DAY 6- Oliver Lee Park to Carlsbad, NM

After a very long hot night huddling together holding down the tent in the wind,  Luke, George and Cathy climbed out and took on the day.

The rest of the party woke up in Lucy and made breakfast for all.  Then everyone rushed to pack everything up and head out for a long drive. We need to get moving because we want to get to Carlsbad Caverns with enough time to explore.  Then we plan to wait until the sun sets to watch the bats soar out of the caverns! 

First stop

Alamogordo, New Mexico

to see a very large Pistachio

 Of course we all bought some nuts and then piled back into the car for the next stop...

Carlsbad KOA!
(Carlsbad KOA was an excellent place to stay.  The management has thought of everything!  We did miss the sign on the road on the first pass though!)

We unload everything we can from the Van over to Lucy, the RV, so everyone can fit in the van to head out to the

Carlsbad Caverns.

 The caverns were wonderful and well worth seeing!

 As we were in the caverns a storm was brewing outside.  By the time we were heading out to where the bat viewing is held the sky looked pretty ominus.  Grandma decided it was more prudent to stay in the car and watch for lightening.  The more adventurous when down to the viewing area.  But a while down there and they the ranger told them the viewing was canceled because an electrical storm was heading our way.

Bummer, we missed the bats.

Stats:

Fire bans at all the parks, so no campfires yet

No swimming pools yet

3 boo boos

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