Day 2 is here! We awoke pretty tired and way too early. Let’s just say the kids haven’t figured out how to sleep well in an RV yet. We whipped up breakfast, learned how to convert the RV from sleep mode back to drive mode, and figured out how to unhook and dump the water/sewage. After that we headed over to the national park to explore. We went to the welcome center, bought tickets for the self-guided cave tour, and bought some national park swag. Then we made our way down the path to the public cave entrance. As we approached the mouth of the cave, we were met with an unexpected, very chilly breeze coming out of the cave. Outside the cave was 85+ degrees but inside the cave felt like 55 degrees. We walked in excited to see the “mammoth caves” for ourselves. Unfortunately, our kids didn’t feel quite the same. Kenzie was quickly cold and scared and wanted to turn around as we navigated through the cave tunnels. And Caleb was starting to lose his sanity because he was tired and needed a nap. Thank the Lord that right as we reached the tipping point and were about to abort both kids miraculously calmed down and fell asleep in our arms, allowing us to continue our cave exploration! It was just astounding. We were blown away by the sheer size of the caves and it was more awesome than we expected!
As we exited the cave, we decided to hike a few trails immediately outside the mouth of the cave. We weren’t dressed for a hike and had to the stroller with us, meaning we pushed it up and down steep hills, but the opportunity was right in front of us and we couldn’t resist (we’re suckers for hiking). The kids woke up around this time and we all had a good time navigating to a where a spring from in the cave seeped out into a small waterfall and then to a nearby river. The hike back was steep and brought on a good sweat so from there we decided to head back to the RV to change clothes, have a snack, and plan the rest of the day.
Quick aside, one of, if not the, greatest things about traveling in an RV is that you always have everything with you wherever you are. This is so clutch with 2 young kids. Need a change of clothes, they’re in the RV. Have a 4 year old who really needs to use the bathroom, pull over. Need a snack or a meal, you have a pantry, fridge, and kitchen with you. Need to wait out the rain, no problem. Want to be spontaneous, you have all the gear you need with you. It’s a game changer when it comes to flexibility with kids to enable you to make the most of opportunities.
In the short time we had before needing to leave the park for the day, we researched a quick hike that would give us an awesome vista view of the Green River. This time we left the stroller and brought out our 2 hiking backpacks. We loaded the kids up and off we went. We had a great time, got a good workout, kept the kids in the backpacks most of the hike, and enjoyed a beautiful river view. We really love hiking!
Drove to the RV park, dinner, bed, end of day 2.
We’re here! 
This boy loves his mommy 
Trying to stay warm before going down in to the cave 
At the bottom of the stairs before walking in to the cave 
Initial cave corridor 
Cave is starting to get bigger 
First big cave opening 
Such a huge cave 
Sleeping, yay! 
Still sleeping, yay! 
Time to go hiking! 
Vista of the Green River 
Caleb’s a hiker too 
Our spot in the RV park
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