Carlsbad caverns

Well unfortunately I've come down with one heck of a sore throat. I can hardly swallow or talk but somehow it doesn't dampen my happiness one bit.

Saturday, after a night in Carlsbad, NM we got up and backtracked about 20 miles to the Carlsbad Caverns National Park. There we went 750 feet underground to walk around the biggest caves I could ever imagine. They were so amazing and gigantic. Mom and dad wanted to do the tour where you crawl on your stomach through the little openings but I didn't feel up to it =)

There is a nice paved path through there and it actually wasn't cold at all. I was sorry I had brought my jacket. Mom and dad were champs and walked almost a whole mile even though they took the "short cut." Felipe and I went the whole way around but actually most of the good stuff was on the shortcut route. In some places the ceiling was 90 feet high and you could see a 1/2 mile of open space. Pretty amazing.

We went back through Carlsbad and my throat was terrible so we ended up going to the hospital emergency room since it was Saturday and no clinics were open. That took a 3 hour chunk out of the day but they gave me some throat numbing stuff, although it doesn't seem to be working this morning. We ended up in Albequerque, NM and are going to take a quick jaunt on Old Route 66 before heading up through Sante Fe and into Colorado.

I haven't updated more pictures yet because when we fixed my computer they actually had to wipe it out and start over. Thank goodness all the pictures that were on there are either on my web album or still on the camera card. Ugh! Technology!!

I will work on the pics, especially since our favorite towns were the second half of the trip!