Big Peteet Adventures: The Ice Caves

Continuing the Aspen trip...

This is our crew: newly graduated and soon to be college student, Aunt La la
Aunt Sissy, 2 year old Ella, and 7 month old Burton
Daddy Mark, Mama Christina, and 3 year old Savannah
And lastly, we brought along the ever-traveling Grandma

So here we are hiking to the Ice Caves, a repeated request of Savannah's after last year's adventure. She had been waiting a year to get back on this trail and explore the cave once more. Something she did as a two year old without batting an eye. And yet, 100 yards into the hike it began. "I'm tired," "I'm sweaty," "I can't walk anymore," "Can you carry me?" Ug.

This is a kiddo who has been hiking since she was in the Bjourn at 3 months old! That's the thing with the preschoolers, you never know what you are going to get from day to day. Being true to my own childhood roots I replied, "You'll be fine, keep walking." They aren't the kind, inspirational words of a tender hearted mother. But, you know what? She made it to the top!

Once we reached the top down into the caves we went.

Check out the snow behind us. Ahhh, if I could just roll in it right now...

This is both entrance and exit to the cave. Grandma stayed at the top with Burton while we ventured below. As she waited for us to reappear fellow hikers passed her by. She giggled to herself as a Mom, Dad, and 8 or 10 year old boy commented on the ice caves. The son was begging to climb down in them but the parents assured him that he was not old enough. When he mentioned he heard lots of voices coming from the cave, the mother replied that there were only adults down there. And there we were with a 2 and 3 year old!

I feel sorry for the boy. That place was a dream come true for a kid that age!