Casa Milagro
Travel Blogs from Carlsbad
Plenty of Nothing
... population 210. I saw one of the good citizens out for a stroll, wearing her straw hat adorned with american and mexican flags and smiling like a cheshire cat. Out here is no place to run out of anything cuz there is no one to help and no supplies readily available to help you with.
Not even 18 wheelers populate these highways. Desolate comes to mind. Most of the cars not from NM are from Texas.
I ...
New day - hopefully a better one!
... water.
Another beautiful evening and a gorgeous sunset and the process of preparing for departure the next day completed, and we were ready for bed. There may not have been any roadrunners this time, but this is still one of my favorite places to go and I will be sorry to leave here. From here we are headed to my other favorite place to visit - Roswell - the place of the alleged alien crash back in the 40's. Maybe if we get ...
Roadrunners, here we come!
... Although not real diamonds, to any rockhound they are priceless in beauty. So I am hoping to once again get a chance to find some.
Well the weather is fine but once again we have to deal with more problems. Here we go again. Only 20 miles out of Carlsbad and we have lost tread on one of our tires. A quick call to AAA and now we wait. ...
The Bat Cave
... so he photographed it all - THEN they realised what an amazing place it was. In the early days people had to walk down and back up but since 1932 an elevator has operated to take people back up - or down and back if they're so inclined. We couldn't walk back up as it was too late in the day and they only allow people to go before 3.00pm as it takes two hours and it closes at 5.00pm. As it was we got to the lifts at 4.40 and ...
Antarctica in New Mexico?
... south. They’re both wonderous and powerful and out of this world and impossible to describe.
So, I won’t try any more. I’ll post a few pictures I took below, and just saw Carlsbad was one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen. And thanks Pete Puleston for the initial recommendation to go there!
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