Up and walked Sunny. Windy even first thing in the morning. Went to shower to find them closed for cleaning so jumped in the heated indoor pool. Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a few miles south of town then several miles inside the park to the visitors center and cavern entrance. Very nice drive and cool desert plants flowering.
I decided to purchase the National Parks Annual Pass for $80 today. It covers access fees at many federal facilities including BLM and National Forest sites. Hopefully I’ll hit enough places to make it a worthwhile investment.
The Caverns are large and impressive with a lot of formations. There’s more, almost unconceivable, work done by the CCC throughout. After self guided the cave tour, I took a 9 mile drive through the park on a one way gravel road which is marked with a few signs explaining the surrounding area, geography, plants and animals. It was well worth the hour or so it took to travel.
After the scenic drive, I went back into Carlsbad to a Chevy dealership I knew was just down the road from the campground to get an oil change. Headed back and tried to take Sunny for a walk. The wind must have been gusting close to 50 mph and was blowing dust and debris everywhere. Needless to say as soon as business was done we got inside out of the wind. Before it got too late we went and got gas and found an ATM and sorted trip pictures.
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