Camping ~ July 15, 2009 ~ Part 1

Jane’s birthday morning! Another beautiful waterfall. I don’t remember the name of it. Jerome and Seth in front of the waterfall On their way up for a closer look. I didn’t notice Brennan’s face until now…he looks terrified! Peter took Ian up, too. Abby :-) On our way to the car we saw this rescue helicopter making a practice landing on the road which followed the river. Then we drove to Boyden Cavern for an afternoon climbing under the mountain! Jerome got to help crack a geode! which turned out to have beautiful amethyst inside, and Grandma bought it for part of Jerome’s early birthday gift from her. Grandma also bought our family tickets to go in the cavern for Jerome’s birthday! Thank you so much, Mom! Here we go! Looking down to the dry river bed below. It was high enough to stand up straight at this point. These are straw stalactites because they’re hollow inside! Our guide/caveman :-) seated for a bit of history Ian wrapped up in Daddy’s sweater. It was about 50 degrees down there! Anna entertaining the boys while we waited for our group’s turn to see the back of the cave. shells? waves? scallops? I don’t remember which is the name for these, but they’re rare. curtains the lighting was so dramatic. the “Christmas tree”…it was even sparkly! at the end we chose to go out by way of the dry river bed the boys did very well picking their way, and I’m pretty sure they had a blast! daylight! view on our way down That was an amazing experience!

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