Roswell, New Mexico

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We had a long travel day today. We drove from OKC to Roswell, NM which is roughly 460 miles but a lot of the day we were on a small highway that went through a lot of small towns in Texas and New Mexico. So we didn't drive over 60 m.p.h. for a lot of the trip. The scenery totally changed today....a lot of WIDE open spaces, ranches, windmills, cows and trains. We left OKC around 6:30am and arrived in Roswell around 2:00pm.

We ate lunch at the "Nuthin' Fancy Diner" in Roswell which is famous around here because President George W Bush got some carry out and did a campaign stop here during the last presidential campaign. They had a lot of pictures of "W" and his visit and an autographed menu. They also have a "W" special on the menu....BBQ Ribs, Fried Okra and Buttermilk Pie.

After lunch we visited the International UFO Museum and Research Center. Roswell, NM is very famous for a UFO crash that happened in 1947. The museum does a great job of providing a timeline of the discovery, report and government explanation of what crashed in 1947. There are also exhibits about other UFO sightings and such. It was very interesing.

As we walked in downtown Roswell it was funny to see that many of the local businesses embrace the "alien" theme. There are a lot of green aliens and flying saucers displayed. Even the McDonalds has a flying saucer for the childrens' playground. The Arby's has a sign that says, "Aliens Welcome".

All in all I was quite surprised at how quaint the city is....all I've read about Roswell relates to the alien or UFO legend and this city seems to be much more than that. Although they have a good tourist attraction here.... The UFO Museum had more customers than I would have thought on a Tuesday late afternoon.


We turned in early because we had another long travel day ahead of us on 9/21. Another 470 miles and another 8 hours in the car YAY! 😊

We told the front desk to give us a wake up call at 3:00am so we could be on our way.

STAY TUNED FOR MORE .......

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Photos

Scenery in New Mexico
This is our view while driving towards Roswell on US-70. The colors were beautiful; greens, blues, purples and yellows.

Thank You Note
Thank you note that W sent to the Nuthin Fancy Cafe.

Downtown Roswell Street Lights
Even the street lamps are made up to resemble aliens.

Coke Machine in Roswell
The preferred soda of aliens seems to be Coke.....

Roswell Movie Prop
This alien is a prop from a movie named, "Roswell".

Comments

[Heather]

Little Green Men
How cool! I've always wanted to visit Roswell. Any close encounters on your part??? :)

[Rose]

I've been to Roswell
I've never had an encounter, lol but um I went to Roswell it was awesome they had this realy cool museum full of evidence and stuff. I took loads of pictures and to be honest, their jail is the most beautiful building lol.

[steve orourke]

believer
simular trip in2002 interisting ,im going back for a few days ,next time..my friend had an experience some 40 yrs ago believable yes ..we had 4 ausies do the trip ...the rocket museum was verrrry interesting ,i think a lot of interesting things happened there... [e-mail]