Ramada Limited Roswell

... out and buying tickets to the UFO Museum and Research Center -- the heart of Roswell's Alien identity.

The museum, inside a former movie theater, opened for business in 1992 and Roswell native, Julie Shuster has been Executive Director for nine of its 17 years.

No-wild-eyed aposte of ET, Shuster is more Chamber of Commerce than Star Chamber. She knows her business is the stuff of myth, legend and good old fashioned showmanship. Though I'm unannounced, she ...

... t the only casualty. Davis says that out of the 12 dive shops
in New Mexico -- eight have closed or will close later this year.

I load my tank and wish him luck as I head south for the Bottomless Lakes State Park. According to the Park's website--the lakes are actually just spring-fed sinkholes with 2.5 million gallons flowing through Lea Lake--the one I'm going to dive.

Because of their greenish-blue color, the lakes appear bottomless--although they ...

... and Forrest Junior. We chatted to the two of them both for quite a while and then we got to the subject of aliens. After much persuasion on my side Forrest Senior agreed to go on film about his first hand experience. At last... success. And of course by implication, because he talked of lost time, I got an abduction story. Mission accomplished! Time to head for the UFO Museum. It was only $5 entry and it was worth the money. It didn't just have the argument for, but all ...

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.

... the caprock. The temperature was perfect for a ride and we rolled along effortlessly towards the caprock that marks the boundary between the Llano Estacado on top and the Pecos River valley below. When we were approaching the caprock Abe informed me that he needed a break because his knees were aching. Once on top of the cap I pulled onto the entrance of an oilfield road and rolled to a stop. We took a nice break and ...

...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...

At last we made it to Roswell - last year when we nipped across the southern tip of New Mexico it was because there was still snow lingering on this far north (about the same latitude as Baghdad!). So this time we are here before the snow. Why, you may ask, do we want to see Roswell? Well there are some people that say Roswell has attracted visitors from further away than anywhere else in the world. There is a rumour that in 1947 some little green men ...

... Not one gas station, only a few beautiful mountains in the distance. It was at this point that I started to worry about our gas situation. With not one place around and less than 1/4 of a tank left - I started to pray to the good Lord above for a place around each and every turn. Minute by minute I started to wonder if I would see anything before we ran out. Gas light is on and I'm really worried! We had ...

... was neat. It was very old fashioned. My room was on the third floor. You went up a flight of stairs than you came out a door, then there were a bunch of rooms and you had to wander around all these convoluted hallways to find the next flight of stairs. I couldn't find my way back downstairs when I went to do laundry. I got lost every time I had to go up or down. The hallways were creepy and the first air ...

... coming out of there hiding places and we all started checking on other camper, i dont know how but no one got hurt--we start picking up things and checking to see who they belong to. we found out later from a park ranger that a tornado went right along the lake and camp area. my wife and i went to town washed and dried our things that were in the tent--went back to camp and stayed the night because it was to late to head out.