Under the earth for a morning…

Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico made for a fascinating hike down, down, down 750ft. below the earth.ย  Photos don’t capture it too well.ย  But we all tried.ย  Here are our favorites.
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Oh, and this was just funny.ย  Down under the earth… 750 feet down… there was this useful facility at tour’s end…
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And of course, a spot to eat!ย  Weird.
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And that was our morning at the Caverns.ย  Fascinating.ย  Here again we have it so much easier than our forebears who came in first with rope ladders and then with rustic wooden stairs and lanterns.ย  Now it is lit up strategically by Hollywood light technicians for effect.ย  Really cool.
And that’s the day’s highlight.

Don’t Fence Me In


The wildflowers are subtle here and you have to look close but they are all the more radiant for the wilderness that surrounds them…
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This one’s camouflaged!
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Twins!
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“The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the Word of the Lord remains forever, and this word is the good news that was preached to you.” I Peter 1:24-25
Hope you had a wonderful Easter!!