Craters of the Moon day 3

Today we did the lava tubes. There are apparently dozens of them scattered throughout the lava field but we only had access to 2 of them. You might have heard about a fungal disease that affects bats. The rangers are very concerned that it could be spread to the bats in this park by us. Most of the lava tubes were off limits for that reason. There were no trails and the footing was treacherous in the caves but we survived. After the caves we hiked on a couple of the trails that we didn't have enough time to hike yesterday. We head further West tomorrow. This park is not on a lot of people's radar, consequently it has not been crowded. Plenty of parking at the trailheads and very few people on the trails. All in all a good stop. One more thing. It was 46° last night.