Hiking "part II"

OK, so maybe we are just asking for trouble. Today we went up to a mine. We were very careful, by careful I mean we kept a very watchful eye on the way into the mine and along the sides of the mine for Scorpions and Snakes. We didn't see either of these today, which was OK by me.

We have been in this mine before so we knew there were Bats that hung out. We started shining our flashlights on the ceiling looking for them. Well guess what, we found some. The first group flew away one by one and headed down another hallway. When we got to a point in the mine where there are wooden ladders going up and down a shaft we looked up and they were flying around in circles. Some were flying down the different hallways to get away from us. We explored the different hallways in the mine and on the way out we found about 100 bats hanging out. Shannon was almost at the mouth of the mine when Gary took a picture of the bats and the flash woke them up. They started flying in all different direction. Some went toward the exit, others went behind Gary and I. Here are some pretty cool pictures Gary was able to get.

"Just waking up". The brown spot behind the bat at the top of this picture are more bats.


This little guy decided to fly further back into the mine. He was probably only about 3' from Gary and I. We think this is the one that ran into Gary's arm.


Shannon, Amelia, Me & Annette.


Shannon at the entrance to the mine as the bats flew past her to get out.