Sunday, November 8, 2015

Cascade Caverns

It’s been more difficult to find a campsite to stay on weekends. The state parks are all booked up weeks (or months?) in advance. RV parks tend to be better, but this weekend all types of things occurred. One town had a lot of RV parks, but they had a festival going on (Wurst Fest) and no spots. Plus, the recent rains had flooded many of the parks so they were either closed or still cleaning out debris. Another town had an Airstream event going on.

Instead, we found Cascade Caverns. The caverns itself is flooded but the campground is open. The part that I love is the wild deer that wander the area. Just for fun we tried to count the deer as we drove into our campsite. We saw 10 deer in several groups just that one time! I don’t have any pictures of the deer. They aren’t as tame as other deer we’ve seen in state parks. However, here are the bones of a deer I found while on a hike.

Everyone needs a dinosaur. This one apparently was built when “Father Hood” with Patrick Swayze and Halle Berry filmed in the area.

The geology is fun here. Everything is limestone with holes in some of the rocks. They look like bones to me.



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