Lamb Branch Library, Pueblo, CO
Since I'm a skinflint, I opted to take a 1.5-hour, 1-mile self-guided tour of part of "The Big Room." The people you see in the center of the photo are those near where the two elevators deposit one after a quick descent.
Stalagtites and stalactites galore! As we learned in school the former grew from the ground up whereas the latter developed from the ceiling downward.
The park service has distributed lights throughout the Caverns in order either to to highlight a limestone formation or to backlight it.
Plenty of light in this shot even though parts of the formations are black.
Sometimes the formations from the ceiling are called draperies; if they're long and thin, they're called "Soda Straws."
No bats here; they're in another part of the cave near its natural entrance.
One of the more spectacular groups of limestone formations. Believe the stalagmite on the right is called the "Giant Dome" and the two formations on the left are called "Twin Domes."
Though these small formations look like ice crystals, they're not; believe the temperature in the caverns remains at a fairly constant 56 degrees throughout the year. [Think they're called "popcorn." Not so; Popcorn hangs from "Soda Straws."]
What looks like snow is really limestone -- a "Flowstone."
If you have an imagination, these two formations look like a grandfather talking with his grandson.
Links:
- U.S. Park Service pages on Carlsbad Caverns with more photos and information on the bats
- Wikipedia article on Carlsbad Caverns
- More Cave Photos from Google
- Wikipedia article on Carlsbad, NM
Sa 27 Apr Actual Route: Cimarron bd - Cimarron - Raton Lib - Capulin - NM325 bd
Su 28 Apr Route: Capulin NM325 bd - Capulin Volcano Natl Monument - Clayton - Clayton Lake SP
M 29 Apr Actual Route: Clayton Lake SP - Kenton, OK - NM706 bd
T 30 Apr Actual Route: NM706 bd - Clayton Lib - Capulin Volcano NM - Folsom - Branson, CO - Trinidad Walmart
W 1 May Actual Route: Trinidad W/M - Thatcher - La Junta Lib - La Junta Walmart
Th 2 May Actual Route: La Junta Walmart - La Junta Lib - La Junta Walmart
F 3 May Actual Route: La Junta W/M - La Junta Lib - Old Bent's Fort - Rocky Pt - Fowler - Pueblo W/M
Sa 4 May Actual Route: Pueblo W/M - Lamb Br Lib - Pueblo W/M
Su 5 May Actual Route: Pueblo W/M - Pueblo Main Lib - Pueblo W/M
M 6 May Route: Pueblo W/M - Lamb Br Lib - Walsenburg Lib
Finding Campgrounds:
- RV Campgrounds from TrailerLifeDirectory.com
- Family Camping Directories from Woodalls.com
- Free campsites website
- Info on finding BLM Campgrounds
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