Mammoth Cave Campout

Summer just wouldn't be summer for us without lots of hours spent driving places in our gool ól Kia. After returning from Idaho we checked into our house for a couple of weeks and then were off again to Mammoth Caves in Kentucky. We planned a camping trip there with the Brown family from Chicago. We had become good friends with them when Kaitlyn and Payton were in the same kindergarten class and became best friends. When we moved we promised each other that we would try to get together in the summer for camping trips. We bought a 16 person tent (a definite upgrade from our four person tent) and drove the short 4 hours to the campground.

Cade and Payton hit it off pretty well too. 

 We had a great visit! The kids played, rode bikes, caught fireflies, and played with flashlights and made shadows in the tent for hours. They only had a little scare when the park ranger stuck his head in the tent to ask them to quiet down and to find out where their parents were. :) We were just enjoying some yummy food and sitting around the fire while the kids were playing. We went on a tour of part of Mammoth Cave. Apparently a very small part. It is said to have 400 miles of surveyed passageways. It's the second largest cave in the world. It was great to see the Browns again: Graham, Kristy, Payton, and Brady!