Guadalupe Mountains & Carlsbad Cavern

Hello from Guadalupe Mountains! Another beautiful park with gorgeous views and another El Capitan Mountain (below).

 

It was still pretty cold but nice to see a few hearty flowers hanging in there.

We hiked the Pinery Trail and saw ruins of Butterfield Stage stop. Might be a long time before a stagecoach comes for Dave!

The river was pretty dry but the lack of water didn't seem to hinder this yucca plant that was twice as tall as Dave!

Love seeing the flag at the Visitors center; it is such a beautiful country!

Here is the recycled Roadrunner Sculpture from Las Cruces, New Mexico. It is made from cast off materials such as old sneakers and electronics.

Now on to the Caverns...This place was HUGE! These pictures don't even begin to do it justice. It was amazing the formations and the size of this cavern. We almost didn't go as we thought, "ah, we been in caves before" but we were so glad we did. Enjoy our pictures of this spectacular place! 

 

The metal rails (above) were on both sides of the trail thru the cavern. The picture to the right is looking down into a crevice that had water in it. The aqua color was so pretty!

And from here we are off headed north to Oklahoma...more on that in our next post.