This past week, I went on Christian's 2nd grade field trip!
It was my first field trip with him and his classmates at school.
We went to War Eagle Caverns. We explore the caves, mined for gemstones and hiked the trail.
It was a really cool place to visit and we had so much fun!
We walked down the path that leads to the entrance of the caves.
We stopped off to have a view from the lookout bridge.
Beautiful view of the stream below us!
Our tour guide, Dennis, was wonderful. He was so knowledgeable and had great enthusiuasm as he told us all about the trails and the caves.
We stopped at the Fossil Rock to hear about how War Eagle used to be under water!
Christian wore his head lamp into the caves. It came handy when we were exploring since it was so dark down there. Only our tour guide had a flashlight. So all the other kids thought Christian was "so cool" with his head lamp. ;)
Sitting in one of the cave rooms and learning about how Indians and other explorers that used to come to the caves years ago.
A bat! There were lots of bats that were sleeping on the cave ceilings while we walked around.
We had to be careful not to bump into them and wake them up.
After cave exploring, we went to mine for gemstones. The guide showed us how to take bags of dirt and pour them into the sifting container and wash them in the water. Then we would take out the gemstones and keep them!
Christian picked out a civil war military hat from the gift shop! He really loves his hat and has worn it all weekend too!
Next, we hiked the trail and stopped along the way to do some fossil digging.
I had a great time on the field trip with Christian and his friends!
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