24th of July Weekend

Dan and I like hiking, but he never wants to go to the same place twice. So we're always looking for a new place to go. On July 25th, it was Dan who found us a hike - the Big Four Ice Caves up in the Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. We called up his brother and so their family came with us on our hike. It was an hour and a half drive, with a small parking fee to hike the trail (which we didn't figure out online - good thing we had a few dollars with us). Here's the important part - the pictures!

Nearing the end of the trail we could see the mountain with waterfalls running down it all over the place, and then we could see the big ice cave - look closely to see the people near the entrance.

Here we are on the trail. Note who is holding the baby.

And here we are in the opening of one of the smaller ice caves; the fuzziness in the pictures is actually the ice vapor. It is freezing cold in there! Which made it absolutely amazing on a hot summer day.
(I think we look like giants in the land of the little people - you may have to click and view the image full-size to see this. If I just lifted my hand up through the roof of the cave I could catch one and keep them for a pet.)

So how much fun did we have? This much!