[Mama_Bear]

Thank you so much for this information about New Mexico. I went to the "Chaco" website...very interesting. I would love to go there. New Mexico has an allure that I can't explain. I guess "enchanted" says it best. :-)

I also want to go to the Carlsbad Caverns. I have been to the Luray Carverns in Virginia, but I've never been to Carlsbad.

Hundreds of thousands of Mexican free-tailed bats, whirling counterclockwise, spill forth from a gigantic hole in the earth and are silhouetted against a colorful desert sky...this is the bat flight experience at Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

[Mama_Bear]

Carlsbad Cavern's "Bashful Elephant"


This is one of the cave formations that almost everyone remembers years after a visit.

[GailA]

Good Morning FRiends..thought I'd put the Coffee's on before I scotted out the door to go get Rocky's haircut.

[dutchess]

Hi Lori. Heading out the door to Michigan but had to stop in and see what state you were featuring. BEAUTIFUL JOB! Another state to add to my "to visit" list LOL!

Russ...what a touching story. Tears in my eyes too!Your friend Russ is in my prayers.

ladtx...great news about the grandbaby. Continued prayers that she grows stronger every day!

See you all later...should be a beautiful drive today as the colors are changing and it's a beautiful sunny day. Have camera in hand...maybe we'll have to do a cyber trip to Michigan soon!wink wink

[Calpernia]

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Tidbit:

The Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) is a medium sized bat. Their bodies are about 9 centimeters in length, and they weigh about 15 grams. Their ears are wide and set apart to help them find prey with echolocation. Its fur color varies from dark brown to gray.

Mexican free-tailed bats live in caves in the southern United States, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, central Chile and Argentina. Their colonies are the largest congregations of mammals in the world! The largest colony is found at Bracken Cave, north of San Antonio, Texas, with nearly 20 million bats. The bats of Bracken Cave can eat up to 250 tons of insects per night!