After almost 10 years of marriage, I one day realized I had never shown Travis the wind caves, so I made sure that we would go and hike them this trip. It's about 2 1/2 miles each way and the second half is down hill, so it seemed like it would be a good one for all the kids too.
The whole hiking gang, minus me and Val and Shauna. It was us and all of our kids, Val and her 4, Lana and Aros and their 3 1/2, Melissa, and Shauna and Drew and their kids except for Ang who was at Girls Camp still.
So I MISSED the beautiful fresh air of these mountains! We have not taken our kids truly hiking nearly enough, and that has to change. They did great, even though I think Ammon was exhausted by the end, and it was so much fun.
I wonder if some of the adults were secretly glad to be hiking to a 2 and 4 year old leg pace...
Val's create carrier, since she loaned hers to us...I still feel bad, Val, but Daniel does look very comfy...
Hmmm, it's hard to tell in this picture. This was our first sighting of the cave. Just when the kids were starting to complain and say how tired they were, they got the extra motivation of being able to see the final destination...
Oh, there you can see it...
Rest stop.
Val and Daniel heading up the last hill before lunch.
Everyone is happy after lunch. Food usually helps everything in my house...
Almost there...
Hiking up into the cave
I didn't get any pictures in the cave. We didn't even have flashlights, so we had a flashlight every 4 people or so and I was just trying to keep track of kids and shine lights. They had such a blast, though. I can't believe I have never brought Travis here before!
This is after coming out again, and then Trav checking out the waterfall.
Wildflowers. They were in full bloom and so beautiful!!!
Everyone soaking their feet after getting back to the beginning. Oh my COLD water...
The whole hiking gang, minus me and Val and Shauna. It was us and all of our kids, Val and her 4, Lana and Aros and their 3 1/2, Melissa, and Shauna and Drew and their kids except for Ang who was at Girls Camp still.
So I MISSED the beautiful fresh air of these mountains! We have not taken our kids truly hiking nearly enough, and that has to change. They did great, even though I think Ammon was exhausted by the end, and it was so much fun.
I wonder if some of the adults were secretly glad to be hiking to a 2 and 4 year old leg pace...
Val's create carrier, since she loaned hers to us...I still feel bad, Val, but Daniel does look very comfy...
Hmmm, it's hard to tell in this picture. This was our first sighting of the cave. Just when the kids were starting to complain and say how tired they were, they got the extra motivation of being able to see the final destination...
Oh, there you can see it...
Rest stop.
Val and Daniel heading up the last hill before lunch.
Everyone is happy after lunch. Food usually helps everything in my house...
Almost there...
Hiking up into the cave
I didn't get any pictures in the cave. We didn't even have flashlights, so we had a flashlight every 4 people or so and I was just trying to keep track of kids and shine lights. They had such a blast, though. I can't believe I have never brought Travis here before!
This is after coming out again, and then Trav checking out the waterfall.
Wildflowers. They were in full bloom and so beautiful!!!
Everyone soaking their feet after getting back to the beginning. Oh my COLD water...
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are those the wind caves at Darby? what a great trip!
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