Went to the Big Four Ice Caves today with another friend from the chiro office (seriously, I love the people who work there). She had never been out there before, so Mom and I were eager to show her one of our favorite places in the world.

The main cave still had a significant amount of ice to it, but it had receded back into the blue, glacial layers. This trip reveled the bluest ice I've ever seen: sunlight glowing through it made car-sized hunks of ice look like giant, plastic night lights. It was really neat, but there was one point while we were walking up to the mouth of the cave and exploring along the very edge of what could be considered a safe distance from where ice could fall on our heads and kill us when we heard a huge, ominous, "Ka-krack," from somewhere nearby. My heart froze and for a split second I thought the whole thing was going to come down. Thankfully, it was just a warning crack, but it was good to remind us that ICE CAVES ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND NO MATTER HOW NEAT IT IS INSIDE OF THEM, IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE, DON'T RISK IT.

Soon after we left that side, we ran into Caitlin and her brother! I wanted to stay and chat longer, but it looked like they were on their way out, and Mom was pretty eager to sit down and eat something. So we walked over to the other side and discovered that all traces of ice were missing, then camped out on the rock face beside sheets of falling water for our picnic lunch.

After our little stroll back through the woods, we took our buddy over to Coal Lake and hunted for fossils. She collected a bag's worth, happily declaring fossils as gifts for her family next Christmas (nothing like lumps of coal, eh? ^_~).

We got home not too long ago and now I'm in search of food. Today's outing was fun and I'm glad to get away from wedding planning for a while, but I'm feeling pretty tired and don't feel motivated for anything besides reading this evening.