Top of the world, underground

Did I mention before that the delicious new food is called Cicada Skin Soup? 

Last night we went to inspiration point. Good views of Jupiter from there. Nice 112 year-old telescope helps if you want to see lots of detail.

Today was spent at the top of Humphrey's Peak at 11500 ft, thanks to the Snowbowl chairlift. Admired the view. Danjo said the T-mobile force was strong up there. Also greatly admired the wildflowers in the San Francisco Peaks area.

 Following that we drove to the Kendrick Peak vicinity to climb through the lava river cave. It turns out that the adventurer who is normally the most timid turned out to be the best spelunker. Note to selves: talk to the flashlight guru about some more powerful models before spelunking again. However, the small size, light weight, and dependability of the current models was greatly appreciated. We all made it out alive and did not have to flee molten lava in the process, although we did discuss what would happen if an eruption occurred while we were there. Spelunker thought we should pray and cling to each other and wait for a miraculous rescue, blog author thought that praying while fleeing and taking photos would be good. Everyone else said pray while fleeing would be best. We nearly made it to the car safely, but mini adventurer tripped and skinned his elbow, resulting in minor injuries and major screaming. 

Other notes: strange buzzing grasshoppers, adventures can be had on roads-less-travelled, caves are cold, wildlife seen and photographed. One 2GB memory card full. One to go. Thankful again for a laptop for storing the excess.

 

Thinking of Chinese takeout for dinner.

Susan, how come the cursor randomly moves somewhere else when I am typing? Is it user error? How do you right-click?

Photos later.