Blogs from Roswell, New Mexico, United States, North America

blog 02-17-20 Lunch and Museums in Roswell We had a nice slow start to the day with the second cup of coffee enjoyed in the sun outside. This is the first time on my southern trip that it was warm and nice enough to be in the open air, delightful! I left about 11am to meet Lynne in Roswell for lunch at a Mexican restaurant that had 4 1/2 stars and lots of enthusiastic reviews. The menu was extensive and they had a buffet too so choosing what to eat was not an easy decision. Lynne had a port dish that she said was the best she had ever eaten, keeping in mind she lives in the southwest most of the time. I had an equally enjoyable meal with shredded beef, my favorite but not always ... read more

blog 02-16-20 Snow Geese We had a lovely slow start to the day with nothing planned til later. The sun was out and the temps were warming up nicely so after breakfast Watson and I took a really long walk around camp and over to the bird blinds. There are 3 ponds across the street and the park service has build a lovely boardwalk connecting the parking lot to all 3 ponds each having it's own bird blind. They are very simple structures but serve the purpose of concealing people to the sciddish birds and providing shade for the observer. I have seen coots, round, black ducks, there but nothing else but I have heard sandhill cranes back there from my camper. The cranes are not water birds, preferring dry open ground but the water provides ... read more

Today we headed off to the World Famous UFO museum in Roswell NM, location of an alleged UFO crash in 1947. A rancher discovered debris in a sheep pasture he was working in and that kicked of a 70 year dialogue and debate on what was found some 7 decades ago. The museum does a great job presenting formerly classified documents and death-bed statements to justify their assertion that in addition to debris from a space craft; there was the bodies of 4 extraterrestrial beings found as well. They lay their case out well and add in enough touristy stuff to make the museum a really fun stop along our cross-country expedition. We half expected the museum to be a complete tourist trap, but were pleasantly surprised by how professionally it is put together. While walking ... read more

It is really nice to not spend a day driving to our next location, we choose not to take highway 82 over to White Sands National Park due to the steep grade and roll backs. We were told this is a beautiful drive but not suited for a travel trailer. We decided to take 285 to Roswell and stay a night at Bottomless Lakes State Park, the lakes here are a beautiful blue and are formed from sink holes. This is a must see for anyone in the area even if you do not plan on taking a swim in the mineral lakes. We headed into town, Roswell, to visit the UFO Museum. The museum itself was well put together well, it was set up that you walk through in chronological order reading the events of ... read more

Geo: 33.3948, -104.523He's quiet about it but we think that Dave B illegally smuggled himself out of Britain and into Canada in a steamer trunk full of Quality Street Chocolates. With this in-dispute alien background we thought that he'd be particularly interested in what has to be the most famous in-dispute crash landing spot of an illegal alien in the U.S.: Roswell, New Mexico. The tin foil hat types hold that an alien spacecraft was flying over the New Mexico desert observing secret US nuclear weapons activity, but crashed after being hit by lightning, killing the aliens on board; a government cover-up duly followed. We did hook up with a guy named Dennis in a back parking lot and, after an exchange of word codes, he squeezed us into his vehicle and took us to all ... read more