Mr. & Mrs. Lemich: Tibble Fork & Spelunking

We have two weeks left in Utah, and two months until Mr. Mike starts his job in Dallas. So we have to make the most of all the time we have! (I am absolutely loving the thought of having Mike to myself all day long for the next 2 months! So many adventures to be had) Today we decided to go on a day trip up American Fork Canyon. We had never been there and had no idea where we were going. We were just going. First we went to Tibble Fork Reservoir and hiked around the beautiful lake for about an hour. It was a super sunny day, so the lake was refreshing to wade in. Mike will probably have a sunburn tomorrow. We saw a snake... yuck.. I nearly jumped on top of Mike to get away from it while he hopped toward it to catch it. He also tried to catch a few lizards.

After Tibble Fork we decided to drive until we found something cool. We ran into the Timpanogos Cave National Monument. We found out that there was a 1.5 mi hike to the cave entrance, and then about a 45 minute cave tour through 3 caves. The caves were about 45 degrees and all we brought were our lake clothes. The caves ended up not being as cold as we thought (we were sweating by the time we made it up the mountain in the sun), and we had fun exploring the caves and hearing stories from the tour guide. The cheeseburgers from the snack shack were a perfect snack after our 6 miles of hiking from the day. You can learn more about the Timp Caves here and here. I found the history interesting, and I can't believe the people who discovered the caves did so by candle light as they repelled into the darkness! (Aren't ropes supposed to catch on fire!?)