Cheryl's News enroute to Camp Webegone
May 24, 2016
Lava River Cave, Bend/Sunriver area
Rich, Cheryl and Mimi enroute to their
summer camp at Natural Bridge stopped and camped for seven days of
vacation in LaPine, Oregon. After resting for a few days they were
ready for an adventure and visited the nearby Lava River Cave.
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| Rich descending into Lava River Cave |
There really are no adequate adjectives
to describe the cave. AMAZING, amazing, amazing is as close as it
gets. The cave is just short of a mile long. A tiny section at the
end of the cave is about four feet in height. A small section in the
middle is about five and a half feet in height. The rest of the cave
is 58' in height. At it's widest, 48'. At no point could I touch both
sides of the cave.
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| Cave wall |
And DARK. No light what so ever. Rich
and I were very lucky. For about 20 minutes or so we were the only
folks in the cave. We turned off our flashlight and lantern, twice.
Standing beside each other I could not discern even a tiny speck of
Rich. Dark. Standing in total darkness in the womb of mother earth,
we listen to drops of water falling to the cave floor. Drips behind
us, in front of us, beside us, and one discordant drip landing on
Rich's jacket. The music of mother earth. The song of the cave.
