Candlewood Suites Roswell New Mexico

UFO Boosts Roswell From Sleepy Burg to Alien Capital of the World

In July 1947, Roswell, New Mexico was given the greatest marketing tool--a city could ever ask for--short of an appearance buy the Virgin Mary. Something unexplained crashed next to it.

The unusual debris, recovered by a rancher named Brazel, was then taken by the military to the Roswell Army Air Field. An Army public information officer put out a press release saying they were in possession of a ...

... is full of UFO adorned paraphernalia, shops, streets & buildings.

We went over to the Alien Museum & met Malcolm McDowell. We all had quite a chat with him, the Aussie accent is always a drawcard. The boys talked sport, cricket, AFL, rugby. He was very pleasant to us all. The museum was full of newspaper articles & copies of documents.

... Andrea once and then she bowed out to let me play the locals. I was on form and was undefeated for all bar the last game of the night. Then we met a little dude from Hawaii called Keever. He annoyed me a little, he was drunk and a little pawing, but harmless enough. He challenged me to a game of pool assuring me that he would kick my but. Bring it on I said, rack 'em up. Needless to say I whooped his behind, but to be fair, he was a little too drunk to be any real sort of competition.

I am not the biggest fan of desert areas. The drive to Roswell and north from there was desert. It was interesting going to the Roswell alien museum. There are also some of the most beautiful sunsets in the desert, not much in the way of the view.

... leaves you swing round, scanning the undergrowth. Torn between hoping to see a mountain lion or a black bear and hoping NOT to see a mountain lion or a black bear. But it is (thankfully?) just a small gust of wind or another harmless squirrel or chipmunk. Time to cross the stream using the handy stepping-stones. Now you come to the Spring itself, the point where the water bubbles out of the rock behind which it flows as an underground river, forming a ...

...nice drive till Roswell but the museum stay a nice place, ok it relates some moreless true facts but anyway it has a great collection of items which are serious newspaper articles or funny comics, the visit is very funny...

after this i couldn't locate any military base (for the photo souvenir)...even with a GPS or looking at planes in the sky, they were not...if there is an airbase in roswell, it might be kind of far from the city...

And now, for the big announcement you've all been anxiously waiting for! Na-Nu Na-Nu My name is Mork and I come from the Planet Ork! Ok, that's not the real announcement. You have to be a little patient. Earth shattering news announcements, especially those concerning yours truly, take time to be released. And now back to our regularly scheduled blog! Up at the crack of dawn. Drive for 1 hour. Spend 1 hour touring a UFO Museum. Drive 4 hours ...

What an incredible day! One of my buddies, Tom, flew in yesterday from Michigan for a visit. He's had a rough couple of years after he crashed his airplane and almost took himself out. Even though he still struggles with some complications from that, he has resurrected an old passion...biking. About a year and a half after his accident he bought a Softail Deluxe and has now moved on to a 2008 Ultra ...

... crash and all the news articles and excuses the government made. I knew all that already. I did go to a gift shop that the owner had set up a back room of alien props that was much better then the museum.I am headed for Texas and will make a couple of stops there, so if you do not hear from me, I'll be out at the bar singing karaoke or something.

... from one place to another has started to wear on us and we're looking forward to three days at Guadalupe National Park in Texas without much to do there other than to hike and witness the desert. I've been enjoying "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" over the past couple of days. Good travel material, though I'm looking forward to finishing so that I can take a look through some of the (voluminous!) study materials ...