After a delicious breakfast of eggs, bacon and bread (we forgot to bring the toaster), we got in the VUE and headed off to Carlsbad Caverns NP. Since the trip had been going too perfectly, we were ready for some kind of set back. We were NOT, however, ready for what happened next. Some big mean RV threw a rock up at our new windshield and gave us our first blemish in the new vehicle! This just weeks after replacing the windshield in the car which had been cracked and running for 2.5 years! Well, God showed us again that He has things planned out far in advance, and later that afternoon we found a cool guy at a shop in town that took less that 20min to fill the chip. Amen.
Oh, and while the chip was being fixed, we crossed the street and got a smoothie at the NazzBarr with free WiFi and made a new friend who promised to read our blog. Are you out there???
Carlsbad Caverns is a cave, a really, really big cave. But, no one knows how big, as only about 30 miles of it have been explored. We explored the tourist sections of the cave and ate lunch in the Big Room, which is underneath of 750 of solid rock! We walked from the surface down to the Big Room, explored a bit more, then took the elevator back up. We were both thankful for the elevator!
At sunset, we returned to the opening of the cave to watch the bat flight. Including the migrating bats, there were between 325,000-400,000 Mexican free-tail bats that flew out the cave at sunset to begin devouring half their body weight in insects! The average speed of a bat is 25mph, but they can get up to 60mph with a good tail wind. The sound of their wings was something like a gentle rain. Their exodus from the cave lasted well over 45min. That's pretty batty!
Ok, you cooking rookie! You can have toast over the campfire or stove! All you need to do is butter you bread and stick it on. I think it's the best toast I've ever had, so try it! Love you guys!
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