On our way down we stopped in San Antonio, at a place called "Buckhorn" which had great burgers and apparently has the seventh best burgers in all of the U.S.! Quite the accolade.......but there were good.....eventhough the decor in the place was a bit strange.....(see the photo of Cam and Mac standing in front of a stuffed Mountain Lion!)
We stayed at the Inn of Mountain Gods in Ruidoso. It is a beautiful place and if you ever get a chance it is a fantastic picturesque place to stay. The kids loved it there and we had fun walking round the lake, feeding the ducks, going swimming in the pool and having a delicious steak and lobster dinner in the fancy restaurant.
We went down to Roswell where we visited the UFO museum, which was nice and super cheesy. But I suppose if you do go to Roswell, NM this is a place you have to go. Cam enjoyed it.
Carlsbad National Park was the main place we visited and we walked all the way to the bottom of Carlsbad caverns and really enjoyed it, eventhough Kenny had to carry both the girls for last half mile thru the caverns! The rock formations are just spectacular and the kids liked guessing what each of them looked like.
We stayed at the National Park and had some dinner in the really nice cafe they have there while we waited till sunset. We stayed to watch the bat flight from the caverns that night where nearly half a million bats fly out the cavern mouth and you can sit and watch them all leave. It was quite an amazing experience to see this sight.
Dinner time at Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Cam the Park Ranger
Our last day was spent just enjoying going around Ruidoso and doing a bit of shopping which was fun......esp when Genevieve had won $250 in the 10mins she spent in the casino at our hotel!
Southern NM Vacation - Oct09
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