People of the Big River day 10

 

I woke up early this morning around 5:20 AM and started gathering my stuff. By this time, we got down into a standard routine of getting the breakfast and lunch stuff out. I was still eating oatmeal for breakfast which I was still happy about. We went to the Lava Tube Cave Tours where we met some amazing guide who told us about how unique this cave ecosystem is including how important the bats that lived in them were. We descended into the cave first by stairs until we were walking along the tube floor. As we descended the temperature dropped from 80 degrees to around 43 degrees Celsius. We had to be careful were we walked because of the rocks and uneven ground. Occasionally, I would shine my light on the ceiling and look up at the wall of the caves. Once we got out of the caves, we headed up by bus and saw the nearby crater. Very beautiful. After that tour we went on a half mile walk to see the falls nearby also very beautiful. Once we got back to camp, we ate breakfast for dinner which was delicious. Some of the fellow gathered and cut firewood so we could have smores that night. We did, smores were amazing and stories were good. We went to bed.

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