Carlsbad Caverns

When John hit his COVID burnout point back in December, he planned a trip out West completely himself. I honestly gave very little input. One of the things he really wanted to do was go into Carlsbad Caverns. 

When he looked on the website when he first planned the trip, it said the Caverns were available first-come-first-serve. Then, a few days ago, we realized they had changed it and were now taking reservations. John was disappointed, but this has been a wonderful trip with 15 days away from the ER, and we weren’t going to fret about small things that didn’t go as planned (including hitting my head on things in the small places of our camper over and over again.)

We decided to go into Carlsbad and see what we could see. We got there and the lady at the counter said some people had not shown up, and we could go on a self-guided tour for free with Abigail’s fourth grade pass. 

I teared up and thanked the lady profusely ... I told her this was a recovery trip after a year in the ER for my husband. She started crying. I was crying! All because we got to go into a cavern. 

The world can be a very beautiful place sometimes!!