Hike to Pine Ridge

So today we went to Mountain Pine Ridge with Nery and Marien and the girls.
Because some parts of the road were not only gravel, but dirt, it took us a good hour to drive up there. 
First we went to a destination called Rio Frio Cave. 'Rio' means river and 'frio' or fria means cold. It makes sense because the river was REALLY cold. Basically it's a mountain that had a small river running through it, and as time went on, the river ate away at the mountain and hollowed it out. Now it is a cave with beautiful stalactites and stalagmites. We walked through it on big rocks and it was really cool.

Some of the big stalactites hanging outside the cave.

This is some of the rocks inside the cave.

there was a little sandy area in the middle
beside the river that we went on. It was inside
 the cave still!
 

The next spot we went to was called Rio on Pools. I don't really know why they named it that because I don't get how the words fit.
Anyway, it is a big mix of rivers, waterfalls and big stone boulders with more than enough space for a 9 person picnic, all squished together. some of the 'pools' were shallow and some of them deep. We made big human chains to cross over waterfalls and wide streams.
we had a little picnic on the rocks then went swimming in the rivers.

Some of us sitting on the rocks.

 

The last place we went to was called Big Rock. It was a lot like Rio on Pools, but the water was deeper and the waterfalls were flowing faster. I don't think that it is a very good place for kids to play.





one of the many raging waterfalls at
Big Rock

So that was all of my journey. I hoped it would never end, but all things do.
I hope to share with you more of these fun adventures.

Love you all,
Paige

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