May 2016
May was another pretty busy month for us! After discovering
a National Park we weren’t familiar with we went on to another park we’d never
been to but was definitely on the old bucket list! Ever since visiting Crystal
Cave in Sequoia when I was a kid I’ve wanted to see Carlsbad Cavern! What’s
weird is, I’m extremely claustrophobic in some situations. But not in caves! I
love caves! Explain that!
The elevator down to the bottom was out of order so we had to hike
the whole way down. I’m actually kind of glad. It was a long difficult hike
(especially up) but there’s a lot to see on the way down. The pictures are a
bit dark and grainy because… CAVE! But I couldn’t stop taking them! This is
just a sampling.
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| Stalactites hang from the ceiling like icicles. |
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Stalagmites look like they're coming up from
the ground and stand up like a traffic cone.
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| Columns are what happens if the 2 meet. |
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| They call this the Shy Elephant |
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| I really felt I owed myself this shirt! |
Our plan was to see the cave, go back to the trailer, then
come back for the spectacular bat show! Alas, a nasty wind storm came up and
our RV spot was directly under a giant tree with lots of limbs that we didn’t
want crashing down on us. So instead of seeing thousands of bats flying out of
the cave we opted to move the rig to a saver spot giving us an excuse to go
back and visit Carlsbad! Like you need an excuse for that!
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