Going underground with The McCrays at Carlsbad Caverns National Park

The It's About Time Tour is mostly about playing disc golf year round except for a few stops along the way. This post will give you a little insight to just one of our little stops...hope you enjoy it.

As we were leaving Arizona after "The Memorial", we found ourselves with a little extra time to explore somewhere. Yes, we are heading back into Texas, but we wanted so badly to try something a little bit different. This amazing place we decided to visit came with extremely high recommendations from one of our new friends Simone and let me tell you that I am so glad we listened to her.

Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico

 Upon our arrival we entered into the lobby to inquire about visiting the Caverns. We paid our entry fee of $ 10.00 per person and waited our turn to enter. It's our turn now to go inside the cavern. To get into the cavern you hop into a small elevator and travel 756 ft down into the earth in about one minute and 20 seconds. The elevator doors open and pure amazement is in front of us. We're doing the self guided tour which is about an hour trip around by foot. The atmosphere is cold, dark,damp and very quiet but ABSOLUTELY amazing.

JohnE

I know the pictures do not do any justice to this amazing cavern but I had to share it with you somehow.

Being from Florida, we did not even know what to expect here. I do wish we had an entire day to spend here.

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Water in the cavern...I wanted to see how cold it was but you're not allowed to touch anything in the cavern.

We enjoyed our adventure at Carlsbad Caverns...taking a little rest on the stone benches and taking selfies

This was the final destination of our walk around the caverns...if you get the chance to visit Carlsbad Caverns please DO IT!

For more information about Carlsbad Caverns please visit Carlsbad Caverns

To learn more about the JohnE McCray "It's About Time Tour" please visit www.johnemccraytour.com

Stay tuned next week for what we found outside of Carlsbad Caverns...we acted like total tourists and has a blast doing it.

Hello Arizona and The Memorial NT Event

As we said goodbye to Texas (well for a little while) we say hello to Arizona.  What can you say about the beauty of Arizona...I will tell you in one word, WOW!  

We took a day off and drove up to Sedona from Tempe and enjoyed the most beautiful views on Main street. Sharing this with my wife and daughter was just an amazing experience.

Red Rocks Sedona, Arizona

Sedona, Arizona

                   

 Being from Florida, we see beautiful sunsets but nothing like the view you see above. The vivid colors and clear skyline is something everyone should see. I highly suggest it.

We were welcomed to Arizona from our new friends Billy and Sen. The hospitality in Arizona is just as great as the hospitality we received in Texas. Billy and Sen and their dog Levi opened up there home to us with a warm shower, bed and great company. Thank you Billy and Sen for hosting our stay in Arizona and Sen, thank you for spending your 30th birthday with us in the freezing rain at The Memorial and Billy, thank you so much for showing me the courses and carrying my bag as well. 

JohnE and Billy @ Vista

Let's fast forward to The Memorial now. This is my first time playing in this event. I have watched in years past and wished so much to have been playing instead of watching online.  In 2014, I am able to say that I competed in one of the best events in my disc golf career. What a great event and what awesome venues at Fountain Hills and Vista del Camino. 

Fountain Hills Veteran's Memorial
Thank you to ALL military personal for your service to our Country

I am happy with the way I played. I did have a few hop-outs and a few bogies but that's ok. Competing against a field of extremely talented players, I will say that I am very happy with my 2nd place finish. I would like to say congrats to Paul McBeth for his first place finish.  To learn more about the placements of all players that attended The Memorial please visit PDGA 

There is a man by the name of Stan Hubbard from Florida who happened to be playing in the same event as me. Once Stan's rounds were completed he came to walk with me. On the last day of the tournament, Stan was just amazing. As you probably know it was raining extremely hard and freezing. On every shot, Stan was by my side with an umbrella keeping my discs as dry as possible. Stan would take my wet towels and do his best to ring them out so I could use them on the next shot. I want to thank Stan for being there for me. I told Jen after the round was over that Stan is THE MAN!

We're heading back to Texas for three weeks. I am looking forward to more events and new courses. Our friend Matt Siri already has a place for us to park the RV...can't wait to meet our new friends. Thanks Matt for hooking us up (literally) with Chad and Laura.

Check back often for more updates on the It's About Time Tour and how we're doing. You can also visit us at www.johnemccraytour.com