Carlsbad Caverns Coming Home...

We may have gone a little overboard on National Parks this summer... if there could be such a thing. But the good thing for Becky and the boys is I bought a book of all the parks across the United States and discovered there are like 40 more I've never been to, so we'll have something to do next summer too! On the way back from Montana, we spent a day with Uncle Andy and Aunt Theresa and then started the long journey back home. We took half a day to visit Carlsbad Caverns on the southern border of New Mexico. I have to say, taking the natural entrance was pretty impressive. You really feel like you're descending into a massive open mouth and it just keeps getting deeper and deeper. All three of the boys did pretty well, given we hiked 2.5 miles and went down more than 700 feet. We didn't get to see any bats or mythical creatures in the underground caverns, but we saw some pretty cool stalactites and stalagmites and other incredible formations. Plus, the gift shop was pretty nice.

Before taking the drive to New Mexico, we went to the Natural History Museum in Salt Lake with Uncle Andy and Grandpa Bill. Nothing like checking out some dinosaurs and other old stuff...