One week after my last Cross Country post detailing Noah's first three meets, he had his fourth Invite in Custer on Thursday, September 13th. Terry took the afternoon off so we could all go together. But also he wanted to check out a piece of land that was for sale just for fun. The place was called Tin Mountain and it was just outside Custer.
We weren't seriously interested in the land, but it actually turned out to be really fun to visit. Basically, there are a lot of rare minerals in this cave that have been mined out decades ago. I don't believe it's been mined recently but lots of students have been out there, including our friend Matt. We parked and walked up this hill to the cave.
Boom, the cave!
The ground and rock was glittering literally everywhere you looked.
There was mica absolutely everywhere, but also there was something resembling gold just inside the cave entrance, though of course it wasn't the real thing. So beautiful though.
The cave was more of a cavern really. It was super big and open and at the bottom was a big ol' puddle.
Not sure if the water was a result of rain or snow melt, but it sounds like it's been there for a long time.
To the right of the water was a steep pile of loose rocks leading to another exit.
The ceiling was seriously so high.
I climbed up after the kids and took this picture. It was definitely hard to capture the place.
Climbing back down.
Samuel showing me some shiny mica.
Terry wandered around and climbed up the left side of the cave entrance and the kids went down to the water again. Look at how small they look from the top!
Terry climbed way up there.
I thought it looked so cool with the crescent moon above him.
More shiny rocks mom. Talk about a rock lovers paradise.
Shiny.
There was a small pond near the entrance to the land but it was pretty shallow and flowed over the gravel road.
A short video from inside the cave.
From there we drove to Rocky Knolls Golf Course...
...and waited for Noah's turn to race.
We walked down to the starting line and I liked the kids in the grass.
Lots and lots of racers!
There's Noah!
I ran off and found him coming back from the killer hills that they had raced up.
They came nearly all the way down the course before taking a loop right back past Terry and the kids leading back up the hill again. I love Evie's cheering.
Going by me once more after passing the others.
Finish strong Noah! He's so lanky right?!
Visiting afterwards. Good job Noah!
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