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Finally made it across Texas (3 days later) and into New Mexico
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Carlsbad Caverns' entrance sits on top of a mesa, with views back to Texas
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Fairly large rehab project being done on the elevators
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Ranger Zoe is ready
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The Big Room tour takes about 90 minutes and is amazing
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It's hard to photograph, but the large open space underground is amazing nonetheless
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The Big Room tour is self-guided, fully paved, and has very small elevation changes
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There are so many bizarre formations down here
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Some dramatic lighting adds to the scenes as well
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The steady drip-drip-drip of mineral water continues today
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Ladder leading down into The Bottomless Pit
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High ceilings...the Big Room is 350 feet high in places
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We were going to toss Alex in to test this
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Eerie green light
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Was nice to get out of the heat! The cave is a nice 56 degrees at all times
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This one was kind of creepy...
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Carlsbad is the 7th largest cavern in the world
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Groovy
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Walkway section
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Zoe really enjoyed the hike
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Taking the elevator back up. The trailhead is 750 ft. underground...AKA a long walk back up
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Drove through Roswell on the way to Albuquerque
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Don't care for cheesy alien theming but good to know they are welcome at Arby's
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Highway 380 is a dramatic drive from Roswell to I-25
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It tracks through the Capitan and then Oscuro mountain chains
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There was a very photogenic storm rolling through
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Great clouds, along with rays of sunlight, rainbows, and some unreal blues
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There was no one on the road
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New Mexico is one of the more beautiful states
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Such a wide range of terrains, from open desert to mountains
