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| One of my favorite ideas about the cub scouts, is that we can get our boy into the outdoors and do fun activities that I wouldn't take him on by myself. The first "Family Hike" started at the confluence of the North and middle fork of the American River. |
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| We visited an old limestone quarry.Where all the folks are standing was a limestone deposit. This was mined in 1906 and used to make concrete in the rebuilding of San Francisco after the earthquake. |
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| Nate exploring one of the little caves. |
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| Nate had some fun, but was also a little bored on the hike. |
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| Here are all the scouts lining up for a photo shoot. |
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| The miners would drop the limestone into a cave where it was captured on a rail cart and hauled by train to SF. They've since gated the entrance to the cave. |
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| Inside the cave, you can see it's well worn. It wasn't boarded up until 2006. They discovered lots of fossils in here, dire wolves, giant sloths, mastodons etc. |
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| After exploring the quarry, the scouts played some games, disc golf, trivia questions and were allowed to eat lunch and run around a bit before heading back. We stopped for a frozen yogurt on the way home and capped off a very fun day. |
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