Trip Home!

We decided to take a side trip on our way home.

We drove to Whites City, NM so we could see

the Carlsbad Caverns.

You can see the switch-back pathway we had to walk

down to enter the cave. The big hole is where the

thousands of bats exit the cave each night.

The pathway is about 1.5 miles and we descended to

800 feet below ground.

Once in the cave we took a tour of the "King's Palace"

which can only be seen on a tour and then we walked

through the "The Big Room" which is a self-guided

tour. The following pictures do not even come

close to showing how awesome this place is:

The water in the pool was over 8 feet deep but it

looked like it was less than 2 feet deep.

Looking up at some forming stalagtites.

It was cool in the caverns and quite dark. It's surprising

the pictures turned out at all.

Well worth the time!

 Stopped in Lamesa, Texas at a Dairy Queen but

then saw this across the street. Couldn't decide if

we dare try it.

Staying in Abilene, TX tonight….