We went to Boyden Cave, where we saw stalagmites, stalactites, and even a little bat. On our way in we took a metal boardwalk through the cave but on the way back, we walked through the old creek bed underneath it.

After the cave we stopped at Grizzly Falls for lunch, then made our way to Cedar Grove, and did a trail. The trail wasn’t all that exciting, but Theresa was afraid of the bushes blocking part of the path and we turned back.

I was trying to find a good trail that went through the canyon, so we stopped at a ranger station and asked. The ranger was the first person ever to recognize my Capital Reef shirt. She told us about the trail we ended up going on, which was a nice loop around Zumwalt Meadow.

We drove back to the campsite along a windy road by Hume Lake. At the lake was a Christian Camp. All those Christians playing happily. I was afraid they would stone me if they found out I was Jewish! Along the road was a place called Lost Grove, where there were stumps from large trees that had been logged before the loggers figured out that Sequoias were not good logging material.

That night there was a commotion again at the campground, and at one point we were in the tent when we heard “it’s coming this way!” Theresa grabbed me half in fear and half in excitement, and as she peeked out the back window, she saw the bear running by. It was about 10 feet from our tent. I, unfortunately, did not see it and by the time we got out of the tent it was too late. Figures.