Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands

The first weekend in June some people in our ward invited us to go with them to Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands.  We wanted to go there sometime and we figured that was as good of time as any, and it was nice to go with people who knew what they were doing and the good stuff to see.

The first night we got there we went to the bat show at the caves.  It was a little disappointing because not too many bats flew out, but we still saw some.  Riley got a little bored, so we had to move, he played with rocks and tried to eat them.

We camped that night.  We are not the most campy people in the world, but with our big air mattress it wasn't too bad.  It was Riley's first night camping and it wasn't too bad.  In the morning we went to the caverns.  They were really pretty.

Then we drove to a waterfall and the kids played in the water.  It was cold but Riley didn't care.  He loves swimming.

That night we got to white sands.  The sand is so white and fine, it was like playing in sugar.  Riley tried to eat it.  It was especially nice because it wasn't too hot and there weren't very many people.  We camped again that night.

In the morning we went on a little hike and played in some more water.  Then we went back to white sands.  It was really hot, but we still played for a while.  Then we got frozen custard and went home.  It was a fun trip and we did a lot of things and made some good friends in our ward.