I was at Carlsbad Caverns in October 2008, and the underground restaurant was closed. You could buy bottled drinks/water, and pre-packaged sandwiches, but that was it.
Randy Baker Bexar Grotto Webmaster http://www.caves.org/grotto/bexargrotto/ --- On Fri, 11/28/08, Minton, Mark <mmin...@nmhu.edu> wrote: > From: Minton, Mark <mmin...@nmhu.edu> > Subject: [Texascavers] RE: Cavern restaurants of the Caribbean > To: Texascavers@texascavers.com > Date: Friday, November 28, 2008, 12:47 PM > Jerry Atkinson posted: > > >http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/unusual-restaurant/cavern-mexico-santo-domingo > > Which says: > > >Pretty much any underground chamber qualifies as a > cave. To be a cavern a cave must 1) have formed naturally > out of rock; and 2) be able to produce speleothems, which > are those icicle-shaped mineral deposits created by dripping > water. > > By the sound of their definition, any mine could be > considered a cave. Interesting that one of their criteria > for a cave to be a cavern is the presence of speleothems. > There are plenty of real caves without them. And they say > the only restaurants in caverns are in the Carribean. What > about the restaurant in Carlsbad Caverns? Maybe that's > not fancy enough for them, or is that closed now? > > Mark Minton --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
