Return to Ape Cave

One of Ella's big goals this summer was to descend into Ape Cave, a long lava tube on the flanks of Mount St. Helen's where a Sasquatch lives.

There's no lamps down there, for miles and miles.

Kaito is supposedly afraid of the dark, but he persevered.  Even Arthur cried a little.

Ida had a tendency to run ahead and stick her hand into any small, jagged hole she could find, in search of "booshy bats."

In similarly scary news, I had another birthday.  Fortunately, my family is here to keep me together.

Thanks, everyone!  I like cheesecake.  Once a year!