Boulder Cave

Another adventure of ours has been going to Boulder Cave. Brad and I have been there before (even though I had forgotten all about it), and we thought it would be fun to take the kids. It is a huge cave that is about 25,000 years old. Lots of bats are down there and it is nice and cool when you get into the cave. It is so beautiful and these pictures just don't do it justice! Josh was scared the first time we went through - his little palms started to sweat, poor guy. But we had a flashlight for him and a lantern, so all was well. It is quite a hike up and then down, so Brad thought to bring the wagon - good man! And he pulled the kids up the mountain, and then we walked around in the cave. Maddie wasn't scared in the least - she wanted to go in the water!

It is always such a cool thing to see the looks on kids' faces when they are experiencing something for the very first time. When we got into the cave, the kids felt the rocks and let me tell you - they were ccccold!! But it was fun and we went through it a second time - mainly because it was so hot outside, and the cave was refreshing since it was cool. It was a nice little adventure for us, and it's only about an hour away - so we'll probably go do it again.

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We ate lunch up in the woods before we went into the cave.

Brad pulling the kids in the wagon up the mountain. Hard work!

Beautiful!

I've got a daddy's girl on my hands now.

Using the flashlight to it's full advantage.

I love this pic. Huge tree, then Brad and then Josh. Really shows the size of the tree.

More cave walking.