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Before driving back east in June 2003, I visited two other national parks: Carlsbad Caverns (in Southern New Mexico, with the biggest caves in the Western Hemisphere) and Big Bend (a big park in Texas -- which is the 35th state I've backpacked in). To see all the pictures in sequence, click the first picture (or here) and then just keep clicking the right-arrow for the next picture.

00 - The Natural Entrance to Carlsbad Caverns 01 - The Natural Entrance from inside the cave 02 - Natural Entrance Route 03 - Natural Entrance Route 04 - Natural Entrance Route 05 - Restaurant 750 feet below ground 06 - King's Palace Tour - stalactites 07 - Stalagmites 08 - Column and almost column 09 - Stalagmites 10 - Rock curtain 11 - Wet and still growing 12 - Pool of water 13 - Going into the Big Room 14 - Nice rocks 15 - The Big Room could hold many football fields 16 - Almost Touching 17 - The Big Room 18 - Thin columns 19 - Castle 20 - In Big Bend, I did a loop hike to the South Rim 21 - Yucca plant next to trail 22 - View of Chisos Basin below 23 - Nicely constructed trail 24 - Agave plant 25 - Agave base 26 - Agave flowers 27 - Flowing upper Boot Creek 28 - Why Boot Creek is so named 29 - Hazy view into Mexico from the South Rim 30 - Another view from the South Rim 31 - The only time my tent was rained on was in Big Bend

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