Early in the morning we moved to a larger campsite and set up our tent. I met an interesting woman named Kelly who is a schoolteacher, traveling around the US on her summer break. She was quite adventurous and was doing it solo. She had seen the bats a few nights before and went back because it was so wonderful. 
There was no shade so we headed for the pool. Needless to say, we got nasty sunburns. The wind picked up and all the unpacking and camp set up had to be tied down and repacked. As you can see from the leaning tree, its pretty constant. We had sixty mile an hour winds that whipped the tent so bad we filled it up with as much as possible so it would not blow away.
In the evening we jumped in our cars to drive the 32 miles to Carlsbad Cavern. Heading out of the campground, my worst nightmare came true...there was a huge snake in nearby. To our amazement, it was being bullied by a road runner. I learned that road runners eat snakes. Circle of life.
In the evening we jumped in our cars to drive the 32 miles to Carlsbad Cavern. Heading out of the campground, my worst nightmare came true...there was a huge snake in nearby. To our amazement, it was being bullied by a road runner. I learned that road runners eat snakes. Circle of life.
We arrived at Carlsbad in time to get seats for the bat flight. The park ranger gave a short presentation then the bats did their show. Wow, I cannot describe how awesome a half million bats can be. They swirled out of the cave in a counterclockwise vortex and then headed north.
Back to the campground we slept well....except for the sunburns.
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