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Ice cave

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  1. Rope

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    This morning we decided to take a 400 mile road trip and 4 hour hike with time in the ice cave at the Castner Glacier south of Delta Junction, Ak and 4.37 mile according to the pedometer. AB92790E-F51A-4539-8C0C-FC73265B55D8.jpeg 5D7574CD-0F81-442E-B1CD-ACA9F47F90B5.jpeg 37278B84-9A32-47D0-91F4-CD56588647FF.jpeg 30B45491-0B5F-4A8A-ABFA-FA56722DFD74.jpeg FBA2DD21-BDB4-4E79-A7FC-2DD9B2A9A066.jpeg 312EA53A-03A7-4919-AF28-958EC9934782.jpeg 6A07E826-50A0-4CCE-A426-0441F0855CCC.jpeg
     
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    Everyone had fun, the snow was deteriorating I had around 50-75 postholes through the snow. Family had fun all is well. 295AE34C-15B5-49AB-A709-EFBEE620F8CC.jpeg E114805D-E8AB-436C-9312-984A3E02B086.jpeg 6E15975A-D980-4146-9AE2-A8D0961E7D3F.jpeg 7089B9D7-C2C5-4ED7-A735-4EEB7A20037D.jpeg F82B4D83-6012-4F5A-B860-80391AA2C3E9.jpeg 90AFBDD8-518F-4432-B19B-916D6722362B.jpeg 343EC993-3220-4E1E-8F40-84867821C5AC.jpeg 2EB6BFAC-3C59-4AFD-82CA-D91CDCEC1A31.jpeg B216C862-8343-4195-99C4-8D74421EB93C.jpeg CD53A55B-F7EA-47E1-99A5-424A750FE5FF.jpeg 43FE8607-DF96-4AB8-97C3-0F3098D5D900.jpeg
     
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    Wow! If those walls could talk. What causes the cave? Wind? A reflection of the sun by the opening?
     
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    Melting / erosion.
     
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    Cool!
    Looked like gold in some of those layers....
     
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    Right, it’s glacial silt, yes we looked closely.
     
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    :yes:

    So no big :makeitrain"..........:headbang:

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    No gold nuggets or mastodon tusks.
     
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    You are blessed to have such a great looking & and tight knit family, Rope :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

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    Thank you. We are very fortunate, always up for a adventure.
     
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    Great family pics and the scenery is spectacular!

    God's country
     
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    Awesome Pictures....What spectacular views.. Thanks for taking them for us... . Love the kids in t-shirt with the snow...
     
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    Beautiful!
     
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    That’s beautiful rope. What was the temp?
     
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    Sounds and looks like it was a great day.
     
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    Must be up in the teens if the kids are wearing t-shirts..:D
     
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    Thanks for thinking of us to share the pics with! :handshake:
     
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