Ice caves and sand dunes

So this Saturday was pretty much a party...it was the day before my friend Kate's birthday, so we decided to all party it up by going to the ice caves and then having a bonfire at the sand dunes. It was my first time going to the ice caves...and there was lots of ice...way more than expected.. there are about a million pictures so..yeah...

once we got there we needed to drive out a couple miles to get to the caves...you NEEDED a four wheel drive, therefore we stuck 10 people into Stephanie's little Ford SUV

After hiking down into the depths of the earth we got to the front of the cave and were pretty dang excited

yes...you did have to crawl on your stomach..on the ice...to get through parts of the caves

p.s. it was pitch black

This is the part where you had to hold onto a rope...while leaning on a giant underground iceberg..and pushing off rocks on the other side...to avoid falling into a giant cave

almost there!!! and that huge hill on the right is all ice...sorry...still amazed at how much ice there was..haha...I'm a nerd

Kate trying to get to the sparkle cave (basically all the walls are super sparkly when you 

put light on them..it's awesome) and me trying not to die in the pitch black

This was a really long hallway of ice..stephanie and I were trying to be ice skaters. 

probably my favorite..trying to launch Tory across the ice..it didn't work as well as planned. 

We finally made it to the end!!! the whole group!

and the rear view...things got a little wet. 

Once we were completely frozen we decided to go the sand dunes and have a bonfire

Stephanie and I tried sliding down the dunes on an inflatable mattress...it worked out way better in our heads. Stephanie ended up somersaulting all the way down the hill. 

By the end of the night I looked slightly more than slightly disheveled and had a shoe full of sand...aka it was the best night ever...this week...except for maybe friday night....!!!