Sheldon and Geni's 2019 out west
Today is: October 12
We woke up in: Carlsbad, NM We're going to sleep in: Carlsbad, NM

We went to Carlsbad Cavern today, First we did the big room loop and then went on a tour of the King's Palace. This is truly a remarkable place. Geni toured the gift shop several times :) The KOA campground we're staying at advertised that they had meals they prepared with meat they smoked. So of course that's what we had for dinner. Great meal and very nice campground. Tomorrow we start our trek towards home, expect it to take 5 days. Probably no photos.

Geni: Wow! Wasn't expecting such a beautiful place. It has the biggest cave room in the United States. Each turn was more striking than the last and the pictures do not do it justice. Went on a tour in the afternoon that was added, or else we would have been just as happy with the self-guided tour that we took in the morning. However, listening to the young (in this case female) ranger is always so informative as they discuss the history and formation of the caves.


These are pictures from the cave called The Big Room


Column


Stalagtites

Reflection in Mirror Lake


Two old men







Kings Palace


The reflection int the Green Lake

Looks like a Chinese Emporeror




The ribbon in the middle is called bacon as the top edge has iron which is brown


The Queens Drapery


View from the front of the visitor's center. Notice there is a big plane with nothing on it!