We left the motor home at the White City campground and drove about 6 miles up to the entrance of Carlsbad Caverns, arriving at about 9:30 AM. Our National Park Pass gave us free admission for the Natural Entrance Tour and the Big Room Tour. We purchased tickets for the 10:00 AM ranger guided tour of the King’s Palace. Although we had been to Carlsbad Caverns years ago with our kids it was even more spectacular than either of us remembered. The caverns are truly awe inspiring! We completed the three tours and got back to the motor home just before 2 PM. We headed toward Fort Worth by way of Highway 285 South to Pecos, TX and then east on Interstate 20. We traveled through Odessa and Midland and decided to stay in Big Springs, TX for the night. We arrived about 6:45 PM got registered and set up then went to a small local restaurant called Herman’s. The outside was very non-descript but the inside was nice, the food was good, and everyone there seemed to know each other. I think we heard “Hi Ya’ll” at least 50 times during the time we were there.
