RV LIFE | CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK | FULL TIME RV LIVING IN NEW MEXICO | 750 FT UNDER! | EP159

CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK IS 2.5 MILES OF MAGICAL TRAILS 750 FEET UNDER THE SURFACE! The most impressive way to enter the cave is to walk down the perfectly paved, steep, switch backing pathway. This is called the natural entrance, and allows you to slowly immerse yourself in the beauty of the cavern over the 1.25 mile walking trail path into it. If this sounds too strenuous, there is an elevator that will take your group down 750 feet down (10 stores) directly to the floor of the main cavern area. This area has two paths. The main path is a 1.25 mile loop, with a "short cut" to decrease the loop length trip to 5/8th of a mile if you prefer.
Sue is 63 and I am 68, and it was very doable. Make CERTAIN you wear grippy, heavy duty shoes or hiking boots that will allow your ankles and front of your foot to "lean into" the front shoe laces for 1.25 miles trekking in. If you wear flimsy shoes or flip flops, you will be sorry!
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[@jennaweiss7789]

Hi! It's your crazy biking neighbors, Jenna and Russ! Thanks for the shout out and capturing our journey up that very long hill. We hope our journeys bring us together again! Safe travels!!

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Hey Jenna. I wish we wouldn't have detoured to the Bat Parking Area first before heading back to camp. It would have been nice to catch you on the way down, and then talk to you guys! You are both our fitness idols!

[@PatrioticUSAmerican]

Mark and Sue, your RV Adventures are such a pleasure to watch. There is so much to learn and experience from all of your uploaded videos. Thanks for sharing.

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Our pleasure Frank!

[@DoMoreHappy]

Carlsbad Caverns are on our bucket list whenever we make it out that way. Great tour and beautiful sunrise. Fewer crowds is a plus. Wow! 750 foot elevator ride.

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

You should add it to a book divided by states that I suggest you keep! That has worked out well for us. When someone goes somewhere cool, we just add it to the corresponding page in our travel book. We will be in Montana this summer, and when we looked at that state in the book we keep it had TWO things to see that we had forgotten about!

[@ronmcdaniel1583]

ABSOLUTELY a wonderful tour of the caves! Thanks for taking us along. SAFE TRAVELS

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Glad you enjoyed it Ron!

[@fabulouspinkmk10]

Mark I love your comments and how your ❤ Sue, she is the sweetest thing ever. I am hooked and subscribed because of that. You both make the drive and the adventures so enjoyable. I appreciate all the thouthful information we receive, thanks Sue. Now back to the vid😊👍

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Thanks so much for the kind comment!

[@larryv4249]

Fantastic tour. Mark you are such a good operator of the drone, to be able to navigate through all of those obstacles......you are surely Top Gun material!!!!

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

I have to admit visibility was a challenge. Thanks for the kind comments!

[@harterbob]

Another great video, Marc and Sue. We’ve never been to Carlsbad Caverns. Now we’ll have to go. Beautiful.

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

You should Robert! This cave was probably the best we have been in since we started traveling in 2017.

[@lovesweetpeas47]

Nice to see this again, my hubby and I were there in 1976. It was spectacular, would love to see it again. Thanks for the video,

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Glad you enjoyed it! I dare say the place has gotten better and way more accessible.

[@denisetruax2765]

Really enjoy all your videos 👍 This one was special for me to relive my family’s day at Carlsbad caverns from back in the 70’s😃 Still as wonderous now as then! Thank You for sharing

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Glad you enjoyed it Denise!

[@robertroth287]

Amazing tour. Will add this to my bucket list. Thanks for sharing.

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Our pleasure Robert!

[@melindahutchinson196]

Wow what a beautiful place thanks so much for sharing.

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Thanks for visiting Melinda.

[@ramonlicha3881]

Great video as always! Stay safe and healthy! Enjoy and safe travels!

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Thanks for watching Ramon.

[@bobhewlett3633]

Very cool. On the bucket list. Thanks. Travel safe.

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Our pleasure Bob! You are going to like the Gila Forest Catwalks we visited as well.

[@danettehead7353]

Wow awesome video thanks 👍 Mark cracks me up 🤣

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Glad you enjoyed it Danette!

[@teamnash55]

Nice job on the Carlsbad video. Great place to visit

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Glad you enjoyed it Richard!

[@malcolmcooper1515]

Thanks for the information and entertainment Sheffield England

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Glad you enjoyed it Malcolm,...........from Sheffield!

[@InspiredLifewithNimfa720]

Love this video. My dream is to travel around in an RV. Thanks for sharing. Best. #inspiredlifewithnimfa

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

You can do it! Just do your homework and pick the right equipment to travel in that you can easily afford. And remember, no matter what you buy, it will fall apart. You need a reserve fund for repairs along the way for as long as you own it.

[@stea2494]

Great video thank you for the tour. This is so beautiful.

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

You are so welcome S!

[@brendanwalsh1675]

Wow! Thanks for taking us underground! This video was real deep! We love our Sundays with you both. That's on our bucket list now! Brendan & Lena Frozen Sneakers, Pa.

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Our pleasure Brendan! We are glad the rules for filming in a National Park for a KZbinr changed so we could bring it to you!

[@gman77gas]

Very nice...on my bucket list!

[@gman77gas]

Nothing like the " Money Shot" !

[@gman77gas]

You will only have a chance of getting the Bends if you where breathing compressed air at depths and a time factor. What you are feeling is hunger..i would be and soar feet! Hot Foot!

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Remember the good ole days when you were young & invincible and went ICE DIVING and then followed it up with SHARK DIVING!!!

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

You got that right! "a crucial or climactic moment, especially in a movie........... "and now for the money shot: The Titanic shearing in half in the middle of a freezing ocean"

[@gman77gas]

@@OurJourneyInMyles ya..thats the movie!!!🤫

[@jimbertrand2499]

Great tour for the bucket list. No used to getting PRO TIPS from SUE!

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Glad you enjoyed it! Looking at booking a trip to Mammoth Cave on the way to Florida this winter!

[@catherineclark8156]

We were there last month and I agree it should be on everyone's bucket list. One of the most fascinating, beautiful places we've every seen and experienced. You did a great job with your video but I've yet to see any pictures or video's that does the cave justice. So glad we didn't take the elevator down we would have missed so much. Thanks for the video!

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

We agree! When I visited this place 50 years ago I didn't appreciate the splendure that I did this time.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Yes, that was a good series! Great vid, really enjoyed the Cavern................ 👍👍👍

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Thanks for the visit TP!

[@thomastheys6681]

Great vids and info! Thomyt

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Appreciate it Thomas!

[@jongolsteyn7031]

Great video. Those caves looked cool. I bet you were happy to take the elevator back up instead of walking.

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Very! If that elevator ride was $40 extra, I would have paid it! It was heavenly not having to worry about that trek.

[@genehall1049]

If you like Carlsbad Caverns I highly recommend Karchner Caverns in Benson, AZ. It’s a living cavern and it is stunningly beautiful.

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Thanks Gene. I just adding these Caverns to our Arizona Attractions page in the book that we keep so we know what to see when we arrive in a state! Gotta have a plan!

[@MonacoMike]

We were there the same time of year in 2019. It was the 2nd time for me but the 1st time for the wife. Great experience. We got there just in time for the last group being able to go down and then stayed for the bat exit. They make you shut off ALL electronic devices, including cameras. It's past sunset before they come out so you wouldn't be able to capture any good photos anyway. They make you be REAL quiet and sit still during the entire exit. They have it illuminated real well inside so you really don't need any extra lighting and in fact you'll get your best photos/videos without additional lighting. It's amazing how much your eyes get acclimated to the darkness. When we were on the way out the ranger was turning the lights off behind us and then you can't even see your hand in front of your face :-) Enjoyed the video. Brings back some nice memories.

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

The way the small amphitheatre was set up told me it must be quite the spectacle!

[@MonacoMike]

@@OurJourneyInMyles Actually that late in the year you didn't miss much. There are a few left but most have gone south into Mexico by then. I hear you really need to be there in July or Aug to really see a lot of them. It's interesting that no one group of them reside there. It's more of a stopping off place as different groups transit through.

[@markdominguez4645]

We RV about the same time October 23rd for us . We took our 5 year old Granddaughter , she had a wonderful time in the cavern. We could hardly keep up with her. It was 31 years ago we 1st visit the cavern and my wife was pregnant with our granddaughter mom.😂 We also stop at Sitting Bull Falls. It’s worth making Time for, very Beautiful place.

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

This place out classes most things we have seen! Thanks for checking it out!

[@LisaMac457]

So amazing ❣️ Thanks so much for sharing 🤗

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Thanks for watching!

[@gd198070]

Very interesting video thanks for sharing. Just wondered if you were able to view area where the bats were roosting. Maybe not since all that guano would be pretty odorous and unhealthy

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Not that I know of. The tours were NOT ranger guided. If it was, I am certain that would have been an important topic covered.

[@sherriweber7105]

Thank you for this video. Very nice seeing the caverns and learning about them. Can’t believe you said the couple who Eder your neighbors they ride on their bikes there then walked in the caverns. I wonder how they did. Were you tired? I know I would be. Great video. Thank you for the video. See you soon. Stay safe. Have a great week.

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Our pleasure Sherri! Those neighbors of ours were simply in amazing shape!

[@jennaweiss7789]

We were definitely tired...but not as bad off as I thought we were going to be on the way up. We bike a lot, so that helped. But 25 miles in Florida (home base) is very different than 7 miles at elevation up a small mountain in New Mexico. It was by far the hardest bike ride I've taken in years. The ride down was a blast! It took us an hour to go up and then 20 minutes to go down hehe. As for amazing shape, Mark is too kind. We are in decent shape. Haha.

[@andrewlabat9963]

Toured the caverns back in 88..

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

My first time was in 1970! This time was 50 years later. It got even better!

[@JerseyRV]

Mark and Sue, As always, thanks for taking us along on your adventures. This was amazing. We’ll definitely put this on our bucket list. See you next week! Bill and Mark, aka JerseyRV

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Our pleasure Bill and Mark! Next week is an ebike adventure on the Santa Clara River Bike Trail.

[@allanwarmflash4440]

thanks guys we love caves great vid safe travels come to Texas lots of caves

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Thank you! Will do! We have relatives in Austin and I'm planning to be back there one of these seasons!

[@allanwarmflash4440]

Austin is a fun town safe travels

[@michaelsiemens4414]

Thanks Mark & Sue! Definitely on our must visit list! MnM

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Our pleasure Michael! Thank God we saved places like this as National Parks!

[@dpfreeman1]

Great tour. We were glad to see something we will never get to see

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Thanks for stopping in Pam.

[@BenNstyle]

Beautiful job recording in the cave! Mark, the GoPro lighting was well worth the investment! Excellent lighting!

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Glad you enjoyed it Ben. It was an impossible task, yet that little light really helped the cause!

[@jimmartinson4280]

Mark, your are a point one percenter, that’s why you know what nitrogen necrosis is. Very interesting video. I love the drone shots on silent mode.

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Thanks 👍 Jim. I DID miss the fact that the air we were breathing was not compressed air though!

[@dianagreen7290]

So happy to hear that you enjoyed Carlsbad Caverns. We’re just up the road from there, near White Sands. Have you been there?

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Yes I have,..........we did a video on our White Sands adventure and loved every minute of that Park!

[@piushorning4869]

to be young again is one thing, not too sure about the foolish part. I have always wanted to stop at the caverns but have never made it. I thank you for taking me with you to the big room. I felt like I was with you all the time. Thank you for a wonderful tour. Can't wait until I get to tour with you again. I do wonder how a short fat guy like me with back problems could walk all that way down and then back to the elevators. Where to next?

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Thanks for stopping in. Next week is our Santa Clara River eBike Trail Adventure,.............and the following week will be possibly be our Gila National Forest Catwalks in New Mexico!

[@hughgonzalez8958]

Great video. What campground did you stay at for the Carlbad caverns? Thank you.

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

The previous weeks video highlights the campground we stayed at. It was called Whites City RV Park, in Carlsbad NM.

[@davelauraphillips8814]

Nothing on that clock says AM. The ears on the mule deer look so funny compared to the whitetail deer around here. EDIT - Did you feel claustrophobic and how long is the elevator ride up?

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

The cave is GIANT and has an extremely open air feeling. ZERO claustrophobia. The three elevators are quite large, and could hold about 20 folks (Pre-covid) The deer's ears look like rabbit ears!

[@bobehmann9859]

Mark, what's the tolerance on the 199.9997 weight?

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

Don't tell anyone, but unfortunately I would say Plus 7/Minus 2

[@stevewhite3753]

Wow has not changed much since the last time I was there in about 1972 with my dad

[@OurJourneyInMyles]

You got that right. I just forgot most of what I saw in 1970, and needed my memory updated!