Kit and Carol on the Road

We actually had a good morning in Carlsbad Caverns. Hiked down the 800 feet into the cave. The trail down was paved with lots of switchbacks. The first cave visitors were dropped in a guano bucket. LAter visitors had to hike down lots of stairs. Most of the people now go down in the elevator. The lighting is awesome and there are lots of amazing formations. However, this cave is mostly "dead". Not much water gets in. The cave we visited in France had water dripping everywhere and even Kartchner caverns are wetter. Not to say we didn't love Carlsbad. In the afternoon we went to the Living Desert State Park which is a desert zoo--nice, but doesn't compare to the one in Tuscon. Tomorrow we head to Roswell and if we don't get abducted by UFO's we continue on to Alamagordo and White Sands.