Mom's Being Pulled Over!

Text: The once boisterous children murmured these words as the park policeman with flashing lights turned around and pulled me over. We had just driven in the park entrance for Carlsbad Caverns and had not been in the park for more than 2 minutes. I wondered what the speed limit was for the park because I hadn’t paid any attention to it when we drove in just moments ago. The kids were worried that I was to be carted off momentarily to the local jail. Michael and I hushed them that all would be okay. I readied my driver’s license and proof of insurance. A park officer with a very stern and grumpy demeanor came to the passenger side of the car because there was no really place to pull over to get out of the flow of traffic. He asked me,” Do you know how fast you were going?” That wasn’t a trap I was going to fall for, so I replied, “No.” He stated that I was driving at 50 miles an hour, which is 20 miles over the posted limit. He asked me if I had an excuse for driving so fast in the park. I replied enthusiastically, “This place is so COOL! I was just enjoying looking around. It looks like Dr. Seuss designed it!” He kind of scowled and said he would be back in a moment. He went to run my information through the database. The kids were still nervous. I knew I had a clean record and up to date insurance, so I hoped for leniency. After 5 minutes he came back and said I was lucky because he didn’t have time to write up a warning and didn’t want to bother with the paper work. He had to rush to the park’s visitors’ center for a different problem. The kids were elated and I was happily surprised. We followed continued up to the Visitors’ Center ourselvesgoing the speed limit, of course! Later that day during the evening bat flight the same officer was there giving the crowd a stern warning about “No Flash Photography!” It was then we gave him the moniker”The Enforcer”.

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Trust Me!

Text: We stayed at the Best Western Cavern Inn during our stop at Carlsbad Caverns. We were only a few yards from the road to the Caverns. To cool off before we left we swam in their pool and Michael worked with Eve to get her to trust him and learn to kick and float. She preferred to hug his neck.

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Our stay at the Best Western Inn in Carlsbad Caverns was surprisingly pleasant for what I thought would be a hole in the wall place at the entrance to the National Park. The place was clean, efficient and the vouchers they gave for breakfast provided us with quite a big, delicious meal. So, if you are heading out to National Parks Carlsbad is a must see. I do offer you a word of warning...DO NOT GO 1 mile over the posted speed limit. I was pulled over after having driven about a mile into the park. The very gruff officer demanded to know why I was speeding. I told him honestly, "This place is so cool, it looks like Dr. Suess decorated it! I wasn't paying attention to my speed I was looking at all the cool stuff!" He kinda glared at me and went to run my tag and license information. Apparently he got a call up at the main facility because he gave me all of my stuff back and told me to watch my speed, and that the didn't have time to give me warning.

Later in the evening when we went to see the bat flight he was there telling everyone that if they took any flash photography he would remove them from the park. It is at this point that we christened him with the nickname: "THE ENFORCER". So, don't say I didn't warn you!

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