Gaudalupe Mountains and Carlbad Caverns National Parks

There are not to many photos for these 2 parks.  The day we were at Guadalupe, it was about 45 degrees with 50 to 60 MPH winds.  Not much fun !  At Carlsbad Caverns, due to user error, none of my photos in the caverns came out; either underexposed or blurry - sorry. We had never heard of Guadalupe Mountains NP until we started looking at the route we were going to take to get to Carlsbad.  Guadalupe is about 3 miles SE of Carlsbad, right at the border in Texas.  Both were worth the trip.

On the road to Guadalupe Mountains NP.  The tallest point in Texas, the one just to right of center, is Guadalupe Peak at 8,751'.

The entrance.

On one of the trails.

The remains of a stagecoach way station.

The mountain peak to the left is El Capitan.

Self portrait.I didn't have a heavy coat, so I had to bundle up in layers.

The visitors center from the trail.

A small pond created by ranchers who lived there about 60 to 70 years ago.

A small spring along a nature trail.

It was just about as cold and windy when we arrived here the next day. Good thing it was all underground.

Going down to the entrance.

Would have been rough going down without the meandering walkway.

Yes, it was just as dark down there as it looks !