JP and SS decided that a short easy climb to Timp cave would be just the thing to cure their tired legs. While the parking lot was all full, there were still walk-up reservation times for tours available with not too long a wait. Hikers are given an official start time 1.5 hrs before their cave reservation time. We started at our appointed time (11:20 am) but found it only took us 45 minutes to ascent to the cave. It’s a lot shorter than I remembered it as a child. Fortunately, the tour group at 12:20 had two slots available so we didn’t have to wait all the way until 12:50 for our tour. The cave has not changed, but of course the park service continues to modify its approach to the cave and every tour guide is different.. Although at first we seemed to be rushing thru the cave, by the end we had settled into a good rhythm. The cave really is quite fantastic and competes very well with all the caves we have been to in the Southeast, even if it is relatively small.
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