After our golf round, Randy took us to visit one of the signature holes at the resort. During construction of the hole, they were blasting down with dynamite to create the dramatic drop and depth of the hole. While doing so they uncovered two lava tubes. Central oregon is volcanic in nature, covered with lava fileds. These lava tubes are formed as the lava flows. The outer layer of the flowing lava actually cools and hardens so when the flow stops a hollow tube is acutally left behind. When we walked back in them there was about a 40 degree temperature change, it was in the 90's outside that day and we were freezing, wanting coats underground, it was unbelievable. We had a crank lantern and a barely charged flashlight to guide us. We ended up using the flash on our camera to see where we were going. At the back of one one of the tubes one of the original developers made an "office". They carried back desks, memorabilia, golf clubs, golf balls and a tee to hit off of, and we did, in the pitch dark. We got to tee one up and crank it into the darkness of the tube - probably not going to do that again :)
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