All tagged Caves
Salamanders live in a variety of habitats, but almost all of them have one thing in common: water. One good example is the Spotted-Tail Cave Salamander. This long, slender salamander spends most of its life in or near caves – limestone caves in particular.
One of the places I wanted to visit during our trip was the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. Here the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes combined forces in a last-ditch effort to protect their homes and way of life. Pitted against them was the US Army's Seventh Cavalry, led by General George Custer.
Since reading about it as a child, Carlsbad Caverns has been on my list of must-see travel destinations. The chambers, the stalactites and stalagmites, and especially the bats, they were compelling! It took sixty years, but I finally made it there last week.
