There is a bit of excitement in the danger, this smoldering vision of hell brought to you by the National Park Service. It is also, it a stark sort of a way, quite stunning. There is no danger, however, in sloshing through a lava tube. The Thurston Lava Tube, a tunnel that once squeezed hot magma like toothpaste is now a cool stroll underneath a fern forest. I am constantly amazed as to the number of people who like to live around volcanoes.
Volcanoes can eruptwith little warning.
I wouldn't be too worried, however, as these volcanoes are the most studied and watched in the world. My wife and I won one of the expensive suites in a charity auction. They really don't know how to do luxury here and that is just fine. I would have easily settled for something more rustic. The grinds, however, can be superb.