Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Travel update
Due to Covid everyone must get online tickets to tour Carlsbad Cavern. We had tickets for 9am on Monday! There are 2 ways to get into the cavern...by elevator that goes down approx. 1000’ or you can walk the Natural Entrance that followed the first explorers’ route, also descending approx. 1000’; we chose the Natural Entrance! This route enters through a large “natural” hole and the path is similar to hiking the Grand Canyon! It is hard to explain how steep the paved trail is, with switchback after switchback and fairly dark. The “natural entrance” travels about a mile and…