After breakfast, I rented a couple of bikes for the two older kids. They chose those funky, lay -back-and-steer-with-your-body bikes and had a lot of fun racing around the campground. They had one Bella's size, but she declined the offer.
We got to Carlsbad Caverns just in time for a big lightning storm which required the natural entrance to be closed. There is the elevator entrance into the caverns (750 feet under ground) and then there's a natural entrance that is about an hour and a half hike down. We wanted to do that, but it was closed due to lightning.
But we spent well over 2 hours walking around the "big room" and got some great pictures. I figured out how to use the time exposure-portrait flash combo on our camera, so it flashed to light us up in the foreground, but stayed open for several seconds to get the background. I'm pleased with how they turned out.
After a day in the caverns, which were a cool respite from the desert summer heat, we drove the short jaunt of 118 miles to Van Horn, Texas, right off Interstate-10...the road that takes us all the way to Florida.
We got settled in the KOA, and ate dinner at Papa's Pantry (the waitress talked me into the Big Will burger, which had everything but the kitchen sink on it. It was yummy.) I took the kids to the pool, which though quite small, was surprisingly 9 feet deep.
Tomorrow is a big driving day to San Antonio. With the time zone changes, the kids didn't get to sleep until after 10. But it was a good day. As we were going to bed, Sofia mentioned that she had 3 work outs today: the bikes, the caverns, and the pool. She's right. It was quite an active day.
4 comments:
I remember those caverns from when I was about Sofia's age. They were pretty cool in more ways than one.
Glad you got to see them.
Are you feeling the difference in the heat yet? I am sure the increase n humidity is making the otherwise lower temperatures still feel pretty hot, huh? Sounds like your trip is meeting your expectations thus far. Love, Mom
I commented before you had finished your blog for the day.
This is one nice thing about the kind of job you have, being able to take long vacations. I miss this kind of time with my family. Treasure every moment.
This is actually from a comment from the previous blog, but I didn't realize the KOA cabins had air conditioners. Thats way cool!!! litteraly LOL!!!
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