3 parks/one day

OK, so after white sands a lot happened today. Besides another 525 miles I hit two more parks. I went to Carlsbad caverns and Guadalupe mountain national Park. First about the riding. The desert has a lot of boring riding. It is straight and flat and super windy, which is hard. Today I had a couple good rides. I enjoyed riding out to white Sands this morning. I had about 60 miles of good mountains. After that, the best ride was up the canyon to Carlsbad national Park. I’ve included a couple of boring photos so you can see what it looks like in the middle of the desert.

Carlsbad cavern blew my mind. If you have never been to this park, make sure that is on your future list. Using my national park pass you get a free ticket to go down into the hole. I entered through the natural cavern entrance. That means you have to walk down 79 stories to get to the great room. It is beautiful. I’ve attached a lot of pictures and I know the scale is not represented. But just know that these are all massive.

After that, I went to Guadalupe Mountain national Park. The thing about this park is the mountain structure in the photo is a giant petrified reef from an ancient sea. This park has a very old visitor center and is entirely done by hiking. And right now at 100° it is very hard to do. The Ranger said there have been very few guests lately.

I ended up in vanHorn Texas. Since I’m in Texas, I went out to a steakhouse and was not disappointed. Had a flat iron steak and it was fabulous. Staying at a $51 Motel 6 for the air conditioning and a shower.😂.

There is a tropical storm, Albert, forming in the gulf, which has potential for affecting my route tomorrow. I’m going to keep my route to Big Bend, but then I might run north to avoid the rain that is to follow. So if you’re following me, keep an eye on the weather.Læs mere