t an hour drive from the Holiday Inn Express in Carlsbad to the visitor's center at Guadalupe Mountains National Parks just across the state border in northwest Texas. Despite being about 3,500 feet above sea level, the terrain around Carlsbad is pretty flat until you get to the mountains to the south and west. The hiking trails in this area offer anything you want, from short and flat to steep, long and rocky. We chose two short hikes for the day. The first was called Devil's Hall and was 4.2 miles round trip. This was a moderately intense hike and included a bit of scrambling across rocks.
The afternoon hike was another 4 mile round trip up McKitrick Canyon to the remote lodge built by oil tycoon Wallace Pratt in 1931.
We're beat after this. Back to the hotel for showers, dinner at a local eatery, then time for rest.
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