October 22, 2007 ~ Life in a Fifth Wheel RV ~ Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Carlsbad, Eddy, New Mexico

October 22, 2007

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Dagens baghave:

Backyard of the Day:

Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Carlsbad,
Eddy County, New Mexico

Carlsbad Caverns National Park is located south of
Carlsbad in Eddy County, New Mexico.

Vi startede dagen i Carlsbad Caverns National Park, hvor drypstenshulerne er ufatteligt større end Lehman Caves, om end ikke nær så farverige. Selvom det er den største drypstenshule i den vestlige verden, er det alligevel utroligt, at man kan gå næsten 3½ kilometer ind i en hule, og det var kun for at komme derind! Heldigvis er der en elevator ud, så man ikke selv skal knokle sig alle de 225 meter op til jordoverfladen igen.

We started the day in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, where the caves are unfathomly larger than Lehman Caves, although not nearly as colorful. Although it's the largest underground cavern in the western world, it's still incredible that one can walk more than two miles into a cave, and that's just to get in there! Fortunately there's an elevator to get you back out, so you don't have to climb the 750 feet back to the surface.

Roadrunner udenfor hulens indgang ~ Roadrunner outside the cave entrance

På vej ind i hulen ~ On our way into the cave

Hulen er det meste af året hjem til næsten en million flagermus og mange svaler. Heldigvis sover flagermusene om dagen, så det kun var svalerne, der holdt os med selskab.

Most of the year the cave is home to almost a million bats and many swallows. Fortunately the bats are asleep during the day, so it was only the swallows that kept us company.