Carlsbad Caverns

OK, so the Carlsbad Caverns were incredible. Dave really enjoyed seeing them ....and the scientist in me came out....once we got past the entrance with the cave swallows swooping in and out. The choice was to take the elevator down about 800 ft or do the 1 and 1/2 hour walk thru the "natural entrance". There were signs everywhere warning of "possible exhaustion and weak knees". they didn't mention that in spots it would be so dark we wouldn't be able to see the numbers on our audio-tour-guide-gadgets. But the walk down was so worth it.....giving a feel for the immenseness of the cavern and also some of the history about the man who discovered this with no path to lead him as well as those people in the 102-'s who came down steep wooden stairs to see all of this (and then had to climb back up). Nowadays you have to take the elevator up.....not that we had any other thoughts.
The caverns themselves were amazing. it's very hard to convey the variety and immensity of it all. Pictures do not really even convey a portion of what is there. Yes, Dave had a great idea to go see this. On the other hand, when he mentioned putting Mammoth Cave in Kentucky (the longest in the world) on the what-to-see-next list......well, we may have to talk.
After the caverns it was off to Abilene, Texas. Travelling across the ranche and farms of Texas, we met up with many, many bugs on our windshield. And if the government could meddle in our lives a bit more, it would help if they required farmers to post what their crops are. We kept seeing 1 crop but could not label it even after googling "Texas agriculture".
Now we are nicely parked in a KOA rv park.....the sound of the cicadas is beautiful to us city-folk.