In our quest to take our kids 101 cool places before they are 12, we needed to find a cave. We figured we'd work in the Oregon caves into one of our trips south...but then there was a blurb in the paper about the Ape Cave (named after the discoverer. Sadly, no actual apes.) IT IS FANTASTIC.
We had a healthy hike to get to the site because crews were clearing the road of enormous downed trees, and there was still snow on the ground (double bouns for the Burke Brothers, I assure you)...but once we got to the entrance, it was amazing. Definitely worth the trip. But, bring a lantern!
Hayden was such a trouper, with both the hike, the steep stairs to get into the cave, and navigating in pitch darkness. We opened for the lower trail once inside. It's a 3/4 mile hike through the tube. The floor is a bumpy hardened lavaflow scattered with large rocks and mud puddles. Absolute little boy heaven. Bayley so wanted to see a bat, but they must have been in the other trail.(In case anyone scoffed at my having an indoor playground be our 'superlative place', I'll have you know the Ape Cave is the largest intact lava tube in the continental US!)
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