Going Ape!

Inside the cave, with a giant "meatball" overhead.

At the mouth of the cave.

Picnicing at Yale Lake afterwards.

Derrick, Macy, Luke and I headed up to the Ape Caves the other day to go hiking. Chad was still tired from the trek, so he opted to stay home with Reed and Haley (the hike wasn't hard, but it was dark, slippery and very uneven. Not the best for the little people). The Ape Caves are one of the lava tunnels from Mt. St. Helens. It's about 3/4 of a mile in and 42 degrees cold. Pretty cool... dark... and a bit on the scary side! I kept watching out for the Sleezestacks!