Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite meal of the entire year. If I ever have to pick a last meal, I want a huge Friendsgiving-style spread. The more pies the better. (In 2013 there were five of us and six pies. In 2014: eight people, four pies, and one cake. 2015: three people, three pies. 2016: six people, at least one pie, and a very tiny puppy. 2017: pie for two.)
This year we decided to turn Friendsgiving into a caving trip, which turned into nine of us from Cascade Grotto and Northern Rocky Mountain Grotto renting an AirBnb in a tiny Idaho town for a long weekend. Papbougie!
We all contributed to Friendsgiving dinner and then I organized the rest of the group meals (we were all responsible for our own lunch and snacks, but a different person or couple made breakfast and dinner each day of the trip). I of course made pie with bats for the weekend. (I also learned an important lesson regarding tapioca and salt.)
On Friday after everyone rallied, we piled into Daryl’s 4Runner and Caitlin’s sedan and headed up the mountain. While C-rex’s car made it further than we anticipated, it did get stopped by the depth of the snow. We all piled out of the 4Runner and then Amy and I helped Caitlin back down the road until she could turn around in a spot Brian shoveled out for her.
We all gathered down at the campground and made new plans. It was decided Daryl, Brian, Caitlin, and I would head back up in the 4Runner to see how close we could get to the cave. The rest stayed at the campground and started a fire.
Sierra showed us what a beast she is and totally rocked it all the way to the trailhead!
We drove back down to the rest of the group and it was decided we’d head back to the AirBnb and go caving in the morning. Unfortunately, I woke up with a migraine (and thought I didn’t have any migraine meds), so I stayed behind with Riley at the house.
While it was super disappointing to not actually go caving, I had such a blast! We’re already planning on FriendsCaveGiving 2020!
Today’s adventure took place on land stolen from the Nimiipuu (Nez Perce), Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla.