Went to see the bats fly out of Carlsbad Caverns tonight, it such an amazing thing to watch. Their were a lot of people there and we stayed until we couldn’t see any more bats. Bats were still flying out it was just too dark. Even with the full moon we could only see bats when they flew between us and moon. It takes two to three hours for all the bats to fly out each night, between 300,000 and 500,000 bats live in the cave.
This picture is from the national park website. In order not to disturb and/or scare the bats cameras and electronic devices are not allowed to be on or used. We saw a ranger escort three people out of the amphitheater for trying to violate this request.
Current plan is to be here for a few more days and then follow the warm weather to wherever it takes us. Home for Turkey day.
Glad to hear that the BIG storm at home did not materialize and winds were in the 40 mpg range and rain for the week was in the 4-5 inch range. Sunny and 94 here on Sunday.
Here is the view out the front window.
The short line just above the lake is a stop at Lakewood Post Office. I purchased a new camera strap from Amazon which Richard has been using. I had it sent to Brian and then when we decided to come in this direction I asked Brian to send it General Delivery to Lakewood.
We found a site and then went and dumped the holding tanks. We are set for a while.
Chair is on the site post because I had to drive around the loop an extra time, I was to close to the bushes on the left. 
Today’s drive.
Vicki sent me this picture of Jean and I watching the morning balloons. We spent many mornings during the last week setting in these exact spots.
Maps of today’s drive. We are at Cochiti COE Campground south of Santa Fe.
Drove through the campground to find a site and then dumped the holding tanks, after 9 days they were full.
We are in site 7, power but no water.
We went to another site to get water. I have been carrying an extra water hose since we got this motor home, today was the first time I have used it. All the water was up on the hill above the sites on the inside of the loop.
Almost made it, needed several more feet.
Friday night was also an evening glow, however we focused on Star Wars.
Characters kind of marched onto the field. They then spent time taking pictures with the people on the field.
One of the glow balloons.
Two people in our group helped a team inflate their balloon.
This balloon has four tanks of propane.
Before sunrise 12 balloons are inflated and lite by the burners. When the winds are good they will lift off.
Most mornings Yoda and Darth Vader came our way.
We picked up an extra traveler at Bluewater Lake State Park, he just decided to leave.