For Memorial Day Brock and I knew we wanted to get out of Wyview and do something different, but it took us a while to figure out just what. Luckily my mom had the idea of hiking up to the Timpanogos caves, something I haven't done since I was a tiny kid. So Brock and I packed up our gear and headed out early Monday morning to enjoy a nice day outside. However, as we drove up American Fork canyon we were met with the unexpected surprise of new fallen snow. We were afraid the caves would be shut down for the day because of it, but fortunately there was only about a 45 min delay. Despite the snow, or maybe even partly because of it, the hike was absolutely gorgeous. I would have liked it even if there was no cave at the top.
Top right: We both thought the cave entrance looked a lot like the gateway into Mordor in Lord of the Rings :)
Once at the top we went on an hour tour of the caves, which were beautiful and interesting in their own way. My favorite parts were the cave lake, and when they turn off all the lights so that you can see how dark it really gets in there. Your eyes can never adjust to the complete darkness so you can't even see the outline of your hand right in front of your face, kinda crazy.
After the cave tour we hiked back down, much quicker than we came up (it was hard not to run since it was such steep downhill). Then we headed back to Provo for a great lunch at Pizza Pie Cafe, completing our awesome Memorial day adventure.
