01 October, 2016 (Nick Walberg)

And so it begins, another week as leader of the week and another trip to Yellowstone. Today we moved from our unexpected campsite we found yesterday after attending to our business. The morning started off with meeting with Jeff and Ryan starting with the new LOW's and then then Jeff and Ryan met with the old LOW's. Surprisingly, Jeff and Ryan ran LOW feedback this week in place of Joel and me. We all got the chance to see how a well facilitated feedback session should go. After not getting to visit the cave on Friday, the new LOW's decided to schedule the cave hike today so that the Group would get the chance to experience a cave after driving out of our way to the cave. The cave followed what seemed like a ridiculous amount of hiking up. The cave is not what I expected at first, it was full of trash and graffiti. I had imagined this clean area that was a secret spot where we could see what a cave is supposed to look like. Even with all of the markings on the walls, the natural walls of the cave were intact allowing us to enjoy in the spectacle of this little cave that most people didn’t know about. We were able to see different geologic formations and we got to dip our hands in the water from the waterfall in the cave. After we got out of the cave, we quickly grabbed the trailer and left for Ranchester, WY. Everyone seemed excited to have hot showers and Wi-Fi again. I am sitting here watching Joe Dirt for the first time hoping that I don’t wake Jeff and Ryan.