This month we were going to go the Trona Pinnacles, but it was so windy that we decided to go to the Burrow Schmit Tunnel instead. We invited some of our friends (the Lee family) to go with, and we really enjoyed that! Here is a view we saw on the way to the tunnel. In the middle of all the brown, there were these pink rocks. (Violatte was so excited to see pink rocks!)
We really laughed when we saw the different signs directing us toward the cave. I think this one is a rusty septic tank.
This sign is my favorite. Very creative. Who knew painted rocks could be so welcoming?
A little bit before the cave is the house that Burrow Schmit lived in while he was digging the tunnel.
Here we are in front of the tunnel. It was so windy and really cold, but once we got into the cave it was pretty warm. The cave is 1/2 mile long and took the man 38 years to dig. (And I thought I was stubborn!) The walls seemed to be rock. It was pretty dark, but thankfully, we had our cell phones to light up the way (since we didn't bring flashlights.) Violatte was so brave and both she and her friend, Gwyn, pretended to be Dora the Explorer inside the cave. We had a really great time!
4 comments:
Hope you enjoy yourselves! There's LOTS of fun things to do around here!
That was a lot of fun. I wished Gwen hadn't been so scared at first. I think the girls would have had a great time walking all in a group, but I didn't want to tramatize Gwen by forcing her to go. We sat on the bench by the entrance for a long time before she decided that it was okay to explore a little bit. I couldn't belive it when I was actually able to get her to go through.
There are lots of areas to see, and everyonce in a while we get out to see them. Erin hasn't been to the tunnel yet though. If you get time, the Magnolia mine up Indian Wells Canyon is an interesting 1/2 day trip.
That is somewhere we have wanted to go. I have never been there, neither has Rob. It looks like you guys had a lot of fun!
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