One day we drove a short distance from where we were camping to Lava Lands Visitor Center. We listened to a Ranger talk and then went on a 45 minute hike with him through a lava flow from a cinder cone. There are numerous cinder cones formed from the volcano, Mount Newberry. We also took the shuttle up to the top of Lava Butte (the cinder cone).
After we were finished at Lava Butte, we drove a short distance north to the hike in the longest lava tube in Oregon. We could hike about a mile in before the tube got too small for anyone to continue on. It was very dark and very cold! We all had sweatshirts but my legs were pretty cold and we were all happy to feel the warmth of the sun. It was very interesting in the tube and amazing that we were able to walk in it.
This was when we were starting out. There are stairs and a walkway down to it, then the rest was just hiking/walking on rocks and the ground. At first there were some tricky parts and I thought how the hike was going to be very challenging. But the ground evened out and the other 'tricky parts' lasted only a short time.
Pretty amazing day seeing some awesome sights!
Enjoying every moment!
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