snow-capped mountain ranges, wildlife aplenty on their acreage
Today's adventure is touring the Lewis & Clark Caverns. About an hour plus from Bozeman. We took back roads and the scenery was awesome !
The caverns have been familiar to Native Americans long before discovery by local ranchers in the late 1800s. The Lewis and Clark expedition camped withing sight of the caverns on July 31, 1805, when they camped along Antelope Creek. We stopped at the visitor center and paid for a guided tour. We met with several groups and listened to the ranger give a talk.
It's a 2-mile hike starting at 5300-feet elevation and takes 2-hours. If you're claustrophobic this is NOT the hike for you. 3/4-mile hike UP to the entrance, 3/4-mile hike through tunnels and caverns and 1/2-mile hike back to the visitor center. Here we are waiting for the adventure to begin.
Enjoy ... tunnels, caverns, stalactites, stalagmites, flowstones, soda straws, etc.
walking .. down, down, down ..
A wow! experience, .. pretty eerie, tight-tight spaces, subterranean, ...
This was the view looking down on the valley we drove up from :
Drove back home and Christin fixed buffalo burgers and hot dogs and potatoes and broccoli. Look at this setting as it was gorgeous outside having a picnic!
What a fantastic day. A new and memory-lasting experience for me and the kids. Loved spending more time with the family. Thanks Ben and Christin for a lovely stop over and sharing your beautiful home! I'll be back.
On to Pullman,WA and a visit with David & Ruth Ann. I'll see if Lolo Pass is open and enjoy a very winding road down to Lewiston, ID. It was used by the Nez Perce and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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