After breakfast we went hiking and spelunking in Snow Canyon. We'd always heard about the cave there but had never been in it before. Normally by Memorial Day, the weather is pretty hot here but it's been a cooler spring and the temperature was perfect for hiking and exploring. The cave opening wasn't as big as I thought it would be but wow, inside was amazing. After going down into the hole, the first little bit is pretty tight but then it opens up into huge caverns. You definitely want to watch your head in there - just ask Aleah.
If you turn off your flashlights the cave just glows because of all the glow sticks that have been broken open down there. It was kind of eerie, but cool. We came back out through a different opening that was much smaller and required one to crawl on hands and knees to get out, but what an adventure. I love exploring caves!
After the cave, we continued hiking to the petrified sand dunes. They are fun to climb on because they have naturally made steps that make it fairly easy. The view was quite fantastic from the top!
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| Shawn was our pack mule - we had his shorts pockets loaded with flashlights, camera, and phones. Ha! |
Later that evening, we drove out to the sand dunes and had a bonfire. We ate tin foil dinners, roasted s'mores (and not just any s'mores...these had nutella and peanut butter on - yum!), flew kites and sat around the fire. It reminded us how much we love to camp and how much we miss it!
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| I guess the fire was still a little hot for Aleah to get close enough. |
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| Lexi "glued" a graham cracker to Shawn's face with Nutella! So by eating the marshmallow and with the graham crackers on his face, he had a complete s'more! Ha |
What a great day with loved ones and a great day to remember those who have passed on and are no longer with us here. We are thankful for them and those who also served our country in the armed forces. I missed not being able to visit my dad's grave but he's always in my thoughts.
