Since last Sunday we've moved back into the world where city limit signs tell you the population rather than the elevation. Monday we took the Kings Palace ranger guided tour at Carlsbad Caverns and also took a stroll through "The Big Room". Here are a few pictures from inside the cave...
Monday evening we stayed around for the bats exiting the cave. No pictures are allowed so I have none to post. It was pretty cool but surprisingly there aren't as many bats there as there are in the cave in Mason, Texas.
Tuesday morning we drove down to Marathon, Texas which is about 80 miles north of Big Bend National Park. We looked forward to a night without listening to trucks making deliveries to Walmart. The previous two nights hadn't been great for sleep, even with earplugs- but the price was right. Sure wish I had noticed the train tracks that run by the campground. Being right by an intersection each of the four freight trains that went by during the night had to blow their whistles, repeatedly, as they went by.
Wednesday morning I got a text from my daughter Amy letting me know she had been having some contractions and was going to go to her doctor appointment early. They weren't consistent or very strong so we decided to go ahead and drive through Big Bend National Park while keeping updated with how Amy was doing. Here are a couple pictures of our drive through Big Bend. Not many but it really is beautiful.
As we came out of the park an update from Amy came that made us decided we wanted to head back to Dallas. It made for a long day as we had to get back to Marathon and hook up the trailer before the eight hour drive to Dallas. As we got back close to Ft Worth and Amy hadn't progressed any further we decided to head to Gun Barrel City where we could drop off the trailer and get some sleep. After 15 hours in the truck on Wednesday we got to Gun Barrel City at 1:30 on Thursday morning.
Now we're at my brother's house in Sachse, Texas waiting for Brianna Leigh Bennett to make her grand entrance to the world. I can't wait to see her.
That's it for now.
Take care.
Brian
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