We set off at 7.30am and apparently we were leaving early because it was a long drive, when in actual fact it was only around 4.5 hours! We got to roswell around 10.30 and we were excited as we wanted to see some alien stuff....museum, shops and explore, so did some of the others expecially one who had said at the welcome meeting when we were asked what we were most looking forward to he said "roswell for the aliens"....well we didnt get taken to any of the places roswell is famous for .....we got taken.... To the zoo!?!?!?! A group of adults got taken to the zoo!! We couldnt believe it! We dont like zoos, i dont like that the animals are locked up and this one was terrible they had bob cats in a round cage about 4 square meters ....if that, 2 of them and there territorial range is between 5-50 miles! And the roof was like a circus roof pointed and colourful! I hated it and they had bald eagles in a stupidly small cage. Thats all i saw i was so angry. We had stopped here to have lunch..... At 10.30!!! Me, luke and jasmin were fuming, up until this point i was trying not to let him bother me to much but we were so angry! We have come all this way to a place famous for something and we were at the zoo!! I dont need to say much more about it other then it was shit and i was angry! I decided that i needed to say something to dylon as if luke did he would end up shouting at him! So as we approached the van there was only one talking to him so i thought this was a Good time, it was really bothering me and i have learnt not to let things poeple do bother me like they use to i either need to say something or ignore it and i am glad i have adopted this new attitude as it was making me feel less stressed and quite frankly happier! There is no point walking around being angry with someone but saying nothing! Anyway he was doing something in his phone and i asked him if we were going to any ufo museums and he said no, and i said its a Bit odd that we are in roswell and we have come to a zoo!?!? And he said he didnt get the feeling anyone wanted to go there (all the while looking at his phone!) and i wanted to say did you ask anyone!?!? But i didnt i just ended the conversation, it was like talking to a child, how can he base his decisions for the group based on his feelings, i cannot believed he asked no one and then took us to the shittiest zoo i have ever been to!! It was crazy! I later found out that the other couple wanted to go to see the ufo stuff and that most of the group hated the zoo! But did they say anything.....no! And thats why we look like we are moaning all the time and they dont ! Because they are playing follow the leader!! It was stupid.
Moving on.....we continued to carlsbad national park which was the home of the carlsbad caverns and a world heritage site. You could either do the hike down to the caves or get the elevator and have more time to walk around the caves, well me and luke were going to take the elevator and jasmin decided to get the elevator aswell, so he went and got the tickets. And then came out said the people doing the hike come with me and you three you go over there... And just sort of pointed and left he was really shitty, he really hates being confronted and it makes him behave shitty towards us and then a couple of hours later he is over it and nice! Its like witnessing a toddler have a tantrum! Anyway us three went on the 1.3mile walk around the caves which were very similar to the waitamo caves in new zealand but bigger and better, we got some great pics and really enjoyed it, we had a look in the visiter center and then sat in the cafe waiting for the others, if we are honest we were all so fuming about the morning and then the bad attitude he gave us, it was like he had joined the "group" when he was suppose to be the guide!
We headed to camp and set up real quick, it was our turn to cook, what we were going to cook was suppose to be a group decision but we hadnt been involved! We were cooking sausage and mash ! Which was fine by us but it would have been nice to be asked! Anyway we cook a lot at home and a lot of the group hadnt cooked before so we enjoyed the cooking. There was two vegatarians in the group me and another girl and we were just going to have salad and mash! Dylon said he couldnt find any vegi stuff at walmart! Its not easy to find if you are not looking for it as its always a small section that you can quite easily pass! But the next day i found the section so we could of had vegi sausages and mash! Anyway it was fine it tasted good.
Dylon was taking whoever wanted to go to see the bats fly into the carsbad cave! We were going to go he said there were loads of them but at the last minute changed our mind, it was a relatively warm evening! For a change! And we just wanted to chill, one of the girls doing the washing up really wanted to go so i took over so she could go. We had showers and just chilled in the tent and chatted to jasmin, it was so nice to sit in the tent with my coat off and not be freezing!
The group came back around 9.20! And they all said it was shit and they saw about 2 bats! So yet again we made the right decision and went with our instincts and made a good decision. We went to bed early, And i was warm enough to wear no coat! But i still had the hot water bottle at my feet! I slept pretty well until around 4.30 when i woke up cold :( but over all the warmer weather was so nice and such a relief from the cold! We left at around 7.50 the next day to start our 800km journey to san antonio and hopefully a less stressful day!
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