We took a recent trip to the local caverns.  Start to finish was a 2 hour tour and the caves were 48 degrees.  I forgot to tell the boys to take a jacket.  B was cold so I let him wear the sweater I had on then I just wore my sleeveless shirt.  It was so nice and cool inside.  At one point, the guide turned off all the lights and the boys experienced total darkness.  Once they got over their 'being scared' they enjoyed it alot.

It was really pretty out there.

Here is a picture of the boys with Gabriella (cousin).

During our hike on the trail up.

The view from the mouth of the entrance.  Down where the river is, there is also a railroad.  Back in ''the day" people would ride the train out and hike up 2 miles to the caverns - making it a 10-12 hour tour!

You can see the upper trail that we walked on (the lower trail is for the exit) and the parking lot just to the left of the tree.

Lots of pictures inside!

This is what is called the beaver slide (a small section that you sit on and scoot down). Amazing how smooth and polished it looked from years of sliding.

Later on in the weekend, we decided to try an experiment.  We taste tested ice cream from McDonalds and Burger King (yes two ice cream cones back to back).  The hands down winner was McDonalds.  A lot more flavor in both the ice cream and the cone.