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Talk to nice sleep. Only Mark and Sammy had thought to bring flashlights, knowing that we would be

crossing creeks and possibly getting soaked. Most of us had opted to leave our phones back at the camp.

They didn't work down in the canyon anyway.

Sylvia had offered to take pictures and share them with everyone after the trip was over.

So as we moved down the trail toward the cave, we only had two flashlights.

Although it wasn't officially night yet, the heavy clouds and the rain and the sheer cliff walls made it plenty dark.

Getting to the cave meant walking up a steep hill on the diactable from the trail.

I hung onto tough little shrubs to keep from sliding backward on the increasingly slick sand and clay underfoot.

Mark stopped outside the cave and ushered us in, telling us not to go too far back.

Apparently, he explored only enough of the cave for shelter, nothing more.

He handed his flashlight off to Neil, the unofficial Alpha of the group, and one of the guys I had made friends with.

Neil was the first one in, and he shone the flashlight behind him

so those of us between the two lights could see.

The cave entrance was narrow,

leaving only room enough for us to sit single file out of the rain.

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