Chris and I waiting to hike
Waiting by the river
Chris's idea to gather sunflowers to put on his Dad's car
Sunflowers!
A tunnel on our way up
Cave
The spiny helictites are the small things on the side of what they call "The heart of Timpanogas Cave. Only 3 caves in the world have the right conditions for them
Putting the light on one of the small ponds in the cave
The room with all of the different forms of mineral deposits
Beautiful view from the trail of Utah County
Bryan and Dano accompanied us on our hike
The grate that the 12 yr.old peed in
Beautiful hike this time of year
Today is Chris's actual Birthday, but I thought it would be fun to do something different. We celebrated it yesterday. We were deciding between Park City and Timpanogas Cave, but looked online and saw that the cave was free yesterday because of National Parks Day. First come first serve. We were nervous that we would not get in, but were able to easily. We went with Chris's brother, Bryan, and his girlfriend, Dano. The wait to be able to even start the hike up to the cave was 2 hours. We got something to eat, and just walked around, up and down the river. On the way up, Bryan looked over and saw his Dad with the scout troop up there. Small world. Chris decided to pull up a ton of sunflowers and put them on his car. We got up in 20 minutes, and they let us go in the early tour instead of having to wait for our tour which would not start for another hour or so. This was my second time, and everyone else's first time. It was really neat. Very educational. The caverns are so small, and there are so many places that you could not be overweight to squeeze through. The history of the caves and all of the stories are so fascinating and fun to hear. Timp Cave is famous for their helictites. One of only 3 caves in the world to have them. The conditions have to be perfect for them to form. Since Timp Cave is still living, they are still being formed. The cave is 45° all year round. Very chilly inside.
A funny story about our way up..... A kid about 12 yrs. old was running down the trail. He looked as though he saw a dead body or something. He was asking very fervently if there was a bathroom near. There are only bathrooms at the top and very bottom. Chris and Bryan jokingly said that that was the purpose of the grates on the sides of the trail. He threw down his gear quickly and proceeded to just zip open his pants and pee in the grate right then and there, not caring who was seeing. I couldn't believe how desperate he was. We had a good laugh over it.
We ended up going to Ruby River Steakhouse for dinner, and going out for ice cream at our favorite place. We watched a movie and went to bed. All-in-all a great day