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88F on top, 32F below!

It’s the first hot day here in Washington and we needed a cool spot to cool down! So down we went into another lava tube. The Guler Ice Caves on Mt Adams are smaller than Ape Caves, but hold their ice all summer. We were the only ones there, no cell coverage, and the ice cave was iced over inside so we didn’t go to far in cuz it was very scary, well Darrin was scared…I wasn’t🤣.

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Devil’s Tower’s Cousin

Who knew Devil’s Tower’s cousin, Beacon Rock, lived in Washington! We stopped by to visit today and climbed to her very windy tippy top!

Beacon Rock is a lava plug from the center of an old volcano.
Up, up, up we go!
Amazing views of the Columbia River Gorge along the way.
And at the top.
And a bit of wind…make sure your sound is turned on!
Down, down, down we go.
A bit of perspective…
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Mt. Saint Helens – the low road

Ape Cave, one of the longest lava tube caves in North America snakes its way under Mt. Saint Helens. Local legend says the name is based upon a 1924 incident between local miners and a family of Bigfoot. Flashlights in hand, down we go into the belly of the beast!