Ape Cave
Lava tube on the south flank of Mount St. Helens in Washington. In a Retire by 40 post it is the cheap, cold and rugged half of a comparison of two family trips.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Tale of Two Vacations | retirebyforty | subject | Father and son scramble through the cold, dark lava tube: the cheap half of a two-vacation comparison. |
| My Summer of George | retirebyforty | journey waypoint | Another trip through the 1.5-mile lava tube, where the boy gets cold without gloves. |
A Tale of Two Vacations — retirebyforty (2015)
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So I decided to show him the Ape Cave at the foothill of Mount St. Helens, the longest known lava tube in North America.
- Role: subject
- In the article: The author takes his young son through the cave’s upper trail, scrambling over jagged lava rock and an eight-foot wall in 42 °F darkness; with the drive and a gravel-road detour the trip takes most of a day.
- Why it matters: One of the two trips the post compares; the cave’s character drives the account and the boy’s verdict.
My Summer of George — retirebyforty (2015)
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We hike/climbed the Ape Cave, a 1.5 miles lava tube on Mt. St. Helens, southern flank.
- Role: journey waypoint
- In the article: Among the summer’s outings, the author and his son explore the 1.5-mile lava tube; the boy gets cold because they forgot gloves.
- Why it matters: One of a string of cheap summer trips in the post.