Today, I started by touring the Carlsbad Caverns. You can hike to the entrance and walk in, but I chose to take the elevator down about 800 feet to the Big Room. Touring this part of the cave is a little over 1 mile, and takes about an hour or so, or more if you take lots of pictures. I tried, but no picture will do it justice. You just have to go there yourself. I took a lot of pictures, but I will share just the picture of “The old man of the cave.”
Can you see it? Sorry, the picture is a little blurry. It’s hard to take good pictures in a poorly lit, cold, damp room 800 feet below the ground.
I then spent the rest of a very long day driving to Dallas. After driving through the Dallas/Fort Worth area, I have decided that they are making a concerted effort to make this metro area the most confusing. Just in this area, I have driven on at least 6 freeways, and passed ramps leading to I don’t know how many more. My hotel is right off one freeway. (This means that I turn directly off the freeway into the parking lot. I know. Don’t ask me how that is a freeway.) Any way, long day. Tomorrow I will get to the part of my trip that I came for. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you’ll have to wait till tomorrow. Happy 4th, everyone! Enjoy the parades, the fireworks, and what ever else you have planned, but be safe.
Ramblings of a Wandering Man 