Quick Getaway to Angels Camp, CA

Morgan and I had been wanting to get away for so long and finally last weekend, we got home from work, got online and quickly decided without second thoughts, that we were going to Angels Camp and made a reservation at the Best Western there. Without knowing much of what else we were going to do we left. Our 1.5 hr drive there was beautiful. The sun was setting as we traveled. After we arrived we had the plan of going to Calavares Big Trees in the morning and then to one of the few caverns that they have around that area.

In the morning we traveled to Calavares Big Trees. There, we hiked the North Grove Trail in the snow. It took about 1 hr & 10 minutes or so. It was so pretty. It was a new experience to see everything in the snow.

Remember the book "Where's Waldo?"...Where's Morgan?

The trail was so pretty.

At one point we went off the trail and I was walking up a snowy hillside to a big tree (they were everywhere, let me tell ya) and then all of a sudden I fell through the snow and I was about upper thigh deep in snow. It was pretty funny. The picture below is me getting the snow out of my socks and shoes. Morgan had to do that a few times too. We'd be walking the trail and then "Whoosh" he'd sink into the snow a few feet or so. We had so much fun. Lots of laughing.

The only time you'll see Morgan as a treehugger.

My cute lil' hubby.

I love making snow angels!

M.Y. stands for Morgan Young in case you were wondering :)-

Moaning Cavern, CA

After our adventures at Calavares Big Trees we went to the Moaning Cavern. Morgan had never been in a cave before so it was pretty darn cool. There were two ways into this cave. The entrance below where you walk down well over 200 flights of stairs 165 ft under the earths surface or repel the entire 165 ft (the 2nd picture). I am so afraid of heights so we walked down and back up. It was a great workout.

After you walk down the first 65 ft, the cave opens up into this big deep room that goes down another 100 ft where it is said that the statue of liberty could almost fit.

These stairs are made of World War I or II (I don't know my history) battleship steel. We walked down the next 100 ft on these stairs. It was pretty amazing.

This is the ceiling of the cave.

The view looking up at all of those stairs. At this point I'm thinking "Oh yeah, we have to walk back up these stairs". Let me tell you, I was huffing and puffing whereas Morgan was ahead of me doing just fine.