I used to live in New Mexico. I miss the climate. I tried to order something by phone from a catalog once (1962). When I told the lady where I was, she informed me they didn't ship outside the US and hung up.
Millennial think New Mexico is another country, probably thinking of just Mexico.. wonder if they know about "Jersey" in the UK vs "New Jersey" in the USA
I live in northern NM, in Taos, and there is a lot of excellence in NM that doesn’t make any lists. Things like cops leaving people alone unless they are hurting themselves or others. People drive for years in unregistered vehicles and never get a ticket. There’s a very “chill” culture here that I love.
Thank 🙏 you for being loyal to my Native Land. Burque born Dulce NM raised & man growing up was awesome!! Swimming the Navajo River. Climbing Big D mountain. Shopping in Farmington. Going to the drive in movies in Chama ( beautiful 😍 Land) .Happiness is NM raised: For Me..
When we moved from Ventura to Rio Rancho for a job transfer the first thing I noticed was the out of state plates that are two or three years old .What you really like really bothers me due to the high insurance rates caused by the high amount of car thefts. BTW I used to work with Dennis Hopper and we would talk about how much he loved Taos NM back when he still could.
It's history! How can the past be an eye sore? The eye sore is all the oil trucks/industry that have taken over the city, the traffic that the city streets can't handle, therefore causing many accidents, and the high cost of living because of the oil boom, and the homelessness has grown and the amount of ppl in the streets panning for a dollar is quite the saddest eye sore ever😢💔 ...
Hi there! At least I THINK you're the one I'm thinking of!! I'm Duane Giese's (from Conoco) wife & it's good to see your name here! We're still here holding down the quail/dove hunting camp!!!
Carlsbad NM, I have a love hate relationship with this town. I’ve been here for 7 years now originally coming from Amarillo TX. It’s definitely an oilfield town which is great for local economy but also that’s what mainly runs this place into the ground from what it could be. The locals and what it has to offer as a town for itself is great, but the people who come from out of town to make quick money in the oilfield, treat this town badly and leave without a care. Other than that, I love the local people, the town itself has a lot of outdoor activities to offer, and there is a lot of opportunity here. If y’all are here tomorrow still I’d love to meet y’all and tell y’all a few more hidden gems that only locals know about. Most good places here are kept a secret so that the out of towners don’t ruin them.
@@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503 it’s a small art scene here in Carlsbad. There is the Carlsbad Area Arts Association, The Artist Gallery downtown featuring about 15 different local artists works for sale, Creative Carlsbad Arts Council (a non-profit supporting the arts) and a fantastic, Free, City-owned Art and History museum. I believe it will thrive as an embraced arts and culture community someday in a bigger way. Artists of note to come out of Carlsbad are Roderick Mead, Gary Niblett, and Robert Johanningmeier.
@@jamesonlucasiv3327 Thank you for that ... I hope to visit one day...Lord willing! Ive worked on Floors all over but I haven't worked in the Southwest.... Southern California doesn't count even though it's as Southwest as you can get! LOL! ha ha 😂 I'm doing Terrazzo Mosaic on my own now...when I retire I will travel and sell my work while I collect SSI and rent...that's my plan! See ya around....
If you do take them out, please don't record it. All of my kids and our favorite spots are now filled with drigs and buildings. Dark canyon was an after school drive, it makes US locals sick to see it now. Black River is full of trash and needles from the workers coming and going. Proof in the fact its in the middle of the desert, on the way to Pecos. Pleeeeease
Hi there! I’m an artist in Carlsbad. I second the other comment by James Lucas, and I just want to add that the people working for Carlsbad Mainstreet are trying their hardest to establish a cultural district here. They have started up new events, encouraged us as local artists and vendors to participate, and have been executing painting projects around town to liven the look of the town and utilize local talent. I think they are angels for this because Carlsbad’s culture was sacrificed for oil money (imo) a long time ago, and they’re trying to bring it back. @@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503
Thanks for the great view of the Pecos...My Mom was born in Roswell and raised in a convent in Carlsbad... My uncle Leo used to fish the Pecos to put food on the table during the Great Depression... Apparently my Grandfather was gunned down while leaving his front door to go confront and deal with the threat of a duel...circa 1925 -26.... YUP... Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High school CA ✌️
As a boy, I lived in Roswell, NM. Did a lot on the Pecos river, around Roswell, and even as a Boy Scout at their water camp in Carlsbad. Later beer parties on the Pecos outside of Roswell.
@@jackterry7664 I just googled it... Rainbow Trout Brown Trout and Cutthroats... awesome....My Uncle Leo was the best Trout Fishermen I've ever known....
GREAT video on where we've called home now since 1993. Conoco Nat gas plant brought us here & now they only have some office facilities. The Pecos actually runs from the right to left in the beginning of your video & is fully functional, just not in late November. You saw the left overs from the Sept/October irrigation waters that ran....now it's off for the winter. Downtown IS pretty quiet during the day but there's a Downtown Assoc that hold events a LOT. When you were at the top of the Flume, that area across the water is the Riverside Golf Course, not another park. The Carlsbad Beach on the Pecos you drove by first is home to the Annual CARS Club CAR A FAIR car show that hosted over 300 vehicles in June 2019. Westinghouse is indeed the largest employer of locals here, along w/ all the potash & salt mining that goes on...but oil/gas companies are the employers of a larger # of people tha don't call this home. In 2019, the "Permian Basin Boom" was centered IN Carlsbad!! The population was estimated to be 110,000 thanks to companies like Haliburton, Duke, Exxon etc & all the contractors that served them. There is still a LOT of them here but nothing like before the pandemic hit. We gained 7 BIG chain hotels w/ the rise of population. BuffaloWWs, McAlister Deli & many others wouldn't be here if not for the boom. The Yellow Brix is a family owned place & they happen to be friends of mine,....one of the "fine dining" places in town. The owners aren't FROM NM so their menu reflects their MS, CA & so forth roots. Anything on their menu is good!!! Milton's Brewery also ROCKS!! BOTH these places host LIVE music on the weekends!!! The Yellow Brix has a stage outside on the patio, which seats LOTS of people. The Trinity ( the historic building) is ALSO a family owned fine dining/hotel upstairs place to see. Originally a bank, this family restored the beat up old building, that's been MANY things over the years, & the bank vault is now a Humidor Room. The original vault door set off to the side for decor. Carlsbad has LOTS of great places to eat & stay....sadly IMHO, the Eddy Cty Court, like MOST other building's here were brick & mortar! Okies & Texans mostly settled here, creating the cattle & sheep ranches which dominated it's early days. Billy the Kid ventured near here, just look up Lincoln, NM and/or "M'am Jones of the Pecos. Buildings downtown were always 1-2 story but there were several LARGE hotels & building over on the Canal St that burned down years ago. One was the Crawford that sat near the Trinity. You missed all the nice "new" homes just North of the Flume. This got so long I'm sorry.
Which is horrible. The monopoly man needs to go and we need someone else. Its turned horrible. He cares more about money, than doing something for this town.
I spent some time in Carlsbad, Caverns and surrounding area. I was considering moving there back in 2004. I hadn't heard of the WIPP. I've used the Federal Site to look for Dumping Sites but can't say I'd seen this one. Carlsbad Caverns is outstanding and we went to White Sands, just phenomenal. We also drove up to the border New Mexico/Texas border and into the mountains to the Butterfield Overland Trail.. now that was beautiful. We went from salt flats into rocky mountains with few trees. Cool beautiful breezes.. thanks for sharing this trip and learning about our beautiful country.
Refreshing to see wide open spaces without all the urban sprawl, people, and traffic. I bet you can hear yourself think out there. Went down in an elevator in Carlsbad Caverns about 700 feet down some 60 years ago. They turned out the lights and you could not see your hand an inch in front of your face. Beautiful cave to visit.
The "edge of town" reminds me of when I lived in North Dakota once you left the city you were in the boonies. Nothing but farmland and no trees. I was stationed at Grand Forks AFB ND. Much warmer in NM obviously! Great video! I like the desert towns!
I'm glad you focused on the town instead of the Cavern. It's been several years since I went to Carlsbad. Next time I go, I will definitely check out that restaurant.
I live in Carlsbad. Happy y'all got the dust shot at the beginning, this is normal when the wind blows. There are four seasons in SE New Mexico, summer, fall, winter, and wind blows (spring). I worked in the potash mines for over 30 years. I appreciate your unbiased view of our community. I just wanted to correct you on the Carlsbad flume. First, it is still used during growing season. Secondly, the water flow is opposite to what you said. The canal actually starts at the Avalon diversion dam and flows south towards Texas, draining back into the Pecos River south of Malaga, NM.
Good morning to you both!! 11:55 AM DEC 1st !! As always very nice video!! You know I wish I could travel like you do!! I love road trips !! When everything is nice and green Spring time is best!!! Never ever in WINTER!!! Anyways keeping up with ya!! On these still got a few more to watch!! Always enjoy every single one !! Keep on keeping on!!!
Glad you liked it here. One thing of note the water runs the opposite direction on the flume moving the water to the south of town. The water is still in use for agriculture but only in use during the summer. As to the lack of national registry buildings, the City until a few years ago would refuse to allow any buildings from being registered.
Well done Sir! Really enjoyed ALL the sites , thank you for sharing, Safe traveling...looking forward to your next video..to me , you are very good at showing the interesting sites..God bless.🌼
I enjoy your travel videos. As someone who loves road trips, your trips are very interesting and I value them as recorded history. The statistics you mention are informative. I do, however, wonder what the economic developer for the communities has been. You do mention some history on some locations occaisionly, but sometimes I am left wondering how those other communities came to be. All in all, A GREAT CHANNEL!!! THANKS!!!
Carlsbadian Here! Love your video. The canal runs opposite what you had said, running from lake Avalon thru the town and out to the south side of town to the farm land. I often wonder why we don’t have taller buildings, but for downtown I like the smaller town look with shorter buildings. Overall your video is great at highlighting our town!
Thanks for your honest and kindly delivered commentary on our town! ❤ I kept seeing this recommended to me on my dashboard, and I was afraid to click it. 😂
Thank you for watching, Janice. It's a pretty nice town full of nice, down to earth people. I say that because you can tell there's some money there. :)
Thanks for sharing this journey with Us also your wife is awesome 👍 I wouldn't be drilling for a well there LoL 😂 I went to the painted dessert and The petrified forest somewhere in New Mexico in the eighties
You present excellent and entertaining videos and I thank you. I was born and raised in West Texas, 93 or so miles away from Carlsbad and I played football against the Cavemen. I went to college, came back eventually to the same West Texas town, and I taught high school English there for almost 3 decades. Carlsbad was our mini vacation paradise. The park there is beautiful, and we used to kayak up and down the Pecos River there where your video begins, as well as between there and the pot ash mines that we referred to as the "dead lakes". And we'd tour the caverns often just to get exercise. Carlsbad is a true desert city gem and I still love the place. I always found the people to be very friendly. We finally retired and moved into the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. I haven't been back to the West Texas/Southeast New Mexico area for years, but I have fond memories of the place. There are some noble people living there. Thanks again!
Really loved the opening of this video and the music. Looking forward to seeing the caverns again. Was there many years ago. Living next to the open dessert like that would make for some beautiful night skies! And maybe some UFO's
Good job on the Video..In the 50,s 60,s we lived in Artesia, I have been here 8 or 9 times....O yes we had to go the Caverns........Thanks for the Video.......JB................👌
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip I ll be watching, they have one of the First underground Elementary schools around...Too bad its fallen into disarray.........Was built during the cold war, in the 50,s, the name is ABO...................JB....
I like the Spanish style houses, always reminds me of the Mediterranean. The city centre looks quite nice without any high rise buildings as they would not blend in, some of the houses look like they are made from cake, beautiful designs. I have to admit I have never heard of Carlsbad, the aqueduct flume is very impressive, neat bit of engineering. WIPP, interesting stuff as I'm reading up on it, mail all the old nuke missile stuff to this address and well lob it in a hole for you! England uses an old Roman siege catapult to throw it over the Channel and into France ;-) Like the restaurant and the food looked good. Thank you for the trip and looking forward to the walk around the park. Stay safe!
Hi Lord Spoda Another great video. Carlsbad, an oasis in the desert, is a unique city with single story houses in downtown. I really liked the city. The desert ambiance, vast expanse of land on the corner of the city, unique architecture, the arid but pleasing landscape all is so nice. @10:06 Blue benches, @14:20 Mural, @ 18:21 Rock house, @19:28 Chocolate brown house etc are some of the nice spots in the video. Thanks for sharing. The conclusion is Wow!👍
Thanks, Rajeev. Carlsbad is an interesting out of the way place that isn't on an interstate. Big working town, mostly miners and gas/oil/energy workers, all of whom make lots of money. Outside of town there's nothing in the desert but oil rigs and mining operations. Lots of trucks, people working. Tourism is big as well, though, because of Carlsbad Caverns National Park. That video is coming next. :)
The section of the Flume where your looking towards the houses. It actually comes from the North and flows south thru town and diverts out to the farmers here in town. There is a lot of personality. You need to come during the summer and spring not in winter when its cold. We have a thriving art community. Plus we are the fastest growing city in the state. The Cavern theater is in the process of being renovated. The Bank is now a Boutique hotel named The Trinity Hotel. Headed north out of town there are actually two lakes that we goto for all the boating and jet skis. The milk stout is from a brewery in Ruidoso. Milton's is the place to be on the weekends for hanging out and meeting friends for a few drinks. Thanks for showcasing the town. But come back in the summer or spring for more fun. We have a huge festival in june every year called Cavern Fest.
Another great video! Thanks, guys! If I may make a suggestion - Nicole is always very interesting to listen to, she always has a to-the-point quip every time you go somewhere together. I wish she had more screen time.
New Mexico is filled with wonderful surprises at every turn. If anyone is driving through Las Cruces, stop at Habaneros restaurant and enjoy some wonderful food as great prices and the people who run it are first rate great as well.
In our travels around the USA the best food we have found is Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Colorado. The worst was Wyoming, Jackson, and Michigan. Georgia was good too.
I'm really enjoying you intro music, it great driving music. UR starting to confuse me last time I was in a Dallas, Tx bar the bar tender told me "we ain't got but two kinds of music here, Country and Western". This was another clean little town, with all you need.
I grew up in the SE NM area in 50-60s and I think it was a great place and time. I have made many trips to Carlsbad Caverns many times as well as White Sands Missle Range. Enjoy the caverns.
I was born in Carlsbad and have been to the Cavern theater. I loved the library, which when I was a kid, had a small historical museum attached to it that sparked my interest in and love of indigenous culture. The beach park used to have a gorgeous merry-go-round carousel that was later removed. The beach area was wonderful and I took swimming lessons there.
My fiancee and I moved out here back in late 2020 moving from Rochester NY. Definitely a much different experience. Gone were local restaurants, fun card stores, shopping malls, etc. Not that this town is bad, but definitely oil field written all over the place. Fast food restaurants and Walmart for people who stay in town for a few weeks before leaving. Roswell being 1.5hs away helps a little with a Target, Hobby Lobby, and an mall with a Bath and Bodyworks inside. But Carlsbad offers very little to those different interests. If you're an outdoors person this town has an Amazing zoo, caverns, and trails you can hike.
Thank you for your consistently POSITIVE remarks. So many RU-vid travel contributors seem to be always finding fault, and dwelling on negative aspects of their videos. THANK YOU for your open-hearted attitude, when you arrive in these places.
I love these places, and there's a unique beauty to them I find appealing. I find newer, modern suburbia areas generic and dull. I love the old stuff. :)
Amazingly about 1:30 you drove through Eunice NM where I used to live. Carlsbad is 50 miles west I know because to go to eat I either went to Carlsbad or Hobbs, both equally interesting. Carlsbad I have to say is a very sad place.... Thanks for the vid man. Brings back a lot of memories, love for the folks in Eunice and a large distaste for the area.
Hey, new subscriber and I love this video! It's funny as a native New Mexican seeing you remark on how interesting the architecture is, because it's all I've ever known. I've never lived anywhere else and haven't seen much of the country, so now I'm wondering what the rest looks like. And your channel looks like a good place to start!
Very well done video. Interesting for me to compare similar sized cities, one a desert town and the other (Juneau, Ak) a rain forest town, in which I live. Please keep up the good work!
We are full-time RVer we've been everywhere and we stayed in stayed in carlsbad for a month and we liked it. Large enough to have whatever you need and small enough to not be over crowded.
I lived in New Mexico for 8 years, Santa Fé And Albuquerque. I loved it. Lived all over and now in FNQ Australia and I love it too. Hello to all in the USA
As a kid my Dad traveled in the West Texas and Eastern New Mexico area for work. We were able to spend one week every summer in Carlsbad. In those days there wasn’t oil that far north so the Caverns were the main source of income. There were lots of old motels and curio shops and Restaurants that catered to the throngs of visitors to the caverns. As the 1970s wore on the tourism dried up and by the 80s most of the old school stuff was going away or falling into disrepair. Chain motels took over. It was a shame to see the glory days of Carlsbad as one of the leading tourist destinations in the country go away. They had a train and a paddle wheeler on the Pecos River is as well as an amusement park. All were named after US Presidents. The good ol days.
The city that it is named after is Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary) in the Czech Republic. It is a beautiful spa town to check out. I went there because I grew up in Carlsbad. Your video brings back some wonderful memories as I was raised in Carlsbad. My mom and dad worked in the potash mines. And nearly all of my family has worked in the CC gift shop, it must be some hidden family tradition 😂.
Just discovered your channel and subscribed. I lived in Carlsbad in the 70s and still live a couple of hours away in Texas. It's too bad you weren't there just a few days later. You could have experienced Christmas on the Pecos, a unique night boat ride down the Pecos to view Christmas lights. This experience relies on the generosity of homeowners along the river who decorate their yards for others to enjoy. It's lovely and fun. Another interesting fact is that Carlsbad is where the Pecos River resurfaces from underground. Also, there is (or used to be) a very old building from the 1800s on the south end of town that is the first structure built in the town of Eddy. It's tiny and not in good shape, but it's interesting. I hope you found the people in Carlsbad as warm and welcoming as I did. Just for future reference, potash is pronounced pot (as in a cooking pot, plus ash.) I remember when they wanted to bring WIPP to the area. Because of the nature of it, some locals were fearful it would cause people to grow extra heads or something. That's a bit of an exaggeration, but not much. It's proven to be good for the community in the long run though. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video.
I have watched of few of this person’s videos. I believe he goes to a town just to picture the worst it offers. Maybe it is a way to get subscribers. Maybe it is just this person. Either way, it is old, tired, and lazy, much like the news today.
Tumbleweed hahahahaha 😊😎🤪 ahhh its the simple things I can't believe the timing !!! I don't think I could be a bigger fan 🙏 A river over itself very cool ! I don't know if I would live there ☢🦠🧪 a bit unnerving ! Unique houses there like those ! You just have to go into a bar that have dancing elves on the outside I think its a written rule somewhere 🤷 Can't wait for the next one !!!
I lived and worked there for 8 months at WIPP. Ate at that same restaurant. Didn't really care much for Carlsbad but the people were very nice. Sadly lots of drugs and crime there.
Right on I remember we used to live in Carlsbad for a little while my dad's family lived there for several years when they were young they were from Texas I think they lived in Pecos for a while don't know much about the family they didn't say much neither did my dad anyway I remember Carl's bad and The Carlsbad caverns that's a mind blower especially that elevator that seems to do about 5,000 miles an hour going up it blows your mind anyway thanks for this video bro even though I haven't watched it yet I'm heading that way you need to slow down a little bit though you go pretty fast I know it's a fast-paced world I love your videos you're showing us America don't be in a hurry.
I stayed in a Dixon, NM between Santa Fe and Taos in an historic adobe 1700’s house that was a hippy crash pad. 1980. Cold-running water and outhouse. Rio Grande runs along the beautiful town. I’ll search your videos to see how close you get up north. Two cool commercials ran during this episode including a Patriot solar generator.
I'm 18 years old and am from Andrews, Texas which is about 20-30 minutes from Eunice, New Mexico and a little under 2 hours from Carlsbad, New Mexico. I've been all over West Texas and Eastern New Mexico and have been to Carlsbad and Eunice many times. I appreciate the fact that you look for the positive aspects of every town you visit; however, I would like to say a few things about West Texas and Eastern New Mexico, particularly about the Midland and Carlsbad area. To be entirely honest, I would say stay away at all costs. I am a senior in high school and I will be leaving West Texas as soon as I graduate from high school. The entire area is, quite honestly, very run down and rural. There is not very much to do, even in the bigger towns like Midland and Odessa. To make matters worse the area can be quite ghetto, especially Eastern New Mexico. The best way I can describe living out here is living in a rural area without any of the positives of living in a rural area. The crime is honestly quite terrible here and it is extremely ugly in terms of nature unlike many other rural areas. If I am am being entirely frank, I am getting the hell out of here as soon as I can. The only real reason to move out here is for an oil field job. In fact, that is the only reason 99% of people move here. I do not mean to be negative, but these are my honest observations after living here for the first 18 years of my life.
@@larifari4371 Its the oil jobs. Its an oldwest boom town. Lots of men and little women. Lots of money but nothing to do. Housing demand but no housing. No woman to fill service jobs needed for infrastructure, banks, restaurants, etc. no place for a young man but money and with money and no family brings trouble. The problem is outsiders come take the money, trash the place, then leave, contributing nothing. I would leave too. But it wont last forever. Eventually everything is back to normal and nothing will ever be like home, the people who care and the land you loved. And the sunshine and dry air. I will always remember coming back and feeling the dry air and smelling the rain drops. Every place has its prime and peak. And its downfall. But the land and people always recover in time. Money doesn’t last forever. Land does. Land and everything in it is wealth.
My thoughts every one of the 8 times I’ve driven thru Midland/Odessa. Yes we need the oil but gas stations seem like shark tanks full of creepers. Had an oil worker tell me that if I could keep driving to El Paso better. Now I plan that ;)….
Watching now before I get ready for my day. I'm going to go back on your videos and see what you said about illinois. Ok thanks Also share gas prices I may have missed.
The theater is in the process of being restored for community theater use. You also have to understand that Carlsbad has had an oilfield population boom. There is a huge commercial and service demand because the bulk of increase are oilfield workers whose families have remained in their state of residence. Since these mainly male residents are already employed and have not come with their wives/young adults, the strain on our actual available workforce is overbearing and a struggle to maintain unlike most cities.
When going to Carlsbad from around May to October, do go to the Caverns (go any time of the year) and stick around to watch the bats come out of the cave. It is as wonderful as the Caverns are; both are just awesome.
I went to the caverns when I was in high school and it was one of the best days I ever had. You probably loved it as much as I did. When I went there, a few minutes into the tour, they turned off all the lights for 30 seconds to a minute just to show you how dark it is. I thought that was really cool. I hope they did that for you.
I love the way some western towns end like that. Atlanta is endless. If you are in Las Vegas and head north like you want to go to Mount Charleston ski area, Vegas just ends at the walls at the back yards of suburbia. My cousins subdivision was like that on the west side of town...hop their backyard wall and it was just desert and rocks......and wabbits.
Carlsbad native here. A few minor points to toss at you that you may or may not care to know: You started at the upper Tansil dam, which is in the area between the two interesting parts of the Pecos (upstream, there's a very large park shady and swimming area across from where there once was an amusement park and downstream there's a boyscout aquatics camp and a WWII memorial park). You indicated a reverse flow on the flume. It is still very actively in use. It just isn't continuously running (it is filled when they need to irrigate the fields which are primarily south of town). The downtown area does indeed suck. There's no way to put lipstick on that pig. The town "forefathers", as they call themselves, have intentionally kept the town as a whole and the downtown area in particular, from developing in any meaningful way. As destructive as the downside of the oil boom has been (and there's been a lot more up than down), it has been a huge blessing in loosening their grip on power a little. We generally say Potash as "POT ASH", not "Poe Tash" around here. Probably a regional thing. Dunno. That awesome rock architecture you were noticing was once how over 90% of all the buildings in town, and their fences, were made. Sadly, all but a handful have been bulldozed over the years. The cactus you were wondering about is a Blue Agave. That building on the national register you were looking at, holds the actual best restaurant in town and also serves as a higher end hotel with 1 or 2 rooms above it. The second best restaurant in town was to your right, at the corner you were filming that building from (you were literally standing outside their front door). YellowBrix is pretty good though. The theater is being renovated for live productions (plays and such). There's also a pretty fantastic little hidden waterfall outside of town, where Geronimo and his men used to hide out... look for "Sittingbull Falls." If you're ever back this way, which I hope you will be some day, you should check it out.... Oh, there's also a section of the Pecos river with some really nice mansions on it. There are nighttime boat tours through that area during the Christmas season.
