Carlsbad Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Day 4 - Austin to Carlsbad, NM

WHOA! Talk about a knockout continental breakfast! This was one for the record books. It was enough to make Bri giddy. Make your waffle stations. A dress your own oatmeal station with bowls of brown sugar, walnuts, and raisins. Toast, English muffins, bagels, donuts. Cereals of all kind with SKIM milk. Four ...

Well looks like 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 all for sheer size and volume. Other caves have more unusual formations (speleothems) but t...

Hi Y'all (that's for Drew) Well today we started off our day with a little drive to Carlsbad, NM. This is the home of some very famous caverns. When we walked in we found that it was Luray Cavern's on steriods. You start off the self guided tour by walking through an Ampitheater. You might ask yourself why you would walk through an ampitheater t...

Heaven and Earth (Southern AZ and New Mexico) May 12 Tucson, AZ We decided to stay for two nights in Tucson, which was probably one night too many. While we had heard about the wonders of Tucson, perhaps it was the combination of apparent urban sprawl and our first exposure to 100-degree temperatures which sapped our enthusiasm. We took the girl...

8:11am - Woke up at 7:30. Last night, we drank a beer and just sat outside for twenty minutes admiring the stars in the sky. It looked like nothing I have ever seen. Sleeping was alright. I actually got to use my sleeping bag since it was a little cool. Today, looking at the mountains from the daylight, there are clouds at the top of the mountai...