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Still in West Texas ... pretty clouds.

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Here we are at the campgrounds we stayed at ... Abby's already in trouble.  :)

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Our little cabin


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Nate and Abby loved to play in this little playhouse across the street from our cabin

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Desert turtles

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Here we are at Carlsbad Caverns

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This is the Visitor's Center

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There sure are some weird flora in the desert

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Bunch of people waiting in line to buy tickets for the Caverns

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Some Pueblo-looking buildings ... one of which is the restrooms

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Faith and Mom reading a sign while Sherri plows ahead with the other kids.

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Weird looking flora AND fauna :)

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Spit out your gum in the gum bucket before entering the caves.

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Last chance ... the next restrooms are 750 feet below the surface

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Junior and Matthew looking at their audio guides ... mad at getting their picture taken.  Really, though, I was just trying to get the cactus

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Bat flight amphitheater

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Apparently, cactus grow in the desert like Johnson grass does at my house

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Mom taking a picture of me taking a picture of Mom taking...

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Sherri taking a picture of me taking...

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Long, twisting path into the Natural Entrance.

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'Nuff said

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First rest stop

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There were signs throughout the cavern telling about different cave features

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Our first of many cave "lakes" we saw ... at this point, it takes surface water (rain, snow, etc.) 3 months to seep down to this point, one drop at a time

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An older path in the cave

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This looked cool in person ... and dumb on camera

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The underground lunchroom, 750 feet below the surface

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