Only a few miles up the road from Guadalupe Mountains<\/a> is Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Even though I spent a few hours exploring the cave, and no matter how fascinating, dramatic, and visually stimulating it may be, it’s a bit of a challenge to draw in the dark. Plus, as patient as my wife may be, she does have her limits at times.<\/p>\n

Here’s a quick rendering of the\u00a0Chandelier, one of the prominent stone features.<\/p>\n

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