Easter Weekend in Lava Beds National Monument

We headed up to Lava Beds for the cold easter weekend with Paige and Dave and their kids. It was a fun and simple trip - car camping in the cold (17 degrees on Friday night) which kept the park quiet and uncrowded. We pretty much had the caves and the park to ourselves.

Time was spent playing tourist - we've seen so much of the park and so many of the caves, it's fun to pick and choose from our favorites to make a nice short weekend of it.

The itinerary included:

• Cox Ice Cave
• Golden Dome Cave
• Sentinel Cave
• Skull Cave
• Captain Jack's Stronghold
• Petroglyph Point
• Valentine Cave