What an interesting and totally unique day, with part of our day underground in a cave, and the balance high in the SAN FRANCISCO PEAKS adjacent FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA. Our first destination was to hike through the LAVA RIVER CAVE in the COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST, a self-guided hike through this completely dark, ¾ mile, natural lava tube. The cave, formed 675,000 years ago, was discovered in 1915 by local lumbermen, and sports a chilly 32 to 40 degree temperature range throughout the lava tube. As we traversed down the icy, boulder-filled entrance way, we quickly realized we were not totally prepared for the temperatures and presence of ABSOLUTELY NO LIGHT besides our insignificant cell phones. My curiosity got the best of me, so I continued just a bit farther into the cave through a very narrow opening into its second room filled with brilliant color rocks. What a weird and interesting experience to say the least!!!! In the afternoon we visited the ARIZONA SNOWBOWL, the famous SNOW SKIING destination in northern Arizona and surrounding areas. The ski bowl lodge was located at 9,500 feet elevation in the, with HUMPHREYS PEAK, the highest in Arizona, towering over us at 12,633 feet. What an amazing sight to some skiers in shorts and Hawaiian t-shirts flying down the slopes. We enjoyed making snowballs, which as you can imagine, are hard to come by in Florida!!!!!
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