Day 4!!!!

Visited the Deschutes National Forest. It is actually 1.6 million acres! We talked to a couple of people, including Bart Mills who is a Geologist for the forest. He introduced us to the Lava River Cave that formed over 80,000 years ago from a volcano. The Lava River Cave happens to be Oregon's longest cave. There are no living animals in the cave besides bats who like to use it as a place to hibernate. The temperature of the cave is a constant 40 degrees no matter what season it is. This was pretty noticeable once inside. I was immediately able to see my breath! The air was so moist! We only went about a half a mile in before we turned around and came back. You could see lines on the cave's sides which showed where the levels that lava actually flowed millions and millions years ago!!!!!!! Many moons ago...