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An early morning trip to Carlsbad, especially one off season is the way to go.  We were among the first to enter the cave and quickly motored our way to the head of the group, even beating some of the rangers to their posts.  The quiet and solitude really added to the overall cave experience.  This is by far the largest and most spectacular cave Ive ever been in.  I have seen some more interesting speleoform rock formations, but the sheer size and breadth here will never disappoint.  They designed a very nice cave loop that takes you down down down to 800ft below the surface where you can tour the cave on your way down and then loop around through the miles of rooms and formations back to a set of elevators that hauls you back up.  We were happy to see that we wouldnt have to huff it all the way back up the steep winding path.  With that great adventure behind us, we're off to the outskirts of Austin TX to visit the local Bunnell clan.  We hear the diminutive natives are restless...