As we descended into the seventh circle of He......I mean as we traveled south through New Mexico, we stopped for the day to visit Carlsbad Caverns. The Caverns were VERY cool! Not only were they spectacularly enormous and beautiful, they were also literally cool--they stay at 56 degrees year round. This was a nice break from the always-above-one-hundred temperatures outside the caves.
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| It was so bright........... |
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| The Hyundai in the desert |
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| The view from the Carlsbad Visitors center....Do you see anything but black pavement and desert? |
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| Just junior rangering in a cave |
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| Preparing to enter the cave |
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| The effects of heat stroke |
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| Listening to the $5 audio tour. We learned more about bat poop than you'd ever want to know! |
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| Cool cave features |
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| Glad we aren't claustrophobes |
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| Drugs and Problem solving |
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| The cave is HUGE.....but you can't really tell. |
After leaving the Caverns, we headed back to the Motel 6 and discovered that, just across the parking lot was the most fun metropolitan area in the whole state of new Mexico--Pat's Fun City, population 4. It really was awesome, though! We got to ride go-karts (I won) and play in the batting cages. Plus, since it was a billion degrees outside, we had the whole place to ourselves--just us and Pat.
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| Stoked! |
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| You could catch some sweet air coming off the ramp on turn two! |
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| Excited to hit the slow ball |
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| Crowding the plate |
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| BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM, HOMER! |
After all that we spent a good deal of time at the Motel 6 pool. It was pretty awesome.
Next stop: Lake Lyndon Baines Johnson, outside of Austin, TX.
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