This past weekend was very eventful--too bad I only had my camera for one out of the three events!
Friday I went with a friend from Provo to the Japanese gardens. Gorgeous. It's impressive how organizing rocks and plants in a certain way can make you feel so calm. I didn't take any pictures on Monday either. We went with the Barnette's to pick huckleberries. Mmmmm. Huckleberries....
Saturday we hiked the entire 4.5 miles of Ape cave! Actually 1.5 miles of that wasn't in a cave. Usually hiking on a rainy day is sort of a bummer...but when you're underground, it doesn't matter! It's a constant 42 degrees in the caves, no matter what time of year, or the weather outside. We climbed over many many boulder fields, an 8 foot wall, and crawled ourselves into a corner.
The lower cave was .75 miles (1.5 round trip because...you'll see).
Dave and Debbie ventured with us.
Notice the cave getting a little smaller....
And smaller... 0.74 miles of this cave has 20 foot ceilings or higher...
Except when you reach the dead end and you have to walk back, but you have no idea it is a dead end. We army crawled until we noticed it was getting a little hard to breathe...
then the ceiling slime started to drip down my back and I was done. That's actually rock forming into stalactites--but they were covered in slimy stuff and dripped stuff...down my back...The upper caves were considered a difficult hike (lower was easy). Half of it was climbing over boulders...it was fun! The ceilings still dripped right on my head, but that's what I get for not being a hat person.
One of three sky lights. The other two were the entry and exit.
Having fun, since I couldn't see the picture until the flash went off. At one point we tried to make our way without our head lamps on--yeah, you couldn't see your hand if it was in front of your face.
Yes, that's the man I married on the right...ooh yeah...
That's enough updating for one night. Goodbye.
4 comments:
Girl, I seriously just had a panic attack looking at the photos of that cave. ARMY CRAWL??? Are you kidding me? Obviously you don't suffer from claustrophobia like I do.
I feel claustrophobic after looking at those pics. Once, on a date, a guy took me to the tightest cave and I thought I'd die! Never again!
i THINK THAT LOOKS REALLY FUN. EVERY TIME I SEE YOU DO SOMETHING COOL, I WISH WE COULDVE COME UP. ANOTHER DAY.
OK, now I definitely want to go to those caves. Looks fun, and dark, and cold, but fun. I mean, hey, you guys looked like you were having way to much fun - so if I go, it will have to be fun, right? Of course, I don't have a monkey for a husband. But, then again, Teresa probably figures I'm her monkey husband, so it'll work!
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