Monday, June 2, 2008

I dig caves....not literally

You know what I hate, I hate it when places advertise special rates and then you get there and they don't have those rates and try and get you to pay twice as much when the whole reason you went there was because it was the best deal.  The Howard Johnson in San Antonio can bite me. 

It's midnight here in good old San Antonio Texas and I have just gotten in to the Econo Lodge.  I'm waiting for the room to cool down so I can sleep. It's midnight and I'm sweating,  that's no good, I can't imagine what it's going to feel like tomorrow during the day while I'm checking out the ALAMO..... which I know very little about but after tomorrow I should be an expert eh? 

I drove from Carlsbad after I checked out the Caverns. They were amazing....there with the amazing again...... I was in absolute awe the entire time. I took one of the ranger led tours to an area called the "kings palace"(not a spelunking one this time but a definite for next time)  Then I took the elevator back up and turned around and hiked in through the natural entrance. The descent in to the caverns is quite an experience.  The trail is  a little over a mile and very steep,  but it's a nice paved path with handrails and it should not be missed!!! Unfortunately I left my camera in the car so I don't have any pics to share. :(  





4 comments:

Patty Jean said...

Curses! No pics!! What do I pay you for? Oh wait... I don't. :)

Remember the Alamo!!!! And if someone says "Duck!" I'd do it. You can't trust those natives.....

vickster said...

so........we are going to be in Omaha on the 26 of July. Any plans on heading up North...say to South Dakota? Let me know. We are flying in to Omaha and then renting a vehicle and then heading out to discover all of what South Dakota has to offer (including Mt Rushmore of course!) Beth has to be back in Omaha on the 5th of August and we will be flying out from there a couple days later. Love to meet up with you. Let me know.
vickster1961@shaw.ca
or 1 403 606 5086

Brian Luce said...

That sounds totally incredible. Well, well, someone did make it to the Alamo. Did you visit the basement?

I was talking to Vicky, and we were talking about Europe. She would like to go the first week in August. I was wondering what are your plans for July?

Anonymous said...

And I was so looking forward to the pictures......
I'll pass on the geting down on my hands and knees, to look at the caves.LOL

Steve