Lewis and Clark Caverns

A not so impressed Kolbe!

Ghost stories

This is Avery's "scary story face" Pretty freaky huh?

Eli petitioning for another marshmellow.

We took a quick overnight camp trip to Lewis and Clark Caverns yesterday. I think its one of my favorite places in the world...we camped at the base of the caverns in a fun place that had a huge playground for kids, running water and SOAP. We got there late so we quickly started a fire and set up camp. We played, explored in the dark, and then of course did the s'mores! Then it was scary story time. The kids were hungry, so the scarier/ funnier their story, the more we 'paid' them in pretzels! It was a solid half an hour of giggles! Then all was quiet until 7:30, which for us is a pleasant break! We packed up and headed up to the Caverns. About five minutes into the tour Eli started whining that he needed to go potty...'SO BAD mommy!' I'm sure you know what happened with that! When we got to the part where there is a steep set of stairs, kind of exposed on both sides, Kolbe freaked! He turned around and I thought he might require carrying out! He was sobbing....and I was snorting I was giggling so hard. We managed to convince him to keep walking, and I think he liked some of it! Avery was most impressed...she said "this is AWESOME!" at least 100 times. I cracked my head a few times on the stinking rock...yeah...'keep your head down' is important information! It was about 2 hours long, 2 miles long...there were tears, giggles, screams, and I think all of us enjoyed it. A quick picnic lunch and we headed home. Thank heavens for DVD players(and REDBOX)...now onto laundry and baths!

I loved our little...very quick...family get away!