2007/03/05
Now that’s a Cave
Good-bye Texas, Hello New Mexico. First stop is the Carlsbad Caverns. We decided to enter the cave through the one mile Natural Entrance Route which descends more than 750 feet into the Earth following a steep and narrow trail. In the summer, a cave off the Natural Entrance is home to thousands of bats and visitors can watch the bats leave the cave in the early evening. The Natural Entrance trail ends at the start of the Big Room. The Big Room is the largest room in the cave and is filled with lots of “cave art” — stalactites, stalagmites, soda straws, draperies (my
favorite), columns, popcorn.
The map showed a lake --- when we stopped we found a sea of salt.
That Natural Entrance
The trail going down the natural entrance
Draperies
The Lion's Tail --- a "popcorn" formation
A rightmost formation is a Column, the ones to the left are Stalagmite.
Fairyland --- popcorn formations.
Soda straws
favorite), columns, popcorn.
The map showed a lake --- when we stopped we found a sea of salt.
That Natural Entrance
The trail going down the natural entrance
Draperies
The Lion's Tail --- a "popcorn" formation
A rightmost formation is a Column, the ones to the left are Stalagmite.
Fairyland --- popcorn formations.
Soda straws
