and a large flashlight both on, I couldn’t light up the cave to see the details of the rock. So I stopped visiting the caves and ventured out to see other sights I had heard about.

2019-09-18 11.16.07

This tree is living in about two feet of rock over a cave.  And it looks healthy!

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