A warm, but comfortable night we had last night in our tent. An early sunrise this morning woke us all up quite early. It was so beautiful outside we really didn't mind! Brad and Aidan went running this morning while I starting packing all our stuff up. Jack rabbits ran around camp while the girls and I packed up. Right outside the camp was an open range where these guys were greeting us as we drove down the road. 
We drove about 45 minutes south of where we were camping to Carlsbad Caverns National Park. We purchased a National Park Pass ahead of time. (This was the best idea. It saved us so much money.)
We had an 11 am Kings Palace tour planned. It was about 1 1/2 long and went over 800 ft down into the ground. To say this plan was amazing would be an understatement. I have been in caves before, but this did not compare to anything I have ever seen.
The kids, Brad and I in the end walked over 3 miles. With the temps around 56 degrees, it was much more comfortable than the 90 plus temps outside. The kids did awesome.
The kids were able to finish the Jr. Ranger Program as well.
We left and headed north to Roswell, New Mexico. Brad had to stop and submit a paper for his Ed.S program. So the kids were able to play around the playground. We then finished our drive (a total of around 8 hours) to our hotel in historic Gallup, New Mexico. On our way we saw another beautiful sunset.
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