Mile 8344:
We left Las Cruces, NM this morning and arrived at Carlsbad Caverns NP. The route took us through the Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas before winding back into New Mexico at the caverns. Guadalupe peak is the highest point in Texas at 8751 ft.
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| Salt flats on the way to Carlsbad Caverns, just below Guadalupe Mountains |
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| Guadalupe Mountains |
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| El Capitan peak in the Guadalupe Mountains |
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| A mountain in the range |
The Carlsbad Caverns were amazing, dark, and chilly--compared to the 80 degree day we are having--which also has been beautiful! We walked down the natural entrance to the cavern -- on a path that got us some 800 feet below the surface. We took the elevator back to the top!!
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| Civilian Conservation Corp buildings at Carlsbad Caverns |
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| Entrance to the cavern |
Assorted pictures of the limestone formations in the cavern:
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