What a long walk!

Our last day in Utah, and what a long one it was.  We started the day at the Red Iguana again, yummy and then drove south to the Timpanogos Cave National Monument.  It's not far from Salt Lake City, less than an hour, and it's actually an easy drive.  My legs were still sore from the ladder the day before, so I really didn't think I was going to attempt the walk, but looks are deceiving.  From the visitor center you can't see the cave entrance so I guess you can fool yourself into believing it won't be too bad.  Let's see, an incline of almost 1100 feet over 1.5 miles... OMG, I can't believe we tried it never mind made it all the way up and back.  It took us over four hours including the time in the cave.  The cave system is beautiful.  Lots and lots of stalagmites and stalagtites.  The walk through does require some bending and stooping, and even some stairs, which just complicated the pain in my legs, but it was still beautiful. The walk is just as long on the way down, maybe a tiny bit easier just because of gravity. We drove around SLC for a while after that, just to waste time until it was time for our red eye home.  We heard a concert in a park near the state house, but it was down a flight of stairs, and neither of us were up for any more climbing, so we listened for a bit from the car.  It really was a great weekend even if I'm achy!




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