Presidents' Day Weekend

Saturday morning we took the kids geocaching and found some great sculptures along the main street in Artesia, New Mexico. Of course several of them had virtual geocaches. We have been through Artesia twice, but never went through downtown. What a surprise to see life size sculptures celebrating the town's history every few blocks!
Bobby and Cathy joined us at Brantley Lake State Park Saturday evening. Sunday we planned to visit Carlsbad Caverns before we separated and went our own way.

Once at Carlsbad we decided to walk into the caverns through the natural entrance.

It was a long way down, but it gave Christopher and DeAnna a good sense of us going underground.

As we walked further into the caverns, it got darker and darker. Our eyes adjusted to the light as we entered the main caverns. Christopher thought this looked like a giant finger!
The whale's mouth is an interesting formation.
We stayed in the caverns looking at the sights until well past lunchtime. Everyone remembered the ranger's advice to use quiet voices while underground.

To get back to the surface, we rode the elevator. The attendant turned off the lights so we rode part of the way in total darkness!

At the top, we ate lunch and said our goodbyes. Bobby and family returned to El Paso and we returned to Brantley Lake.

Monday morning we packed up and traveled to Davis Mountains State Park near Ft. Davis, Texas.