The Cave

There is a cave near the summit of Enchanted Rock.

And this is the entrance.

It takes about 20 minutes before you come out on the other side.

The only way I know that is because the boys traveled it.

We went down and took a look around and decided against it.

The boys said it was pitch black.

They had two cell phones between them to cast light on their direction.

{Thank goodness for good cell phone coverage.}

There were times they had to crawl through small openings,

and times they had to drop through small openings.

They followed white arrows marked on rocks.

And declined to follow red arrows marked "Dead".

I was just glad they came out on the other side.

At one point Alex said that the wall of the cave near the exit

.....was moving.

It was covered in spiders.

Aunt T and Ranae were sorry they missed that.

.....not.

Then we came down the Enchanted Rock.

Which is much easier than going up.

And we all came down in one piece.

A most excellent hike, if you ask me.

Enchanted Rock

In the Texas Hill Country there is an Enchanted Rock.

It is a state park and beautiful to see.

But we didn't come just to look at it.

We wanted to climb it.

I was so happy that my mom was able to make the climb with us.

I love her so.

We chose the Summit Trail which climbs 425 feet.

From this view it might look daunting.

But it took us only about a half hour to reach the top.

Climbing was fun.

In typical fashion, the boys wandered off the trail.

So their climb was much longer.

But they still stayed ahead of me.

Many boulders looked like they might be ready to roll downhill.

I was just hoping we didn't meet any rattlesnakes.

Along the way were wildflowers blooming between the rocks.

I just love wildflowers that bloom between the rocks.

As we climbed higher the view was outstanding.

You could see for miles.

We talked about how your perspective is so different from up high.

And we talked about how different God's perspective is.

How He sees so much more than we do.

At the top.

{My little brother did it in 22 minutes.}

And my daughters Sarah and Ranae were not far behind him.

Our family at the summit.

Standing L-R:  Aunt T, Mimi, Uncle David and Matthew

Sitting L-R:  Ranae, Alex, Sarah, Me and Kevin 

{Brian took the picture}

And this is what we were sitting on.

The surveyor's summit mark -

 declaring this spot the highest on Enchanted Rock.

Now all we have to do is climb down.

Without falling:)

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..... to be continued .....