We have been slowly moving across Texas. Spent a week in Pecos waiting for our mail to arrive. Then we crossed into New Mexico and are currently in Carlsbad. On Wednesday we went to the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

View out over the valley from the Visitors Center at the park. We entered the cavern via the Natural Entrance. To reach the bottom it is about a mile and a half and goes down about eight hundred feet.
View down the opening.
As you can see it is a fairly steep down hill route. This route has three sets of switchbacks with a short level spot in between. Even though there are signs warning about the down hill trip Diane deceided to try it and made it all the way down. The entrance is home to lots of swallows and they can be seen flying around. Once partway into the opening you can look back at
Took lots of pictures in the cavern, some without flash to see the farther away features and some of them turned out fuzzy. they can all be seen at http://picasaweb.google.com/Scubadave2000/April

After reaching the bottom Diane stayed at the snack bar and I made the mile and two tenths treak around the Great Room. This is fairly level trail that can be made by wheelchairs.

We could have taken this way down instead of walking
It is amazing what a little acid and water can do to rock!