Carlsbad Cavern and what else?
May 27th, 2007, 06:59 AM
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Carlsbad Cavern and what else?
We have a week vacation in July. We would love to go to Carlsbad for the bats and the Cave. I am looking for suggestions on what else to see or do or drive to.
Thanks,
Elaine
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Elaine
May 27th, 2007, 07:43 AM
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You could go to El Paso and walk across to Mexico. Our kids got a kick out of going to another country. (They were 9 and 13 at the time) White Sands is also pretty interesting. Keep in mind that it's going to be HOT in July.
May 27th, 2007, 10:33 AM
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White Sands National Monument. It's north of Carlsbad also in NM. It's really pretty there and alot of fun too!
http://www.nps.gov/whsa/
http://www.nps.gov/whsa/
May 28th, 2007, 08:48 AM
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May 28th, 2007, 09:33 AM
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Keith: those were awesome pictures! Thanks so much for sharing! 
seremarcus: Carlsbad is pretty much out in the middle of nowhere in the desert. White Sands is a good suggestion. The places that Keith visited are about the only places in the vicinity: Old Mesilla is part of Las Cruces; Cloudcroft is up in the mountains; El Paso is huge and sprawled out and not much charm.
Then there's Roswell, which Keith didn't mention.
Have a good trip!
seremarcus: Carlsbad is pretty much out in the middle of nowhere in the desert. White Sands is a good suggestion. The places that Keith visited are about the only places in the vicinity: Old Mesilla is part of Las Cruces; Cloudcroft is up in the mountains; El Paso is huge and sprawled out and not much charm.
Then there's Roswell, which Keith didn't mention.
Have a good trip!
May 28th, 2007, 10:00 AM
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Effectively, Carlsbad is in the middle of "nowhere", but a nowhere with some jewels : Guadalupe Mountain national park worth certainly one and even 2 days...
Carlsbad caverns worth 1 day and a half and with or Carlsbad-the town(a nice zoo) or a visit to the Sitting Bull falls and you have 4 days full of occupation.
The best is to lodge in the hotel-a best western if I remember near the caves, because you are not so far from Guadalupe park...
For the rest of the week, or option El Paso(1 day) and a day in Mexico, across the border...
Or I agree with White Sands/Alamogordo,
Cloudcroft(the Lodge is a nice lodge)...
Problem is where to land...
Perhaps in El paso.
The trip could be : El Paso/Alamogordo(2 or 3 nights : White Sands, Alamogordo, Cloudcroft, Three rivers petroglyph site...)
Then, Carlsbad(3 nights : Caverns, falls, Guadalupe)
And back to El Paso, driving thru Guadalupe park to hike or soon to arrive in El Paso and have a whole day there.
Erik.
Carlsbad caverns worth 1 day and a half and with or Carlsbad-the town(a nice zoo) or a visit to the Sitting Bull falls and you have 4 days full of occupation.
The best is to lodge in the hotel-a best western if I remember near the caves, because you are not so far from Guadalupe park...
For the rest of the week, or option El Paso(1 day) and a day in Mexico, across the border...
Or I agree with White Sands/Alamogordo,
Cloudcroft(the Lodge is a nice lodge)...
Problem is where to land...
Perhaps in El paso.
The trip could be : El Paso/Alamogordo(2 or 3 nights : White Sands, Alamogordo, Cloudcroft, Three rivers petroglyph site...)
Then, Carlsbad(3 nights : Caverns, falls, Guadalupe)
And back to El Paso, driving thru Guadalupe park to hike or soon to arrive in El Paso and have a whole day there.
Erik.
May 28th, 2007, 08:18 PM
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There's also gila cliff dwellings that isn;t a far drive from there. What we did was white sands/alamogordo, carlsbad, then gila then back up towards abq and points north - this was our first visit ever to NM. I've been to NM numerous times now and we always do north - we like it better.
