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Carlsbad Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Carlsbad, United States
Day 5: Sat, July 14, 1962: Carlsbad Caverns
... and the incredible canopy of stars at night! What a grand day we had today! Thanks, Momma! Interesting daily links: Carlsbad Caverns: http://www.nps.gov/cave/index.htm Bottomless Lakes: http://www.newmexico.org/explore/state_parks/bottomless.php ...
Shoving off...
Hi everyone. We are leaving for our adventure in just a few days (red-eye Monday night). Feel free to "sign up" for our blog and you will get an e-mail every time I post new info or pics, OR you can check things out at your own leisure. We are ...
Chillin' with the bats
... by the fact that these people were indeed volunteering and NOT getting paid for such a tedious task. I would recommend seeing the Carlsbad Caverns at least once in your life, they are truly spectacular and really indescribable, something that seems not of ...
Amazing Arizona
What a fun, busy month since I last wrote. We had 2 wonderful times with Arizona "guests" (Vaughan's & Trushinskis and my brother John & JoAnn) and continued to have perfect (sunny & warm) weather. Sedona was an awesome area. We did a train ride into ...
Drive to Carlsbad, NM
... morning we woke up and I made it to breakfast. We packed the car quickly and left the hotel by 9:30. We arrived in Carlsbad National Park at 3:00. We walked down the natural entrance to the cave that is 750 feet underground. We walked around the loop and ...
Days Seventy-Eight through Eighty-Three
... to Carlsbad (about an hour north of San Diego) on Saturday, so I could attempt my first marathon on Sunday morning. The Carlsbad Marathon was a beautiful, mostly level tour of the Southern California coast. As for my performance, I will only say that I ...
Days One Sixty and One Sixty-One
It must have been the Chinese take-out. We moved to Carlsbad State Park on a bluff overlooking the Pacific yesterday to save a few bucks (not many though, inland campsites are $25.00 per night - got to help Arnold balance the budget) and shortly after a ...
Carlsbad Caverns
After leaving a freezing cold Alpine, we drove across the border into New Mexico and to Carlsbad Caverns through more spectacular countryside (ignoring the nodding donkeys pumping oil out of the fields). The caverns are a series of caves (obviously) ...
Days One Fifty-Eight and One Fifty-Nine
... -out next door but if you are looking for a picturesque seaside vacation local with lots of good restaurant choices, Carlsbad is the place. I'm basing my assessment solely on the observation that the restaurants were always packed and the aromas wafting ...
Underground and Alien Exploration
... and Ray Davis popularized Carlsbad Caverns through black and white photographs of the magnificent underground formations. In 1923, Carlsbad Cavern was declared a national monument and in 1930 was expanded to form Carlsbad Caverns National Park. After ...
Now in New Mexico
... train he saw all day that was moving appeared in the distance just as the road swung away from the track. Driving from Pecos to Carlsbad we could almost imagine we were back in the UAE - miles and miles of straight road, with desert and scrub on each ...
The Chihauhaun Desert
On Sunday night we didn't get any sleep, the gale force winds were gusting up to 65mph. The slides on the trailer have awnings on them and it felt like they were acting as sails - we were waiting to take off at any moment! ...
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 ...
Day Thirty-Three
... cans across the parking plot. Instead, we continued north to stop for the night at a cheesy campground at the entrance to Carlsbad Caverns National Park. I'm too embarrassed to tell how much we paid for a small square of gravel and a shower too ...
Apologies
... . until now. I have added pictures from Mobile, New Orleans, and, of course, the new entries for Houston, San Antonio, and Carlsbad. Please return to these entries and check out the photos that may have been missed. On a side note, I would also like ...
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 ...
Now we're in Mountain Time
Started out early traveling from the San Antonio area to Carlsbad NM. Northwest Texas is pretty dry and sparsely populated. I knew when the speed limit went to 80 mph, we were in for miles and miles of emptiness. It was interesting when we came upon large ...
Off-roading in the BAT
... we left the campsite this morning but about 5 miles up the road it was perfectly clear. We were headed for Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The road climbed up through Walnut Canyon and when we eventually reached the car park you ...
Phoenix to Carlsbad
... fabulous instincts and eventually ended up where we needed to be. We then drove on an extremely long, flat road to Carlsbad. There was a random border patrol stop along the way, but they didn't give us any trouble. Apparently being ...
Legoland
... a flashing phone in our room, thanks Glenn for the call and message, pity that we missed you though. Yesterday we travelled down to Carlsbad to Legoland. This was something we had planned to do and for Josh it was a must. Interesting place with a huge ...
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
... I need to actually take a photography class because almost all my cavern pictures came out rotten! I'm so torked because Carlsbad Caverns is Awesome! I've been to many other caves in California, Oregon, and Arizona, but Carlsbad beats them ...
The Beach
... weather isn't the best for hanging out at the beach when we're here. But when it is, its wonderful. We've been in Carlsbad for the last two weeks. Getting over jet lag and trying to prepare ourselves for the eventuality of returning home. The first week ...
Hiking and loving it (then driving again)
... still 100 degrees out, we were not prepared to camp in the direct sun and carried on up the road to a little park just outside Carlsbad Caverns National Park. We pitched the tent, had tea and at least there is wifi in order to update our blog. Into the ...
Trains, Planes and Automobiles
... back in North America and driving on the right side of the road. I suspect it was one of his less stressful drives from LA to Carlsbad. He sure was happy. We'll be in Carlsbad for two weeks, which should give us time to get over the jet lag and slow down ...
Elfin Forest
... number of things in the area, including the Elfin Community. (This is really beginning to sound quite weird). Anyway, since arriving in Carlsbad, Ian and I have been quite lazy compared to our other exploits. Mostly due to jet lag, which we're almost over ...
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 ...
Leo Carrillo Ranch Historic Park
... actor, Leo Carrillo of the TV series The Cisco Kid fame (he played Pancho). It's now owned by the City of Carlsbad and has been designated a Historical National Landmark. We learned about the ranch years ago from someone at the Visitors Centre in ...
Chillin'
... for a while. That means nothing too exciting to blog about though so I'm just sliding in a quick update today. We arrived in Carlsbad early last week jet lagged and suffering with colds. We seem to be over the worst of the jet lag now, I'm pleased to ...
A Busier Day...
... to Carlsbad took only about an hour and a half, with light winds and warmer temperatures than we have been experiencing. The Carlsbad Caverns are still about twenty miles to the south of us. We got settled, lunched and drove out to the Living ...
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 ...