Carlsbad Caverns

Friday morning, July 19th, we visited Carlsbad Caverns since it was on our way from El Paso to Wichita Falls, Texas.  It is located in the Guadalupe Mountains which is shown below.  Guadalupe Peak was quite impressive

Below is the view from the visitor's center and me in front of the building

The caverns were just amazing!  We only had two hours to visit so we opted to save time and take the elevator down the 754 feet to the cave rather than walk down.  It was a good thing we did because the elevator also saved our poor legs and feet.  That cave is ENORMOUS!  We walked and walked for those two hours and never saw anything twice.  It was just incredible and I am so glad we made the time to go.

this stalactite is called a lions tail

These are called curtain stalactites