On July 31st, we headed up American Fork Canyon and hiked up to tour the three caves inside Mt. Timpanogos. It was a steady 1 1/2 mile hike up to the cave entrance climbing a little more than 1000 feet. It was a not-so-hot sunny day and a beautiful hike!
The pictures are a bit fuzzy and dark because they were taken with my iPod, but at least I had that. The kids did a great job of hiking. They were amazed with the cave and Brigham began to relax when the tour guide assured him there were no bats. The formations inside were amazing. I had been to Carlsbad Caverns when I was younger and didn't remember seeing so many different kinds of formations.
Brigham was about the only one in our group that asked questions and he asked A LOT of questions. Before we entered the cave we had been talking about the existence of a prehistoric lake and how we would have been under water where we were standing outside the cave. So Briggy got it in his head that the caves would have been filled with the ancient sea to and he likened all formations to some kind of sea animal. One room had a lot of flowstone and he said it was a "group of those things that sting you really bad" -jellyfish.The tour guide was nice and patient.
You could see water lines from previous years and could tell that this year was definetly a drought year. I thought it was cool to see a vault line. Amazing stuff!
Lori and Brent were so nice to watch Jessie and Christian for me ALL DAY! It was fun to just be with the four oldest and give them a bit more of my attention and talk with them.
We went to eat at the Creamery afterwards!
Jessie loved the fry sauce!
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