Day Two

Today was our day to explore the caverns themselves. I woke up first and was slowly followed by Brian, then Hudson. Hudson showered and we played UNO while waiting on Reed to get up.

We ate breakfast at IHOP and headed to the park.


These are the cutest park rangers I've ever seen!!!





Reed and Hudson at the opening to the caverns.


On the walkway down...





It stays about 56 degrees in the caverns, so we packed sweatshirts for the boys. I was in shorts and a long sleeved shirt and that was pretty comfortable.


We walked down the constantly (!) steep walkway and turned to look at the opening in which we came- it was pretty cool!





The "whale's mouth" formation...


The boys listening to the audio tour device. They loved it!


This place was AMAZING. The sheer magnitude of these caverns is more than I could believe. They just kept going! We were down there for 3 hours and walked 3 miles! Pictures just don't do it justice and I have only posted a few.








Reed loved taking pictures with his camera- and we loved watching him. He was so stinking' cute!


After we left, we headed to Alamogordo to spend the night. On the way we passed through the Lincoln National Forest. It was a pretty drive.


Hudson didn't care for it. :)


Checked into the hotel, swam in the pool and ate dinner at Chili's. Another long day and a tired little group- but we are having a blast!