The weather was amazing. Check.
The car ride was enjoyable. Check
Xavi was getting a nap and would be pleasant. Check.
The first sign of trouble was when we pulled into Rockwood Reservation. We noticed that a particular group was active in the field near the "park offices", this group happens to be perhaps my least favorite group of people. That's right, Boyscouts. They may not have been boyscouts but they looked and acted similar which means they were some type of 'scouting' group. Regardless it was a bad omen for the hike.
Amie and Xavi preparing for the Hike
Undeterred by this development we pressed on.
After climbing the stairs we headed toward a familiar spot. A spot of great memories. A spot that has history. A spot where boys become men. And what did we discover when we got there? Tragedy.
This was perhaps the worst thing I could ever find out today. It is as if my heart had been caged. All because some hippie doesn't want man made interference to the cave. How about you just close down the whole park then? I would like to file a complaint against having the boy scouts on the grass, they were damaging the natural resource and therefore they shouldn't be allowed on it. Can we put a cage around the grass? Is that possible?
Overall it was just a sad sad turn of events. I will always have the memories but unfortunately will no longer be able to pass them on to my children.
7 comments:
I am confused. can you explain why the cave is closed again? and yes, that is very unfortunate...sad times in the I-family as the grandkids will not be able to experience tight claustraphobic places with their didu...however, we still have pocket knife cuts to be bandaged by dirty socks on the list of possibility!
why is Amie carrying Xavs instead of you? or did you just take turns?
first V now this....actually, V wasn't so bad. it was just missing the creepiness of the original. the new visitors aren't really scary. hopefully, this will change as we see more shows.
Is it a matter of preserving the cave or of keeping out the riff-raff (bored West county teenagers who use the darkness of the cave to hide their nefarious deeds)? I could totally see the Parks & Recreation department getting sued because little Johnny ingested some illegal hallucinogen and then hit his head on a rock.
Maybe it is temporarily closed because of all the rain that we have had in the area the past month. The cave may be flooded and in order to keep people from slithering in and drowning, they put up a barrier. It makes sense.
No such luck rippl...I'm in mourning and will be for awhile....maybe I can find a cave in the Amzon forest....
Makes me want to go hiking!
Makes me want to go hiking!
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