Timpanogos Cave

Last weekend Josh and I hiked up to Timpanogos Cave. Heidi had mentioned that she wanted to go up with us sometime so we had tried to plan a time where we could all go but seeing as though Josh works every Saturday it was a little difficult to plan. We tried to go up one Saturday after he woke up when he was still on Graveyard shift but that did not work so we planned for Conference Weekend, since Josh would be taking that Saturday off anyway. Well Heidi forgot to ask for it off from her second job so she ended up not being able to go. But Josh said he wanted to go anyway. And since I had never been I was totally up for it.
So we asked Josh's dad and Kris to come down and watch the girls. They got to our house around 9 am. And Josh called to see if the cave was open because it was rainy that day. They said that they were currently clearing snow off the trail and to call back. After waiting and calling back they said yes they were open. So we left. And on our way up the canyon, we started remembering all of the things we'd forgotten; camera (I have a few pictures on phones that I will try to post later), tissues, water, etc. When we arrived we ended up buying two bottles of water and some rain ponchos. Good thing we did too or we would have been soaking wet and dying of thirst by the time we reached the top.
Anyway, it was fun. We got to get out without the girls and have some time to ourselves. We were only about 15-20 minutes away from home and we were surrounded by nature! Hard to believe you only have to go a short drive.
Mostly it rained on the way up, but when we came out of the caves, there was snow on the ground! We hiked back down and about 1/2 way down it was rain again. Crazy how the elevation changes things! By the time we got back to the car my feet were soaked and my nose was cold but it was well worth it! Aside from not being able to walk without pain for a few days following I would totally do it again!