Next up New Mexico!!! First stop
Carlsbad Caverns. We got a camping spot about an hour north of the caverns which was OK since it gave us time to listen to audio books on the way there. Once we got to the entrance we played spot the animal...
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| How many sheep do you see? |
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| Can you find DD? |
We missed out on the ranger guided tours since they sold out online long before we knew when we were going to get to Carlsbad. Instead we did the Natural Entrance Tour on our own.
The Natural Entrance hike is lots and lots and lots of switchbacks.
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| Those black dots - not markings on the wall - cave swallows |
This is the entrance where after the bats migrate back they come out of in droves at sunset. We were about a month to early to see any bats.
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| Looking back at the entrance, temperature inversion fog |
This was an amazing cave. The tour took us down to the bottom where a second trail goes off and the elevator comes down from 700 ft up top. Each corner held another amazing formation. I had some trouble with the photos because I refused to use flash and was using the handrail as a tripod in the dark. The cavern had examples of every type of formation.
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| Tites or Mites - do you know the difference? |
Stay tuned tomorrow for the second half of the tour!
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