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The Bat Cave
... look after them while you're down there.
As for the title of this blog, bats live in the first part of the chamber and at night they all fly out to feed. We were going to go and see this sight, but apparently there being a drought there aren't so many bats as there aren't enough insects, so we didn't do this.
Tomorrow we make our way south and east to San Antonio in Texas - a 9 hour drive so we are leaving at 6.30am.
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March Update on Jeff
... blocks before, but now are not tied to anything. This is a HUGE step forward (pardon the pun!)
In the third photo, he is standing on his own- this amazes me when I think of where he started from -immobile and trapped in a wheelchair, needing assistance to move out of the chair just to perform daily tasks that you and I take for ...
Journey to the Center of the Earth
... and Sarah just kept saying Daddy I want to go into the cave! Of course that lasted approximately 10 minutes, and quickly changed to Daddy I want to go and eat lunch and my legs hurt and I'm tired. At that point they both had enough of the Caverns, which is surprising to us since they both have an odd fascination with rocks. Subsequently, Lily suckered Miranda into carrying her for the remaining 2.5 mile journey with her ...
From 34 degrees yesterday back to 99 degrees today
The Road to Calrsbad Cavens
The day started out when somebody banged the front door of the B&B close at 4:15 am. The plan was to get up at 4:30 am, and Johan got up and got dressed. We left the house before 5 am, well ahead of the major balloon festival traffic. It was raining, but the weather forecast said the rain would stop at 5 am. We took a short nap instead of walking in the rain. At 7 am it was still raining and wet, and the organizers of ...
Spelunking
... as she crested the trail to the cave mouth. After a brief orientation our group of 25 breached the cave mouth and headed in. The adventure was considered 0ff-trail in that the cave is pretty much un-altered and was only discovered in 1930. We had a great time and saw some amazing formations, There was the disappointment of the NPS script presenting the evolutionary theory of geology as pure fact. I found it very interesting that Global ...