Carlsbad Trip Part 3

Ok, so here is part 3 of our Carlsbad trip! On the last day me and some of my family and church freinds went to a separate cave on a Ranger guided tour. The cave had no electricity so we were required to bring flashlights. It was amazing!



Getting ready to leave...


Looking at one of the Guadalupe Mountains


Coming up the trail


The trail was pretty rough. Thankfully, it was only a half of a mile.


Still hiking up..


The Guadalupe mountains again.



Taking a short break.


We made it up the trail and waited for the Rangers to unlock the gate to the cave.


Jonathan (Sorry about the bad lighting.)


Dad


Jonathan and Micah


Jeremiah


A  stalagmite


Jeremiah, (If you can see him,) looks transperant!


This formation was known as "The Klansman" (I liked to call it "The Grim Reaper!)



More cave stalagmites


Coming to the cave entrance


Jeremiah posing for me


Jonathan leads everyone in going back down the trail...


Dad coming down...


Kelsey!


Driving back to Rio Rancho, NM.


These two pictures were taken by Kelsey for fun. (It was dark and if you jerked the camera a bit it would smudge and mix up the colors.)


The bus driver...Dad!



Golden and orange hues.

I really enjoyed the whole trip as it was awesome to look at some of God's artwork and spend time with my family and freinds. Even though they are beautiful and breathtaking, they are nothing compared to what awaits us in Heaven. Now, THAT is a pretty cool thought!

Monday, October 12, 2009

Carlsbad Trip Part 2 (Finally)

          My family, some church friends, and I recently went to Carlsbad Caverns, NM. The Caverns were magnificent and it awed me to think that someone could believe that they were made by chance. Kelsey and I have taken some pictures and I hope you can see what I mean. (I do recommend taking your own trip to see them.) These are the pictures for the hike we went on in the main cavern.
                           
This looking out to Texas. It was quite a view!



   
Christopher Columbus Jr, ie Micah


Keturah


Jeremiah


The scenery


This the entrance to the cave. We also sat here to watch the bats come out at night! The Rangers said there was about 425,000 bats living in the cave!!!! WOW.




These picts are all going into the cave.


The entrance


Jeremiah going through a short tunnel.


Looking back at the entrance. (This was called the "twilight zone.")


I like to call this formation "the sperm whale".


Kelsey


Jerimiah leading the way.


Boy, it was dark sometimes!


Jonathan and Micah


Jonathan and Josiah


(Left to right) Mykeala, Jonathan, Josiah, Mom, and in the backround is Dad.


Proof of God's Handiwork


Keturah fell asleep on Dad's back.


Light


Our whole family except Kelsey. (Who took this picture.)


Some awesome formations!


Kelsey, Mykeala, and Micah climbing into our van.

Well, that was the second part of our adventure in Carsbad, we still had another one on the way! It takes form as "part 3" on my blog, so stay tune! :)
If you haven't read part one click here to read it on my sister, Kelsey's blog!
Thanks for reading and my deepest apologies for not posting in a while. 

Thursday, October 8, 2009

 
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