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Travel Blogs from Carlsbad Caverns, United States
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Down to the Bowels of Hell!
This is a top pick! ... zone. Inching closer (on the map) to home. I arrive at the KOA that is situated about 15 miles north of Carlsbad. The caverns are situated 20 miles south. This KOA is only 6 years old. Everything is shiny and new. A major change from the ...
Spelunking
This is a top pick! I woke up at 8AM and visited Carlsbad Caverns National Park. On the drive in I saw a giant tarantula crossing the road. When I arrived at the park I hiked a mile down into the cave to a depth of 750 feet below the surface. It was great ...
The Neatest Cave in The World
We went to Carlsbad Caverns. It is a National Park in New Mexico. We went down below ground. It is 59 degrees all year round in the cave. I was ahead of Mamaw and Papaw all the whole time. I earned a Junior Ranger ...
Finally Leaving Texas
... ever had which we eat hastily in the dark. The following morning we make a short drive up to New Mexico to visit Carlsbad Caverns. While the previous day we had been ascending up the Guadalupe Mountains, today we will be making our way down into ...
Day 8 & 9: Carlsbad Caverns National Park
... going to start this entry backwards because after two days of intermittent showers my brain has gone soggy. We set off for the Carlsbad Caverns from our campground after Matt got the lowdown from a fellow camper or two at breakfast - all guided tours ...
Here Kitty Kitty
... . It was a glorious hike (see photos) with temps in the 40's and very little wind which is unusual. Afterwards, we headed to Carlsbad Caverns which for some reason we had set fairly low expectations. I think we both believed once you have seen a cave, ...
A little town of weirdness....
... some strange music.... as if he was summing the aliens to life..... all a bit strange if you ask me!! On then to Carlsbad Caverns.... this was "awesome".... you went into caves deep in the ground I guess.... you just kept walking and walking further into ...
Wacky Khaki Mammalia
... We say goodbye to Borealis, thanking her for taking time out to hang with us, and immediately drive all day into New Mexico, to Carlsbad Caverns. That was a hasty transition; oh, I should note that on this drive, Hum-Yai takes a piss out of the ...
Down Underground...
Since it was "my day" today, Lynnie drove us down to Carlsbad Cavern National Park. By using the mighty Geezer Pass, we entered at no cost. After conferring with a ranger in the Information Center, we decided to take the original entrance ...
The underworld...
... Post. Sounds much more interesting then it actually was, which was a closed gift shop. Convinient thought to our next destination, Carlsbad Caverns. We woke up, put on our head lights and light jackets for our climb into the caves. Actually, we ...
The subterranean majesty of Carlsbad Caverns
There's no easy way to get to the Carlsbad Caverns -- it's a pretty remote destination, in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico just north of Texas, and you'll likely be driving most of a day to get there. The scenery on your ...
Guadalupe Mts NP/ Carlsbad Caverns NP/ Carlsbad
... , picnic areas and another Visitor Center. Drove about 35 miles before we entered the state of New Mexico and headed to Carlsbad Caverns about another 25 miles down the road. We were going by Carlsbad Caverns (now both George and ...
A WALK IN THE CAVE
In our years of camping, we have visited Mammoth Cave, Merrimac Caverns, Jewel and Wind Caves, and some whose names I don't remember. But, Carlsbad tops them all. This morning we took a self-guided tour into the Big Room section of the cave. Took about 2 ...
400,000 BATS
... into the Mountain Time Zone. Arrived at White's City, NM, just outside the entrance to Carslbad Caverns National Park. The reason I listed Carlsbad Caverns instead of White's City as where we are, is because White's City is a gas station, a motel, an Inn ...
Some of the Caverns were familiar
... for the next couple days so will stick with that idea. We looked through the interpretive exhibits at the Carlsbad Caverns and watched a Discovery Channel video about a few caves in the US. There was also new information about a very large ...
A real Ahhh!!!! Day
Well... went to Carlsbad Cavens National Park... Wasn't to sure on going down, but once you get into the elevator and discent 800 ft below ground you change your mind and check your shorts real fast. We had a once in a life time adventure.. Pic to ...
Carlsbad Caverns
I loved these caves. They are so far down into the was earth and so big. I never have been into a cave like that before so to me it was really interesting. Unfortunately I was unable to take any good pictures due to the lighting. But I'm glad that we ...
Day 17
Day 17 Had to sit in the front on van today with Art, which means you have to stay awake the whole time grrrrrr. Not too bad as had a lot of stops that day. Went to sand dunes which was so much fun. Just all you could see is sand and hills of sand. ...
GT pt5: Balmorhea Springs and Carlsbad Caverns
... promise of something a little more involved than feeding fish, we move on to the Western hemisphere's largest natural underground structure, Carlsbad Caverns (no idea what they define as 'Western' hemisphere, but it was huuuuuge!). It is home to some ...
alone in the Cave (thank threat of govt shutdown)
... so that is the only reason I continue using this. All my pictures will be through a link to Picasa like below (the authenticated links are the only way to my pictures on Picasa.. you can not just go to Picasa to see them): Carlsbad Caverns NP - ...
The Bat Cave
... ; Did get a few strange looks from people but they're also used to having people coming in to see aliens :) Next stop was Carlsbad Caverns. We really didn't know what to expect from this National Park, as we have our own Waitomo Caves in NZ. ...
Jul 18, 2009
Day 12 - Driving from Fort Worth to Carlsbad
... and gained another hour. We decided to stop and eat in Carlsbad, then drove to White City, which is just outside Carlsbad Cavern National Park. We pulled in around 7:30 and settled in for the night. White City is literally in the ...
Do one of the hardest cave tours first
... . At the end of the tour we had to scamper back up the ladders and rope. A tiring tour it was but a great introduction to Carlsbad Caverns. Now we can take the easy tours tomorrow. Back down the hill we went to the White’s City RV park for a ...
DA Cave! Da Cave!
... might actually lose my balance and fall on somebody. Later that day Mom joined us and we went from the Natural Entrance of Carlsbad Caverns down to the Big Room. Absolutely breathtaking! I loved every second of it. You descend 800 feet into the ...
Carlsbad Caverns and Drive In Failure
Next we made our way into New Mexico. Our first stop was at a place called Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Carlsbad Caverns has a cave that is full of limestone rock formations that are amazing. It took around 2 hours to hike through the cave where we ...
Underground adventures at Carlsbad
Maddie and I arrived at Carlsbad NP to find the entire desert had recently been destroyed by fire. There was evidence of the fire everywhere above ground, however the caves were clearly unaffected. We plunged almost 900 feet in an elevator to tour the big ...
Carlsbad Cavern National Park
... with the white nose disease as of yet. They are concerned about it being that bats from other areas seem to be relocating to Carlsbad. Sorry, no pictures of the bats leaving the cave. The rules are that you are not allowed to use a camera or any ...
The caves
... drive was quite a short ride of 4 hours and we as well passed another time zone. At around 12pm we finally arrived than at the Carlsbad Cavern. It is an enormous cave system. We walked down there and it was huge and so amazing to see. The cave is as well ...
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