Here are 5 amazing things you should know before your tour begins:
It's New Mexico's only National Park
The Caverns were formed via sulfuric acid, NOT water erosion!
The temperature in the Caverns is 56 degrees F
300,000 bats 🦇 make their home there
The Carlsbad Caverns were a set location for the 1959 movie 🎥 "Journey to the Center of the Earth"
The Carlsbad Caverns is an absolutely incredible place to behold...
It's no wonder that a visit to this mind-blowing, unique place is a goal on the bucket list for tons of explorers!
The above photo is of one of the entrances, leading to:
Looking back up to the entrance:
Carrying onward, this path goes on for over a mile deep into this amazing cave system...
SUCH a unique experience!
If I were a Dragon, this would totally be my crib.
Here are more pics of really neat scenes which were wonderfully compelling:
See if you can see anything creepy/scary in this last photo...
Seriously, have a look 🙂
If you caught it, cool!
In the bottom left hand quadrant of the photo, doesn't it look like a really mad, upset cave face?
LOVE this pic!
Moving on:
This photo, below, shows the burn marks in the rock where early explorers would mark the wall to ensure they could find their way back:
Looks like another face, right?
Reminds me a character from Super Mario Brothers back in 1986... 😀
Hey, you know how if you get in an elevator, the reception is quite poor and will typically result in a dropped call?
Amazing!
SAME FOR CAVES 1.25 MILES UNDERGROUND!
WHO KNEW?!?
I did see a phone down there, and waited around to see if someone opened it up to try to update their Facebook status, but after a minute pressed on with better things to do.
That's your glimpse of the majesty that is Carlsbad National Park,
thank you for reading!
After all those scary cave faces, I leave you with this heart-warming photo of the National Park Service swearing in a Junior Ranger 😊
Have an amazing week everybody!
