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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
Since both of our employers were kind enough to give us July 3rd off in addition to Independence Day, David and I headed up to Northern California for a four-day weekend of caving and hiking. The crowds were sparse thanks to the mid-week holiday, and we were able to enjoy exploring some new caves as well as some old favorites in Lava Beds. We finished the long weekend off with a hike up Loomis Peak (thanks for the info, mtnsteve!) and some geocaching in the national forest west of Lassen National Park. For more details, see the extended entry. For the photos, click on the image of the lily or here:Lava Beds and Loomis Peak.
We spent the weekend car camping, caving, and hiking in Lava Beds NM. I love this park because of its unique geology and history.
Pictures are here.
