Our family, minus Claire, conquered Timpanogos Caves yesterday. Last summer, we hiked the "Y" which was a feat. But this was even harder - and the kids made it! A mile and a half each way, 1,100 feet increase/decrease in elevation.
Touring the caves was exciting. We learned about Stalagtites and stalagmites, columns, cave popcorn and cave bacon. Coming back down the mountain was actually the hardest part, we were all pretty pooped by then. But that's when the digging down deep to see what we're made of began...
On the way up, we sang (my lead) "Pioneer Children sang as they walked..and walked..and walked... and walked.... " the kids reluctantly joined in for one verse. On the way down, Jake changed the words to, "Pioneer children cried as they walked...and walked...and walked.. and walked..." and shed a few tears while he sang. Then Tyler broke out his own rendition of "the ants go marching" but it was something about the dad whose knees were breaking...
I promised everyone a treat at the snack shop if they made it back in one piece - and we all got something in the end. It was a great event. We actually love putting our kids through hard stuff to show them they CAN do it! Here's to our second successful summer hike!
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