Well friends,
This is the official last post from Carlsbad NM. We are packing up this AM and pulling out in about two hours. Said our final goodbyes last night to friends and we're ready to leave.
For those of you who are interested, you can follow us on our new blog: glaciersummeradventure
Thanks for following our adventure last year. We hope this upcoming summer brings more fun, friends and life long memories.
Love to you all,
Valerie & John
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Moving on
Hi Friends,
I've got two more days working at the CAVE before our big move north. The past two weeks here have been tough - I've been sick and poor John has had to work and take care of me. I've got enough antibiotics in me to start a pharmacy, but I'm winning the battle.
We will leave Carlsbad for Montana on Thursday. That gives us Wednesday to get all the loose ends taken care of. There are a lot of them, and of course we have the cats too! I'm not sure how excited they will be for a four/five day journy north through Colorado and Wyoming, but it's time.
I will miss the many new friends we've met, but there are three other CAVE personnel going to spend the summer in St. Mary with me. It will be nice to have familiar faces, but most of all, we're excited to be going to GLACIER! I will start a new blog soon and post a link on this one for you all.
I hope you will follow our enw journey to St. Mary, Montana and all that Glacier will have to offer. It's a much shorter season (May to early September), but hundreds of miles of hiking, plenty of animals (bears, moose, cougar, sheep, bighorn, etc), lots of birds, and the Going to the Sun Road still is being plowed. So please join us on our next adventure: GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MT, USA!
Miss ya,
VAL & JOHN
I've got two more days working at the CAVE before our big move north. The past two weeks here have been tough - I've been sick and poor John has had to work and take care of me. I've got enough antibiotics in me to start a pharmacy, but I'm winning the battle.
We will leave Carlsbad for Montana on Thursday. That gives us Wednesday to get all the loose ends taken care of. There are a lot of them, and of course we have the cats too! I'm not sure how excited they will be for a four/five day journy north through Colorado and Wyoming, but it's time.
I will miss the many new friends we've met, but there are three other CAVE personnel going to spend the summer in St. Mary with me. It will be nice to have familiar faces, but most of all, we're excited to be going to GLACIER! I will start a new blog soon and post a link on this one for you all.
I hope you will follow our enw journey to St. Mary, Montana and all that Glacier will have to offer. It's a much shorter season (May to early September), but hundreds of miles of hiking, plenty of animals (bears, moose, cougar, sheep, bighorn, etc), lots of birds, and the Going to the Sun Road still is being plowed. So please join us on our next adventure: GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MT, USA!
Miss ya,
VAL & JOHN
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Underground of Enchantment
Hi Friends,
Today is the opening at Carlsbad Museum is the 'Underground of Enchantment'. It shares the beauty of 'Lechuguilla Cave' with the public. Lechuguilla Cave is a cave they are still exploring in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. To date, it's 130 miles (yes miles) long.
Because of how delicate the cave environment is, only about 100 people are permitted to enter the cave each year. You must have vertical rope skills to enter the cave. Once inside, it is still a challenge to go up, down, and carefully navigate the cave.
Life forms found in this cave do NOT exist anywhere else in the world. Scientist believe that if there is life on Mars, it may be similar to what exists in some of the cave pools in Lechuguilla.
Since most of us will never be able to go into this cave, this exhibit is very exciting. They will be showing 3d pictures of the cave! It opens today in Carlsbad and will be here for several months. After that, the exhibit will travel to outher areas and states.
I've attached a link for those who are interested. I'll be there this afternoon and hope for a great turn out.
Love to all,
VAL & JOHN
Today is the opening at Carlsbad Museum is the 'Underground of Enchantment'. It shares the beauty of 'Lechuguilla Cave' with the public. Lechuguilla Cave is a cave they are still exploring in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. To date, it's 130 miles (yes miles) long.
Because of how delicate the cave environment is, only about 100 people are permitted to enter the cave each year. You must have vertical rope skills to enter the cave. Once inside, it is still a challenge to go up, down, and carefully navigate the cave.
Life forms found in this cave do NOT exist anywhere else in the world. Scientist believe that if there is life on Mars, it may be similar to what exists in some of the cave pools in Lechuguilla.
Since most of us will never be able to go into this cave, this exhibit is very exciting. They will be showing 3d pictures of the cave! It opens today in Carlsbad and will be here for several months. After that, the exhibit will travel to outher areas and states.
I've attached a link for those who are interested. I'll be there this afternoon and hope for a great turn out.
Love to all,
VAL & JOHN
Monday, May 2, 2011
Fire
Last week we had fires both east and west of Carlsbad. The fire west of us burned over 50,000 acres, including parts of Sitting Bull Falls, where John and I hiked a lot this past year. The fire started by campers who didn't put out their campsite. The other fire was started from a spark after a tire blew out. That's how dry it is out here.
The smoke was thick in town, in the cave, it was everywhere. Now, I don't know if it's a coincidence, but I have come down with a nasty chest infection and a horrendous cough. It's finally breaking up now, after four days on meds, but I still feel like crap.
Soon, I'll be ending this blog. In just over two weeks will be my last day at CAVE and we'll pack up the cats, RV, and start our journey to GLACIER! Details on that blog to come soon. I hope you will all follow the new blog as well.
Love to all,
VAL & JOHN
The smoke was thick in town, in the cave, it was everywhere. Now, I don't know if it's a coincidence, but I have come down with a nasty chest infection and a horrendous cough. It's finally breaking up now, after four days on meds, but I still feel like crap.
Soon, I'll be ending this blog. In just over two weeks will be my last day at CAVE and we'll pack up the cats, RV, and start our journey to GLACIER! Details on that blog to come soon. I hope you will all follow the new blog as well.
Love to all,
VAL & JOHN
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