Wow. A conversation from our friend Don sparked our interest in the Caverns and we are sure glad it did! We stopped along the way from Lubbock in the town of Carlsbad and had a quick swim in the Pecos river that goes through town. It was 112 degrees and we needed a swim break! Lots of kids playing in the water and Jack played for a while in the water but would rather run his new truck along the neighboring sidewalk!
We reached our campground (if you can call it that - yet another in the running for the ugliest campground), grabbed a quick bite and headed for the 7:30 show at the entrance to the Cavern...millions of bats fly out of the Carlsbad Caverns around sunset. Everyone gathers in the outdoor amphitheater, they tell you about bats, the cave swallows (birds) swoop around to get you in the mood, and then the bats fly out in droves! It is really quite cool and it happens everyday. (Jack can also say "bat" now).
The next morning we drove back up to the Cavern and walked into the 750 foot deep cavern. We walked and walked and walked - we went at a relatively good pace and it took us about 2.5 hours! The place was simply huge and simply astonishing. So beautiful and breathtaking. Difficult to describe. I will let the pictures say it all. But you can't really get the feeling from them...the flash changes the ambiance and one of the areas down there is so big that it can fit 14 Astrodomes in it (their words not mine). There is an elevator that takes you back up. That is always the draw back to these amazing natural phenomenon - so many people want to see them that there is always too much over commercialization...but without it, we couldn't have seen it. Good with the bad.
We throughly enjoyed the caverns and highly suggest it to anyone coming down this way.
Spent the evening in a campground whose electricity kept going out...not the best when your air conditioning works on electricity and its 112 degrees or when its the 3rd OT period in the Stanley Cup playoffs and you miss the goal!
2 comments:
Cool pics! Can't decide which one I want to see more: the Grand Canyon or the Caverns. Cami - I liked the photos of you on the trampoline - you look so happy - being a mom certainly has completed you!
Stay safe guys!
xxxP.
Oh you guys look like you're having a great time...I have to tell you again how much your blog and pics are appreciated by those of us stuck behind a desk all day....'sigh', the sun is even out today, but just for today...
Guess you'll have to start heading home soon, hope the snow is gone by then...(kidding)...
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