We've been visiting the special caves in Carlsbad Caverns National Park; and apparently have been bitten by the cave bug. We've taken ranger guided tours through Lower Cave, Left-Hand Tunnel, Spider Cave and Hall of the White Giant. The latter two require some considerable measure of crawling, squirming, climbing, pulling, grunting, ...

and we have assisted microbiologists as they search for life in these extreme environments.

Spider Cave


First ever trip 


April 22, 2000 Family Trip 


August 9, 2001 Science Trip


Hall of the White Giant