We kicked off our six day vacation on Friday morning. By 9 am we were on the road heading up to Logan. We went up with our friends, the Loders, to stay with them at some family property up in Paris, Idaho.
Our first stop when we got to Logan was to stop at the Gossner Cheese Factory. We ate cheese curds, aka. squeaky cheese.....it squeaks in your teeth when you eat it. We picked up some cheese, chocolate milk, and raspberry and blackberry syrup (which was fabulous).
We met up with the Loders at the gas station and made our trek up the canyon to Bear Lake and then to Paris, which is really close to the lake.
When we arrived at our destination, "Eschler Haven" (That's the name on the house so that's what I'm calling it) we unpacked and ate lunch. Then it was off to the Ice Caves.
The Ice Caves are about a half hour drive up the canyon over some very bumpy dirt roads, but they were well worth the drive.
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| Kicking off our vacation |
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Short hike down to the Ice caves
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| This was the entrance to the Ice Caves |
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| Yes, that is a huge pile of snow that the kids are playing on. |
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| It was very icy |
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| View up out of the cave |
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| Down in that alcove is another part of the cave. You have to be able to crawl on your hands and knees to get into it. I didn't crawl down into that part but Nathan took the kids down into it. |
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| This is the picture of the kids down in the other part of the cave. |
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| While the kids were exploring the part of the cave I couldn't get into, I hiked up to the top of the caves and waited for them to come out so I could get a picture from up above. |
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| This is the top opening to the caves. It's just this huge hole in the ground. You have to walk around the other side to get to the ground entrance. You can get down to the cave from here, but it takes some doing. |
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| After the Ice Caves, Stephanie and I took a drive into Montpelier to do some small town shopping. We stopped off at the local Kings. There was an entire toy aisle just for toy guns. You don't see that kind of stuff in the big cities. I miss small town life. |
