Hiking at Devil's Den

Last week, we went on a hike to Devil's Den. It is a trail with lots of hills, turns and CAVES!! I've been in the Mark Twain cave in Missouri-but that was on a guided tour! I'd never been cave splunking on my own....and with a child strapped to my back! We had a blast. We started off with me carrying Malachi in his handy jeep carrier, then climbing through a dark, cold, damp cave! Donovan lead the way with a flashlight because it was sooo dark! Then we hit the trial again and climbed a few rocky hills to the second cave! This was a much more difficult cave than the first one. We breezed through the first one, but not this one! We had to scale down the side. Needless to say, Daddy took over Chi Chi duty. We were only able to go a little ways into this one because in order to go the rest of the way, we needed to squeeze..sideways..through a little crack-in the ceiling!! After carefully climbing back up the wall of the cave to get out, we found a waterfall! It was beautiful. Malachi and I had to touch the water! Then, we walked along the river until we found an old cabin! It was so simple. Two windows, a door, and in the inside, a cement table and sleeping area in the one room it had! How awesome would it be to be able to live that simply again, on the side of the river. I think that would be amazing. Malachi wouldn't mind it-as you can see-he'd eat dirt if we let him and run around naked all day!