Polar Caves

Whoops, I said I would post about this yesterday and I forgot until Mom called me out on it last night. Oh well, here it is! On Wednesday I went to New London to visit Tim and Erica and the boys and (except Tim because he was working) we all went to the Polar Caves in Rumney, NH. It was really fun. Also really hot, but I had a great time.

The whole crew. One of Erica's friends came with us with her three kids and one extra.

Before you get to the caves there is this animal farm type area where there are deer you can feed and all sorts of pheasants and a peacock and a duck pond.

It was actually sort of difficult to get the kids away from the duck pond. I think they just liked throwing things at them. Devin was rather taken with the peacock.

All the caves have names. I think this is the first one. That woman down there was forcing her frightened child to go into the cave because he wanted to go there so badly he's going in whether he likes it or not.

There was a lot of climbing involved. And it was hot. But it was very cool in the caves. It was very different from what I was expecting. I thought it would be big caves you just walk into and walk around. But they were mostly just crevasses you had to crawl around and duck and waddle through. It was really cool.

After the cave we went to the "Sculptured Rocks Natural Area", part of the New Hampshire state parks. I didn't get any pictures but here are a few I found online:

This is where we were, plus a billion other people. I would go here everyday if I lived nearby. Just below/between these cliffs is a very deep swimming hole. Deep enough that you can jump off of either of the cliffs into the water. Which Erica and I both did and it was sooo fun. It was the perfect thing to do after the caves because the water was so cool and wonderful after sweating in the heat and humidity all day.

That was my day. It was so good to see everyone and fun to go somewhere I had never been and enjoy the day outside. I'm not sure what other adventures I'll be having while I'm home but if anything comes up, I'll be sure to tell all about it.