Hiking Mount Timpanogus Cave Tour

On Tuesday, July 27 we were going to hike Mt. Timpanosos but with Robert's head injury we didn't want to be out in the middle of the wilderness and have to worry if something should go wrong so we decided to find a local attraction; there were several to choose from. We decided to do the caves at Mt. Timp... little did I know that that would be more difficult than the original hike.

On the way to the cave we stopped on the way along this beautiful river. We enjoyed the refreshing mountain water. I was very leery of Robert going out over the river. He has no fear. Stopping here reminded me of the time we stopped to play in the Colorado River. I love the pure nature of this world. God gave us such a beautiful place. We should really do as I learned in my youth, to enjoy a part of each day in nature.

Betsy with Robert and Marissa out on a fallen tree. See how brave Marissa is - she didn't want to go out since her past fall, but she overcame her fear!

Betsy loves this place!

Brave Marissa!

Venturing Mark

Teamwork

Fearless Leader!

Best friends, companions and Brother and Sister

We are ready to see the caves - unfortunately, the caves are 3/4 up inside Mt. Timpanogos...no way. I didn't know that when I bought the tickets. Even more interesting - this is a "straight up" hike - more strenuous than the hike we would have done if we just hiked the mountain. NO WAY! Oh, well - here we go.

Look how far up we are. We're only 1/2 way

Robert and Marissa in the tunnel

On the way up we saw lots of wildlife: squirrels, snakes, chipmunks, birds, lizards, etc.

This is how close the rattle snake was...too close for me.

cute chipmonk

father and son

This is the craziest part. We were super fast hiking up. We made it 30 minutes before they were expecting us, so they let us go on an earlier tour. The tour itself was amazing. This cave had several - hundreds (thousands) stalemates and stalactites. They were absolutely breath taking.

Amazing!

Looking at Provo Canyon