For the first time we stayed put for an entire day. It was a good opportunity to catch up on laundry, take care of some logistical things, and enjoy time with the Watkins family (Sheri's sister) who arrived this afternoon. They will be joining us for 2/3 of the trip over the next 8 weeks.
Tomorrow we will explore the caves at Carlsbad Caverns. They are most famous for the evening bat flight program and the unusually large open room in the cave with many different formations. For the bat flight program, the National Park Service has constructed an amphitheater right at the mouth of the cave. Several hundred thousand bats exit the cave each evening in the summer months. We saw this in 2007 and it is definitely worth seeing again. We even read that the park allows morning viewing for folks to see the bats return on specific mornings from 4 am to 6 am. They exit in a tornado like fashion by swirling out of the cave (thousands at a time). However, the return is more like a dive bomb approach. I hope we get a chance to see that!
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