Hiking up to see some caves sounds fun, right? That would be NO, not so much. Take 90+ degree weather, steep uphill climb all the way, 1 child afraid of heights, and 1 severly cranky mom & you get a not so happy hike up the hill. We did this hike with Kalynn & her kids, Drew & my kids & Grandpa Smedley. People who would see me sitting pathetically on the side of the path resting would say encouraging things like "You're almost there" and "It really IS worth it". Hiking is just not my joy, but once we finally made it up to the caves it was worth it. Plus, while we were touring the caves it clouded over & started to sprinkly lightly for our hike down, so at least going DOWN was fairly pleasant.
This is us at the top. Look, I'm not even dead!
Inside the caves it was about 45 degrees, much cooler than the 1,000 degrees hiking up. The girls were actually COLD. Good thing we packed sweatshirts.
The heart of the cave. They lit it up.
Drew was in charge of the backpack, which you had to wear in the front so as not to destroy any cave formations.
To me this looks like Davy Jones' beard from Pirates of the Caribbean.
The exit door.
Kalynn & Mackenzie
The girls skipped their way down the path, carefully so they didn't fall down off the mountain.
The view on the way down when it was misting. So pretty.
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