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_JFR_: 00227 There were a lot of lane-control traffic delays due to construction after the big Winter of 2023
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_JFR_: 00232 Entering Nevada sign on US 395 - but we'd be back in northern California after Reno
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_JFR_: 00249 Cumulus clouds in the sky above a lake along US 395
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_JFR_: 00257 On the road north, heading toward Oregon on Highway 395
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_JFR_: 00259 The clouds got more threatening as the day progressed but we kept on driving
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_JFR_: 00286 Vicki and I posing at the southeast entrance of Lava Beds NM
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_JFR_: 00295 It looked like there had been a recent wildfire at Lava Beds National Monument
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_JFR_: 00301 The first thing we did was grab a campsite at the Indian Well Campground
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_JFR_: 00315 The second thing we did was get our Cave Permit at the Lava Beds National Monument Visitor Center
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_JFR_: 00332 Entering the lava tube - Sentinel Cave Lower Entrance
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_JFR_: 00334 Vicki heading down into Sentinel Cave to get out of the rain
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_JFR_: 00336 Double-Selfie of Vicki and I with our headlamps ready in the mouth of Sentinel Cave
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_JFR_: 00338 Vicki heading into the darkness of the lava tube at Sentinel Cave
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_JFR_: 00340 Skylight hole let in some welcome illumination in Sentinel Cave
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_JFR_: 00344 It was nice to climb a metal stairway in Sentinel Cave
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_JFR_: 00352 We set our headlamps on high to take this shot, as it was utterly dark
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_JFR_: 00354 They fenced off a hole that dropped down into a lower level lava tube
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_JFR_: 00355 Steel catwalk crossed over a dangerous drop-off as we hiked through Sentinel Cave
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_JFR_: 00360 The crossover catwalk lit by headlamp in the deep dark of Sentinel Cave
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_JFR_: 00362 It was good to see the light coming in as the lava tube broke through to the surface
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_JFR_: 00369 It was still drizzling outside as we walked back to the car along the loop road
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_JFR_: 00382 Heading down the steel ladder into the tourist-friendly MushPot Cave near the visitor center
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_JFR_: 00390 We checked out MushPot Cave, near the visitor center, and it had electric lights plus informative displays
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_JFR_: 00392 Mushpot cave had subdued electric lighting and even warned you when you had to duck low
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_JFR_: 00399 Looking back toward the daylight at the entrance to Mushpot Cave at Lava Beds National Monument
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_JFR_: 00409 Vertical video of me ducking low under the lava tube's roof in Mushpot Cave
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_JFR_: 00412 Heading for the exit of Mushpot Cave, a great first-tube experience at the park
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_JFR_: 00417 Vicki getting ready to enter Valentine Cave in Lava Beds National Monument
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_JFR_: 00420 The lava tube at Valentine Cave was of a different type of lava - much smoother
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_JFR_: 00423 The lava tube at Valentine Cave was of a different type of lava - much smoother