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Lava Beds National Monument的点评
点评：This is an amazing natural area with hundreds of lava tubes that you can explore. You have to have headlamps and hardhats (if you are exploring caves that require crawling–we chose to skip those ones). There are 27 caves with marked entrances and established paths and many more that are unmarked and unpathed. We chose six of the easier ones to do and they were amazing! We did Mushpot Cave, which is the only lit cave with a paved path the entire way. Next was Valentine Cave, which has glowing bacteria on the walls and ceilings, it was quite amazing with wide tubes to walk through. Quite a bit of ducking was required but no crawling. Next was Skull Cave–HUGE entrance and quite deep. Numerous stairways to go deeper and deeper until we finally ended up at the bottom where there was actually ice! The railings for the stairways were extremely cold.
Next was Big Painted Cave which required a .7 mile walk (in the extreme heat–over 90 degrees) to get to, but we wanted to do it because it promised petroglyphs. We couldn’t find any in the cave though so that was disappointing. We decided to go .18 miles further to another cave called Symbol Bridge which also promised petroglyphs and it had a lot! We felt our extra walk in the heat was worth it. Next was Merrill Ice Cave which used to have a completely iced over bottom that people used to have skating parties on. Over the years it has dissipated so there was no ice at the bottom, but it was still a cool cave. We were going to do a few more, but the heat had gotten to us and any cave that required more than a short walk we nixed. Back at the Visitors Center, we returned the flashlights we had borrowed and “purified” our shoes as instructed to avoid spreading a potential fungus that could kill bats at other caves. Would totally recommend this to anyone who enjoys caves.
Next was Big Painted Cave which required a .7 mile walk (in the extreme heat–over 90 degrees) to get to, but we wanted to do it because it promised petroglyphs. We couldn’t find any in the cave though so that was disappointing. We decided to go .18 miles further to another cave called Symbol Bridge which also promised petroglyphs and it had a lot! We felt our extra walk in the heat was worth it. Next was Merrill Ice Cave which used to have a completely iced over bottom that people used to have skating parties on. Over the years it has dissipated so there was no ice at the bottom, but it was still a cool cave. We were going to do a few more, but the heat had gotten to us and any cave that required more than a short walk we nixed. Back at the Visitors Center, we returned the flashlights we had borrowed and “purified” our shoes as instructed to avoid spreading a potential fungus that could kill bats at other caves. Would totally recommend this to anyone who enjoys caves.
翻译：这是一个令人惊叹的自然景区，这里有数百个可供探索的熔岩管。参观时必须佩戴头灯和安全帽（如果要探索那些需要爬行才能进入的洞穴的话——我们决定跳过那些）。这里有27个设有明显入口及固定步道的洞穴，此外还有更多没有标记、也没有路径的洞穴。我们挑选了其中6个较为容易进入的洞穴，体验真是棒极了！我们先去了穆什波特洞穴，这是唯一一个全程都有照明且铺有石阶小径的洞穴。接着我们又去了瓦伦丁洞穴。那里的墙壁和天花板上布满了发光的细菌，还有宽阔的通道可供行走，真是令人惊叹。虽然需要不时低头避开障碍物，但无需爬行。接着是骷髅洞——入口极其庞大且洞穴相当深。有许多楼梯通向更深处，最后我们终于到达了洞底，那里竟然还有冰！那些楼梯上的扶手冷得要命。
再往后是大彩绘洞，要到达那里需要在酷热天气下步行0.7英里（当时气温超过90华氏度）。不过我们还是决定去，因为那里据说有岩画。可惜我们在洞穴里什么也没找到，这真是令人失望。于是我们决定再走0.18英里，前往另一处名为“Symbol Bridge”的洞穴，据说那里也有岩画，结果我们真的发现了很多！我们觉得在酷热中多走这段路是值得的。接着我们去了梅里尔冰洞，过去这里底部完全被冰覆盖，人们还曾在那里举办溜冰派对。但多年过去后，冰层已经融化殆尽，现在洞底已没有任何冰了。不过那仍然是一个很酷的洞穴。我们本来还打算去探索几个更多的洞穴，但天气太热了，而且任何需要走一段路才能到达的洞穴我们都放弃了。回到游客中心后，我们归还了借来的手电筒，还按照指示对鞋子进行了“消毒”，以防止传播可能杀死其他洞穴中蝙蝠的真菌。我绝对推荐给所有喜欢洞穴探险的人。
再往后是大彩绘洞，要到达那里需要在酷热天气下步行0.7英里（当时气温超过90华氏度）。不过我们还是决定去，因为那里据说有岩画。可惜我们在洞穴里什么也没找到，这真是令人失望。于是我们决定再走0.18英里，前往另一处名为“Symbol Bridge”的洞穴，据说那里也有岩画，结果我们真的发现了很多！我们觉得在酷热中多走这段路是值得的。接着我们去了梅里尔冰洞，过去这里底部完全被冰覆盖，人们还曾在那里举办溜冰派对。但多年过去后，冰层已经融化殆尽，现在洞底已没有任何冰了。不过那仍然是一个很酷的洞穴。我们本来还打算去探索几个更多的洞穴，但天气太热了，而且任何需要走一段路才能到达的洞穴我们都放弃了。回到游客中心后，我们归还了借来的手电筒，还按照指示对鞋子进行了“消毒”，以防止传播可能杀死其他洞穴中蝙蝠的真菌。我绝对推荐给所有喜欢洞穴探险的人。
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