点评:In our opinion, this is the very best part of The Park.
About a 7 mile drive from White's City, the closest town. If you are eligible for handicapped parking, there is a turn off on the left side well Before the Visitor Center and it's parking. Take it. The lot is level, NO stairs and it's a much shorter walk to the amphitheater to view The Flight. Restrooms are available right there too. Some person with a pickup truck and a LONG camper pulled and park ON about 8 disabled parking spots. How rude...what is wrong with some people of today? People could have really Needed those spaces to park :(
Arrive about 20 minutes before the stated time(the flight time changes per season) to secure your seat. It's a good size area. You'll be looking at a cave opening. A ranger came out to take questions. Her Main reason was to tell ALL to turn off your phone, etc., no flash pics and for ALL to be QUIET as a pin. She said if you have children who don't know what truly QUIET means, to please get up and take them to the standing area in the back. The view is the same. Noise can alter the bats leaving the cave...as in, they won't come out. Well, there were SO many parents who must have thought that advice was for others' children...because they stayed and well, you guessed it...they weren't quite at all. Again, what is wrong with some of the people of today? The rules help everyone and of course...the BATS.
Anyway, the bats came out in a circular flight that was amazing to see. Brought tears to my eyes, really. Thousands of them. They were Quiet and beautiful. In search of food for themselves and the babies in the cave. It lasted a good half hour. It was very near deep dusk then. We were staying the night in White's City. The other nearest town is Carlsbad, a good 20 munites away from the main road and the drive is all in the dark. Glad we stayed the night in White's City.
A 5 STAR experience for us.
翻译:我们认为,这是公园最好的部分。
距离最近的城镇怀特城约 7 英里车程。如果您有资格使用残疾人停车位,在游客中心和停车场前面的左侧有一个岔路。走过去。停车场很平坦,没有楼梯,步行到露天剧场观看飞行表演要短得多。那里也有洗手间。有人开着一辆皮卡车和一辆长露营车停在了大约 8 个残疾人停车位上。太粗鲁了……现在有些人怎么了?人们可能真的需要那些停车位 :(
在规定时间前 20 分钟左右到达(飞行时间随季节变化)以确保您的座位。这是一个很大的区域。您将看到一个洞穴入口。护林员出来回答问题。她的主要原因是告诉所有人关闭手机等,不要使用闪光灯拍照,并且所有人都要保持安静。她说,如果您有孩子不知道真正的安静意味着什么,请站起来并带他们到后面的站立区。观点是一样的。噪音会影响蝙蝠离开洞穴……也就是说,它们不会出来。好吧,有很多父母一定以为这个建议是给别人的孩子的……因为他们留下了,好吧,你猜对了……他们根本没有留下来。再说一次,今天的一些人怎么了?规则对每个人都有帮助,当然……对蝙蝠也有帮助。
无论如何,蝙蝠出来了环行飞行令人惊叹。真的让我热泪盈眶。成千上万只。它们安静而美丽。在洞穴中为自己和婴儿寻找食物。飞行持续了整整半个小时。当时已经接近黄昏。我们在怀特城过夜。另一个最近的城镇是卡尔斯巴德,距离主干道有 20 分钟路程,一路上都是漆黑一片。很高兴我们在怀特城过夜。
对我们来说是一次 5 星级体验。