Road Trip - Grants Pass 08-14-2013

We left the beach hotel where we stayed around 8:00 am.   Our planed to visit Oregon Cave National Monument today.

On the way to Oregon Caves National Monument, we stopped by the Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area.  At the viewing area, we did not see any elk.  However, we saw a herd of about 50 Roosevelt elk at one of the roadside viewing area on the Highway 138.

We arrived at Grants Pass around 11:30 am to have early lunch.  Grants Pass is located on Interstate 5, northwest of Medford.  The population of Grants Pass is about 35,000.

After lunch, we drove about 47 miles to Oregon Cave Monument.

Oregon Caves National Monument is located in the northern Siskiyou Mountains of Oregon in the United States.

The caves formed as rainwater from the forest above dissolved the surrounding marble and created one of the few marble caves in the world.

Inside the cave, the temperature is about 44 degree, and there is about 500 stairs.  We were up and down the stairs in the cave with very little light. The lowest point in the cave is about 210 meters under the ground.  The tour is very educational and the cave is amazing.