Lava Beds Nat'l Monument, CA

This is a river of lava at the Lava Beds National Monument, in Northern CA. It is amazing seeing the expanse the lava covered. It occurred like 12,000 years ago.

This is a chimney, through which the lava flowed.

This is another type of chimney. This was at least 6 or 7 feet deep.

This is a view of Tulelake Valley from the lava beds.

These are bird nests built on a cliff where we also found petroglyphs (Indian drawings on the cliff walls).

This is a sample of the Indian Petroglyphs. We found these , which were made by the Modoc Indians. There were many others, but this is a sample.

The lava beds were the last stronghold of the Modoc Indians against the US Calvary and this was the last of the Indian wars.