Wednesday, November 08, 2006

SW Trip Day 15 - Great Basin N.P.

Our campsite at the Lower Lehman campground in Great Basin National Park.

Our campsite at the Lower Lehman Creek Campground.

11/08/06 Wednesday

We spent yesterday driving across the great nothing of western Utah to get to Great Basin National Park.

Touring the Lehman Cave at Great Basin National Park.

Touring the Lehman Caves.

We skipped trying to hike Wheeler Peak because we had to drive home later. Instead, we took the Lehman Caves tour.

Touring the Lehman Cave at Great Basin National Park.

Is that a stalagmite in your pocket …

It’s a cool little cave with plenty of features to look at.

Touring the Lehman Cave at Great Basin National Park. Early visitors wrote their names on the ceiling with candle smoke.

Early visitors wrote their names on the ceiling with candle smoke.

One section had graffiti left by visitors going back to the 1920s.

Touring the Lehman Cave at Great Basin National Park.

Pointy.

After the tour, we headed back home on Highway 50, The Loneliest Road in America.

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