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Monday, March 24, 2014

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Today we spent some time underground to see one of the most well known caves in the world.



The actual cavern is inside a park about 8 miles in from the main road. The approach is beautiful as the road winds itself in between hills.

It is a no touch area but they have a small  rock before you enter the cave that you can touch to get a feel.


We entered through the natural entrance and did the one mile self guiding tour and descended 750 feet into the earth. 



We followed steep and narrow trails and saw the Bat Cave, Devil's Springs, Green Lake Overlook and the Boneyard. We also saw the Iceberg Rock, a single 200,000 ton boulder that fell from the cave ceiling thousand of years ago.


We then took the big elevator up to the surface and had lunch in the restaurant. I had beef tacos and Paula had a tortilla crusted tilapia which she enjoyed a lot.

A must do specially if you have never been in caves.

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