Lehman's Cave

Dad catching horny toads for the kids.

The only brave one to hold it!

On the way to the caves we stopped at a spot that early settlers founded and saw where their houses would be.

Showing where the houses would have been

Tyler wanted a picture of the stink bugs...they were all over.

The visitor center at the Lehman Caves...Hailey thought this was a real puppy and loved looking at it.

The kids found puppets to play with.

There was a trail by the caves that we walked on, while waiting for our tour to start, and we saw little lizards and a wood cabin.

Inside the caves

In this tunnel is where they showed us what an earthquake would sound like.

Area around the caves that we drove to and let the kids out (and adults) to stretch and play.

These 2 were "talking" to eachother and then Braxton grabbed Hailey to give her loves and kisses!

Love. Love. Love.

Nothing like finding half of a bunny in the middle of nowhere. Hailey carried that around for quite some time!

Paul Bunyan's Hike

Rocks that look like a pile of wood.

This past weekend we went on a road trip with Grandpa and Grandma Hathaway to the Lehman Caves in Nevada. This was a spontaneous trip. It was about a 4 hour drive and the kids did great in the car. We were out in the middle of nowhere. We had no cell phone service, we stayed in a motel (the nearest big town is 100 miles away) which had the motel in the Utah side and the restaurant and gambling area on the Nevada side. So we were right on the border of the 2 states. We had a very fun time. We searched for horny toads behind the motel, we went into the caves on a tour, drove around the camp grounds near the caves and got out and enjoyed the scenery. We left on Friday and got back Sunday. The caves were very neat to go inside and see. At one point they turned off all the lights and just a candle was lit showing us what the founder of these caves was seeing when he first came into the cave. They also showed us what it would sound like inside a cave during an earthquake. They told us a cave is a safe spot to be during an earthquake. The kids loved seeing all the formations, walking up the stairs in the caves and being with Grandpa and Grandma for the entire weekend! On the way home we went on a hike to Paul Bunyan's Wood Pile. It was a longer hike than expected and I wasn't quite sure if we would make it to the top, but we all did (with a few cuts and bruises) and it was fun to be so high up and see all around us. Once we spotted a snake, it was off the "wood pile" rocks and back to the cars. We love doing these outings!