Stagecoach Inn Carlsbad
1819 S Canal St Carlsbad, New Mexico, 88220, United States
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From 34 degrees yesterday back to 99 degrees today
... the butterscotch malt. Both were really nice, and although she used her hands to scoop the ice cream a machine mixed the shake. It was an old machine, but still she did not do any of the mixing herself., how this brings you to the slogan of “best hand mixed” I do not know. The scenery at Carrizozo was interesting with very black volcanic rock from a more recent volcanic eruption, only about 1500 years ago.
Why on earth the aliens would ...
Spelunking
... off at a place called Rattlesnake Springs day use area to eat some lunch. This was a nice area and we did a virtual cache here. Then we headed back up to Carlsbad Cavern main entrance. We got tickets and took the elevator to the bottom. This cave is huge and there was so much to see. Saw another virtual cache down there. They have great walkways around inside and it was not crowded at all. At about 4:30 we headed down the road toward El Paso.
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park
... turned out. When we were at the bottom at the halfway mark there was a snack shack so we got to eat a sandwich 750 feet under the ground. Exhausted from the hike we got back in our truck and heading to Abilene, Texas. It was the longest drive we had done since heading through Kansas and we think west Texas may have been worse to drive through than Kansas.
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Do one of the hardest cave tours first
... knees at all. That’s when it pays to be small. We did a black-out too where the ranger turns off the lights and we sit in compete darkness and silence. 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 little rest and to cook a dinner of ribs. A big lighting storm hit the ...
The long drive from Dallas to Carlsbad
... it enough to get to Carlsbad. Another thing to fix on what is suppose to be a vacation.
Around 3:30 local time we made it to our destination of White’s City which is just outside the entrance to Carlsbad Caverns. This is like a very small version of your typical tourist city outside any national park. They had your tourist shops, 2 hotels, saloon, ice cream and fudge, and the campground of which we stayed in. Now I had read some bad ...


