Snow Caving

This week I went snow caving at Paradise.  I know it sounds cold, and it is: but I am still alive. What is snow caving?  Well, basically you dig a cave and sleep in it with three other people.  It's really fun.  I was paired with Gavin and another boy named Eli. It was hard to under stand commands with two Elis. I know its a scary thought, two Elis! 

First, we drove to Paradise in Mount Rainier National Park, and then hiked up to the location we would spend the night.  We then dug out our caves in the snow.  There was around 191" of snow.  Then, we set up candles and put our things inside.  We cooked our dinner on camp stoves, and Gavin took the camp stove and tried to melt the ceiling to make it smooth. If your ceiling is not smooth, it will drip.  I said to him,"you are going to burn the place down!"  But then I remembered it was snow.   We had to secure our food so animals wouldn't get it, and one tried.  We were visited by a grey fox.  It came inside our cave.  It didn't want to snuggle with stinky boys, I guess.  Now I know how to build an emergency snow cave and survive the night. 






 
 

Sickoes

Well, it was kind of my fault. I knew it was a bad idea to go sledding for four hours and then party all night with my youth group, even though it was really fun. Anyway, after that was my little sister's birthday party. Wow, that was a trip; especially when I found out she was having a friend spend the night. After her friend left, I got feverish, then I could barely stand. Well, that went on for about three days, then Faith got it, then Mom and it's still going. We will get through it.