Nana and Papa came to visit us last weekend after they attended Education Week at BYU. We met them Saturday morning at the Timpanogos Cave National Monument. The caves are really neat, but you have to hike 1,063 feet of elevation increase for 1.5 miles - no small feat. We started out okay, except for a little whining from Elliot. By the time we got halfway up the mountain, we started to think that Nana wasn't going to make it (mostly because she was telling us that she wasn't going to make it).
Nathan went on ahead with Henry and they beat us to the top. Samantha, Elliot and I finished the hike soon after, and then we waited for Nana, Papa and Gillian. We hoped that they would be able to make it to the top - well, because Papa had the tickets for the cave tour! Soon enough, they arrived at the cave entrance - good job Nana! - and then we toured the caves. These caves are pretty cool (figuratively and literally - we needed jackets!) Check them out!
The next day was Stake Conference. In the evening we decided to take Nana and Papa to Little Cottonwood Canyon to find a moose. Nana had never seen a bull moose either and was jealous of our previous moose sightings. Nathan's co-worker/photographer said that he had seen a rather large bull moose recently right at the Alta Ski Resort. So, when we drove past Alta, I looked out the window so I could start scanning the slopes. I immediately spotted the biggest bull moose we had seen thus far! We quickly pulled over and hiked over to the moose. The closer we got to him, the further up the slope he went. Nathan took cover in the trees closest to the moose to get some good shots of him. He was really impressive and Nana was happy that she had finally seen a bull moose!
Nana and Papa left Tuesday to travel to Bear Lake and the Teton National Forest, but they will be back tomorrow for another adventurous weekend - one that doesn't include hiking, per Nana's request!
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