To finish off the 2008 year we decided to take the kids up to Moaning Caverns to explore the cave there and go for a hike. The weather was really foggy and cold in the valley, and as soon as we got to the foothills it was sunny and 55 degrees. That is what is so crazy about where we live, we can drive 30 minutes and be in completely different weather. The caverns are awesome. Carl took his scouts there last January and they did the actual crawl. We just took the "walk down the stairs tour" Sydney wasn't so sure at first because you start down these really narrow, wooden steps into a hole in the rock. And to be honest, my claustrophobia almost got the better of me too. But she didn't quit and it was actually really cool inside. The kids were great and they really are troopers to get dragged on all of our crazy adventures. They always remind us that Ashlee is daddy's hiking girl and Sydney is daddy's climbing girl. Caleb is pretty much a mini-me of Carl. He is willing to try anything with his dad. He mountain bikes, snowboards, kneeboards, climbs mountains, backpacks and anything else Carl wants to try. We have the greatest kids.
Moaning Caverns in by Angels Camp (Frog Town USA)
The inside of the cave.
Brave girls.
Going up the steep spiral stairs. Sydney did most of it herself, I carried her the last 30 stairs or so.
caleb making music by knocking on the rock.
Hiking around after the cave tour.
4 comments:
looks like a fabulous adventure friend! cute pictures of you guys! happy new year!!
You always do the funnest things with your kids. They are going to have the coolest memories of their childhood.
Cute pictures! We really want to go up there sometime it looks like a lot of fun.
looks like fun. maybe we will try it some time!
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