secret cave

We took a little adventure on Memorial Day this year and found an easy hike area where there was supposed to be a hidden cave to explore.

First of all, we found it really wasn't much of a hike at all, which was sitll ok, and second it probably isn't much of a secret these days, but it wasn't too crowded either.

The kids thought it was great!

Maren decided there was no way we were going to talk her into going into the dark hole in the rocks, she stayed outside with the snacks.

We didn't go to far into the cave because it happened to be pretty wet the further in you went. And I had a hard time convincing Embrie that it would be ok to turn the flashlight off for a picture inside.  

The kids really wanted to hike and since it really wasn't much of a hike they took off up the steep mountain side. Brad told me this wouldn't be a good idea, but I thought it was totally fine. And then once we were half way up with Maren in tow, he pointed out that it is easier to go up than to go down....

oh... yeah that is true. I was carrying Maren in my arms and Embrie is only 4 so it was tricky to get down but we all lived to tell the tail, with no injuries. It was really pretty there though.

Garrett carried around with him a glass jar in his backpack because he was really wanting to catch a lizard. But thats another story for another time...