Oh yes... Saturday we went down to Alpine (down by Provo) and took the kids to Mt. Timpanogos Cave. We've never been there before and thought it would be fun and educational for the boys. So we get there and buy the tickets and the ranger manages to pull out a map and shows us the "hike" we need to take to get to the caves . Well, we think NO big deal it's all good. WRONG ! Little did we know its a 3 1/2 hr. round trip hike and you climb pretty much STRAIGHT up the mountain, well to be precisely correct we climbed 1,070 feet and 1 1/2 miles up,1 mile through the caves and 1 1/2 mile back down (JoDee I think that covers this whole next weeks work outs,because I CAN'T move). It was a GORGEOUS hike the boys did wonderful and you think you're alright on the "being in shape"thing and I was WAY wrong. I wanted to DIE !!! Well at least going up coming down was a piece of cake. Anyway here's some pics and they downloaded in the wrong order ,but you'll get the idea.
Natural pond inside the cave
All my men
1/4 of the way up. Can you see the parking lot?
1/2 of the way up and NO there were not any railings . I became a rock hugger. I'm afraid of heights.
Mt. Timpanogos
Starting out
Snow and the other side was...
THIS ! That's how big the trail was. SCARY !
We had a blast. None of us can move today,but the caves were beautiful and the boys loved it. We ate our picnic after on the river and enjoyed the scenery . All the kids were asleep by the time we hit the freeway .
Natural pond inside the cave
All my men
1/4 of the way up. Can you see the parking lot?
1/2 of the way up and NO there were not any railings . I became a rock hugger. I'm afraid of heights.
Starting out
Snow and the other side was...
THIS ! That's how big the trail was. SCARY !
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6 comments:
totally cool adventure!
It's gorgeous up there!
I think I started to feel your pain while reading that! So gorgeous!
Beautiful views! I love those mountains. Brings back many memories.
I so liked the picture that you took of your boys walking ahead of you and I wanted to do that at Klondike Park, but my husband went ahead of me with the camera! Oh well!
I didn't notice the first time I looked at these pictures that one of the "hills" to the left of your boys is snow! :)
My cousin lived in Gilbert, AZ, for a few years with his family. He and his family moved there to work with one of his college buddies from Graceland University. They decided they couldn't afford it in AZ and moved back to IA two years ago.
Too bad I wasn't there just a day or two before. . . I hiked that today! We even have almost identical pictures posted. That view and those caves were amazing huh?
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