Texas, the gateway to New Mexico, was interesting in its new landscape. New Mexico was the same thing but with heat, oh no it wasn't heat it was sweat, or wait nope its my shorts sticking to my butt, or is it just constant dehydration...we hate New Mexico....
Maybe we just hated New Mexico because we left from Texas in the morning, stopped at two national parks, one awkward horrible dinner in Sante Fe at goodness forbid: Dennys (WHYY!!!), and ended in Colorado where the wind almost took my car away.
First stop in New Mexico: Carlsbad Caverns. Who would ever guess that under the ugly shrubs and desert are these amazing caves. An entire city could fit into the big room of the cave. We saw tons of awesome formations, and learned about guano - a.k.a bat poop, which in spots can be upwards of 40 feet deep and used to be mined as fertilizer (hotstuff, you're amazing too)...imagine accidentally falling into the middle of it and having to swim out..
First stop in New Mexico: Carlsbad Caverns. Who would ever guess that under the ugly shrubs and desert are these amazing caves. An entire city could fit into the big room of the cave. We saw tons of awesome formations, and learned about guano - a.k.a bat poop, which in spots can be upwards of 40 feet deep and used to be mined as fertilizer (hotstuff, you're amazing too)...imagine accidentally falling into the middle of it and having to swim out..
As much as I wanted to touch/climb all these amazing formations, and crawl all over the massive 300,000 ton boulder that fell from the ceiling thousands of years ago (sort of reminds me of a 400 lb, southern speaking, pretty girl, clinging for dear life to some really high monkey bars and finally just letting go) and explore all the cracks and crevices that the walkway did not take you to. I held myself back...If I were to touch the rocks I would leave oil waterproofing them. This means that with each water droplet that makes it through the desert floor flowing down the stalagmite to leave a particle (making the stalagmite grow)..would just fall right off. In essence, you would kill the formation.
We were also told that the Indians did not venture into this lovely cave system. I, however, find this hard to believe. A big hole, right by where I lived, that no one knew where it went, is enough of a tease so that just one adventurous person would break down and go inside.
After we left the damp coolness of the caves we were back in the heat of the desert...gahh...make it end... on to White Sands of New Mexico...
The little Subaru thought it was home and in snow, but nope, just really really really really white sand... actually pretty incredible. Especially when the wind blows and you get covered in sand from head to toe, pretty sure by the end of it, I couldn't see for a few hours due to sand in my eyes, and every time I scratched my head it started "snowing". But nonetheless, a beautiful sight in the middle of an ugly town in New Mexico... (Hotstuff isn't ugly like towns in New Mexico) I am actually led to believe that we were not in New Mexico at all... Ohh and then we saw this scary two headed creature... Still not quite sure what it is or where it came from...It almost attacked Bethy, but I came to her rescue and pushed the two headed monster out of the way, it vanished so quickly in fear that all we got a picture of was its shadow.
Time to drive some more.... onward to Colorado.
6 comments:
The caverns are amazing! I like the two headed monster! Haha.
I gasped when I saw the title of this post. You guys have to go back to New Mexico someday. I know there is only so much time, and you have to pick and choose where you go (and please don't take offense) but I think this was the first mistake of your trip- you went all the wrong places in New Mexico. I didn't want to go to New Mexico and we went and I want to move there now. The climate in the Northern part of the state is perfect- the south is hot and desert. You guys have to go to Taos someday- you'd love it- it is very artsy, has nice people, and some of the best skiing for experts in the country. Too bad everything was closed in Santa Fe-there is Albuquerque, too! And even southwestern New Mexico is better than southeastern- The Gila Wilderness area is probably the best area of its kind in America. Ahhhhh! I'm sorry you had a bad experience- just PLEASE don't let that keep you from going to these places someday. You'd be cheating yourselves. Okay (ha ha) I'll get off my soapbox now. :)
liz ur so pretty hahaha :)
the Indians did explore the caves, but then they stopped when too many of them drowned in giant pools of guano
At least its not Old Mexico. What did you expect something fun that close to Texas?
I have a few friends who would beg to differ with the title of this post :)
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