Joshua's 10th birthday!

 

 

Also, for Joshua's 10th birthday he had his birthday party that included a movie trip with his friends to see SMURFS 2!

 

 

 

Carlsbad Caverns National Park 2013

We took Joshua and some friends to Carlsbad Caverns for his 10th birthday. He had a lot of fun! Below is some fun facts about Carlsbad Caverns:

 

From a young age, Jim White explored the cavern with his homemade wire ladder. When he grew older, most people did not seem to believe such caves existed. He gave many of the rooms their names.

 

Until 1932, visitors to the cavern had to walk down a switch back ramp-sidewalk that took them 750 feet below the surface. The walk back up was tiring for a lot of visitors. In 1932 the National Park opened up a large visitor center building that contained two elevators that would take visitors to the caverns below.

 

Carlsbad Cavern includes a large cave chamber, the Big Room, a natural limestone chamber which is almost 4,000 feet (1,220 m) long, 625 feet (191 m) wide, and 255 feet (78 m) high at the highest point. It is the third largest chamber in North America and the seventh largest in the world.