Memorial Day Trip 2015

We had great plans for a day trip for the Memorial Day weekend. Ken had been to some Boulder Caves as a kid and wanted to show ours. Just two hours to the cascades and a short hike!

We stopped by the Teapot Dome Gas Station built in 1922 to protest the Teapot Dome Scandal.

The trail was closed last year for maintenance and was supposed to be open by May, BUT it wasn't. We got to the trail head (or at least where we think it was) and there was a large crew building picnic tables and lacquering signs. But none of them knew where the trail was and they informed us that we weren't supposed to be there.

Gah!

So we found a bit of river to hike next to.

And (sort of) a cave.

It was a beautiful area!

On our way back to the car we saw a lot of garter snakes in a very short bit of trail!

We stopped by a farmer's stand and then spent a long time at the nearest McDonald's play place.

So we had fun anyways!