Carlsbad Vacations, Carlsbad Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Tonight we are in Carlsbad, NM. we pulled in to the Best Western, which was a big nice place and found that a they were fully booked, and so were two other places. On the third try we found the Days Inn and they had rooms available.  What would make this a busy place on a Monday night?  I finally felt like a regular meal for dinner so we asked and were told of a good local diner named Beavers.  This was a blessing. I love small, local eateries where the people go just for a g...

I was sooo excited to take the 4 hour caving tour on Saturday where you get to crawl around the cave off the trails.  And then I was soooo bummed when I found out the tour was sold out - in fact, they sell out a month in advance!  I wish the website would have mentioned that!  I almost didn't make the 4 hour drive down there because I don't like regular cave tours.  As a geologist, I know a fair bit about caves and I don't like listening to the stories of, "if you look ove...

What is "Spelunking"?  The real difference between caving and spelunking is caving is like Carlsbad Caverns….they have lights and paths made for you and spelunking has none of that so when you go into caves you have to take your own equipment, lights, repel, head and knee gear, food & water…some people even take diving gear….go in and eventfully make your way out.  It is fun even when you get lost! LOL Slaughter Canyon Cave (New Cave) near Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico Too...

In order to assure he wouldn't miss me too much on my year abroad, my dad and I planned a roadtrip. 40 hours together in a little car ought to do the trick. The second half of our trip was from Houston to Santa Fe, via Carlsbad, NM. Amazingly enough, there's not a lot to see in West Texas or eastern New Mexico. It was a lot of ghost towns, tumble weeds and wind. Spotted with the occasional Dairy Queen oasis, to our delight. With only 2 cds in the car and a not so appealing variety of country ...