2 Oct 2019 - Up early to head to Carlsbad Caverns. So glad we returned to visit as it was closed in Jan 2019 on our last pass through. We spend about 4 hours at the caves, starting with the walk down 79 stories into the cave along switchbacks. We take a tour through the gorgeous Kings Palace and Queens Chambers and then take a self-guided tour through the Big Room. Fantastic cave formations and features to view. We stay on into the evening for the Bat Flight - thousands and thousands of bats swirl out of the cave entrance like a tornado. They rise up and then fly away into the night. Quite a sight to see and the end to a great day.
3 Oct 2019 - Up through the mountains and to White Sands National Monument - white gypsum sands that cover 275 sq miles and are visible from space. Brooding skies contrast against the white sands and we see lots of lightning and an awesome rainbow.
4 Oct 2019 - Torrential downpours clear just long enough for us to stop at Three Rivers petroglyphs. There are 21,000 petroglyphs here and many are easily seen on a short hike. We carry on to Gran Quivira - large pueblo ruins from the 1600s. These ruins look very much like Machu Picchu ruins.
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