Early this morning we returned to Carlsbad Caverns and this time we entered through the Natural Entrance, past the Bat Flight Amphitheater where we remember watching the bat flight at dusk one evening in September 1974. No bats there today though. They’ve gone south to Mexico for the winter. Today we opted for the ranger led King’s Palace Tour. The ranger embarrassed us by making a big deal out of the fact that we’d been there to celebrate our first anniversary and were back to celebrate our thirty-fifth!
Off the beaten path is Hampstead is the more than three hundred year old Burgh House with a fascinating history. It’s now a community center, local museum, gallery, concert venue, event space, and more open to the public four days a week. We popped over for a bite to eat and to peruse the galleries to learn a little more about Hampstead history.
Ever since its debut on Broadway the two of us have wanted to see “Wicked the Musical”. Today we realized that dream. In the Apollo Victoria Theater in London’s West End we were witness to the incredible prequel to The Wizard of Oz, the story of the Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
What, no wild cave tour?! I bet Carlsbad would be an awesome cave to explore on one’s stomach.
You should have just grinned when the ranger mentioned thirty five years.
Sunday, November 23, 2008 – 07:27 PM