Summer hike #3: Darby Wind Cave

Seth had work this day, so I extended an invitation to my parents to join the girls and I in hiking to one of my favorite (and most hiked-to) locations. Hike #3: the Darby Wind Cave in Darby Canyon, Wyoming, on Friday, July 27. We went in the Wind Cave as far as we usually do (until you get to the point where you'd have to army crawl for 20-ish feet to continue on), so we probably went about 7 miles.

 Analee, Miriam, Rebekah and Winnie next to the creek near the beginning of the trail.

 Winnie running down the trail.

 Snack and water break.

 Miriam, Grandma Scott, Grandpa Scott, Rebekah, Winnie and Analee with the Wind Cave in the background.

Miriam (and her headlamp) by the monument, getting ready to go to the cave.

Grandma Scott, Analee, Rebekah, Miriam, Andrea and Winnie at the monument. We ate lunch there, and I shared the story of the lightning strike.

Four girls headed across the creek to the mouth of the cave.

 Grandma and Grandpa Scott coming through the mouth of the cave.

Crawling back out of the cave. Winnie came through too quickly to get a picture of her.

Miriam and Analee under the waterfall that comes from the mouth of the cave.

Rebekah and Winnie taking a moment.

Analee, Rebekah, Miriam, Andrea and Winnie under the rock ledge that--earlier in the season--supports a waterfall.