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Arizona is one of those states, that’s packed full of Amazing locations.  You could spend your entire life exploring this beautiful state.  While their are numerous well known destinations, that people from around the globe frequent.  This article will be focusing on one of its hidden gems. This adventure is one of the most underrated destinations in the Grand Canyon area. To begin planning your trip, click here.

Link Jackson

Redwall Cavern is a massive sand cave hidden at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.  It’s been said the cave can hold upwards of 50,000 people.

Waco Welsh

The United States is loaded with amazing caves, but this one is special.  One of the things that makes it so special, is the journey it takes to reach the cave.  Redwall Cavern is only accessible via a paddling trip on the Colorado River.

While some may consider that to be to much work, for others it just adds to the adventure!

Link Jackson

The giant cave is located at mile 33 on the Colorado River, which is an area frequented by most rafting trips.

Kam M Walker

The walls of the cavern are limestone, and feature numerous fossils embedded in its walls.

Dan Larsen

On the outside the cavern may look tiny in size, its not until you venture inside that you realize how massive it is.

Neil Rabinowitz

Even if your not a caving enthusiast, the views outside the cave looking upstream are worth stopping for.

William Dummitt

Touch football and soccer are also popular activities visitors enjoy inside the cave. So if your up for an adventure, this is one bucket list worthy destination you need to see to believe. Redwall Cavern is one of those places that pictures simply cannot do justice! This adventure is one of the most underrated destinations in the Grand Canyon area. To begin planning your trip, click here.

Moaning Caverns Adventure Park

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Visit Monterey Bay Aquarium

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Glass Bottom Boat Voyage

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Kayak Into The World’s Deepest Sea Cave

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Lake Shasta Caverns National Natural Landmark

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Kayak The LaJolla Sea Caves

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Heavenly  Mountain Ski Resort

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Heavenly Mountain Coaster

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Go On Safari

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Subway Cave & Lava Tubes

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Ride The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway

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Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament

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Take A Hot Air Balloon Ride

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The Suzanne and Walter Scott Kingdom of the Seas Aquarium

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Island Oasis Water-Park

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Little Outlaw Canoe

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Camp Out At Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo

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Ashfall Fossil Beds

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The Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park and Wildlife Safari

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Glidden Canoe Rental

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Bryson’s Airboat Tours

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Outdoor Adventure Center

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Entrap Games

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Happy Jack Chalk Mine

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A group of hikers was out exploring caves in Dewey Hickman Nature Preserve in Indiana when they suddenly saw something moving 30 feet below them. They leaned in to get a closer look — and realized the movement was coming from a very skinny dog, clearly in need of help.

As soon as the group saw the dog, who they later found out is named Hawkeye, they knew there was no way they were leaving him behind. Whether he was a stray or someone’s pet, he was stuck, and he needed rescuing.

“They repelled down and tied him up to a harness and lifted him out,” April Breeden of Harrison County Animal Control told The Dodo. “When Hawkeye came out of the cave, he was very emaciated. Once they were in the cave with him and once he got out as well, he was very gentle. They originally repelled down to check it out and came back up. He started barking like, ‘Don’t leave me.’”

The group had no idea how long the dog had been trapped in the cave, but they knew he needed to get checked out and given proper care as quickly as possible. They took him to Harrison County Animal Control, and they guessed that, based on his condition, he had probably been alone in the cave for up to two weeks.

As the shelter cared for Hawkeye and did their best to nurse him back to health, they began the search for his family. He’d been wearing a collar when he was found, so they assumed that he belonged to somebody. Some local news stations picked up his story — and that’s how his family realized that someone had found their beloved dog.

“The family saw his story on the news and contacted us,” Breeden said. “The family had let him out to potty and he took off about two weeks prior to him being found.”

The shelter quickly arranged for his family to come and collect him, and some of Hawkeye’s rescuers who found him in the cave also came to send Hawkeye off and meet his family. As soon as the lost dog saw his family walk through the shelter doors, he couldn’t contain his joy.

“When he saw his dad, he was so excited, jumping and kissing him,” Breeden said.

Hawkeye’s family thanked everyone who had a hand in helping bring him home safely. The sweet dog is now finally back home where he belongs, and everyone is so thrilled that the story had such a happy ending.

I originally found this article on The Dodo.com.

Pictures in the article are owned by TREY HEINKE

Four famous giant Sequoias were not harmed by a wildfire that reached the edge of Giant Forest in California’s Sequoia National Park, authorities said.

The Four Guardsmen, a group of trees that form a natural entryway on the road to the forest, were successfully protected from the KNP Complex fire by the removal of nearby vegetation and by wrapping fire-resistant material around the bases of the trees, the firefighting management team said in a statement Sunday.

The KNP Complex began as two lightning-sparked fires that eventually merged and has scorched more than 37 square miles in the heart of sequoia country on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada.

Firefights and NPS officials moved quickly to protect the Sherman, wrapping its base in reflective blankets to prevent ground fire from climbing its bark. But the trees had another, deeper level of protection: relatively recent prescribed burns in the nearby forests cleared a lot of the fuels that could have escalated the fire’s growth near the ancient behemoths.

The KNP Complex fire has chewed through nearly 30,000 acres of forest and is still 0% contained. The General Sherman and the Four Horseman trees that share its grove survived a low intensity fire that burned across their bases in recent days, which should protect them should the fire reverse its course, but if it grows again in intensity, the trees might again be threatened.

As of today, September 25, the trees are safe.