Coronado Cave Spelunking
I think my husband and I enjoy rolling around in the dirt more than the average person. Maybe that's part of the reason we went back to the Coronado National Memorial... But hopefully good times were had by all.
There was a short hike to the cave. It starts to get a little steep but it's still an easy hike with good views.
At some point, water runs through here...
This is us, somewhat clean, right before entering the cave.
Like I mentioned previously... I think my husband and I enjoy the dirt more than the average person.... Look at that sheer, unadulterated expression of joy!
Exploring some of the smaller tunnels that lead to nowhere.
The cave is smaller than I remember. I think after about 40 minutes of exploring and making bad decisions, we headed out for a late lunch.
We took the scenic and faster route through Bisbee and headed over to Tombstone where we were treated like, uh, VIP in our private parlor at the Longhorn Restaurant. I highly recommend them over the "famous" Big Nose Kate's restaurant. We were initially going to lunch there but the rude service and kiddy fold-out table they sat us at convinced us to head over to the Longhorn Restaurant, where we were treated kindly and the ribs were delicious.
Fight! Fight! Fight!
The infamous Clanton's and McLaury's tombstones.
Interesting encryptions.... do you think Chink Smiley was a nickname? =P
Hmmm... do you think that's a nickname... or if there really are two Chinese buried there? =P
All in all, another awesome day of adventure!
Coronado Cave
Fees: FREE
Website: nps.gov/coro
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