Today was a really fun day. We had scheduled a youth trip today to Carter Caves. We were really concerned last night because it didn't look like the weather was going to cooperate but we got up this morning to a pretty, sunny day. So at 10:00 a.m. this morning eighteen kids and five adults from New Life packed onto the bus together with extra clothing and all the fixin's for a good picnic lunch and headed for Carter County. We arrived at about 11:30, ate lunch, and headed for the self-guided caves with flashlights in-hand and a sense of adventure in the air.
I was concerned about taking Noah through the caves but it went fine. You see, I was having flashbacks of a similar trip with a group from Blue Licks and a two year old Jacob. Jacob screamed and had to be carried on someone's back all the way through the caves. It was really not much fun. But Noah was so brave....a master explorer. He trudged right through the freezing murky water in the dark and never missed a beat. Of course, his courage was bolstered by the "lashlight" he carried in his hand for moral support. I say it was for moral support because he never really caught on that he should be shining it in front of his feet so he could see where he was going. Instead he spent the day illuminating the cave ceiling for us.
We explored two different caves and checked out a waterfall with no mishaps (except James cut the top of his poor bald head on the low ceiling about five steps into the first cave). We had a really fun day. The weather held until the exact time we boarded the bus to return home. No sooner than the last person was loaded the raindrops began to fall and the thunder began to roll.
We got home at 4:30 p.m., came home and cleaned up a little and then headed over to the Jeffersons for HBF at 6:00 p.m. for more fun and fellowship (oh, and food). Life is good. It just doesn't get any better than this!
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