Wow! What a beautiful day we had. We finally left the house around 9:50 AM and headed to the mountain. We went to Pole Creek Cave. We met up with the rest of the family in the parking area and then walked down to the cave. It was a little wetter inside than last year at this time, but it was still fun.
We had to drag Mallory into the cave. She got to the entrance and decided she didn't want to go in. But, after we got her in and had walked a while, she settled down. Little David was scared of the dark for a while too. Then he too decided that it was ok. Most everyone had an enjoyable time.
This was Laurel's first time doing something like this too. It was fun watching her and Courtney explore every place they could. They had a couple of big scares while they were in the cave. They swear they met up with a bat, but no one else saw it even when they tried pointing it out. The next big scare they had is when they went exploring in one of the side crevices and when they came out, they met up with some real scary people that jumped out at them.
After being in the cave we had a picnic! Hot dogs, salad, chips and drinks. It was really fun. It wasn't too cold and not too hot. The fire was just right for roasting the dogs! Some of the big boys enjoyed shooting pistols and the kids were running everywhere having a blast. They even tried building a small log cabin that no one could fit into, but Bodie made sure it had a great doorway.
We ended the trip up the mountain with seeing the Sinks. There were many wild raspberrys. They were delicious. The water fall was beautiful. Everyone enjoyed climbing all over everything. The hole in the mine was another fun place everyone had to go see.
Enjoy the pictures!
