Holiday Inn Express Roswell

... when I ask her about the "kook" factor. She says there are dozens of people calling in to claim UFO sightings, but only about five or six a year--insisting they're victims of an alien abduction.

"We had a women from England call last year," she tells me, "She believed she had been abducted by aliens and said she was going to commit suicide."

"What did you do," I ask.

"We called the authorities in her town--even though we didn't know specifically where ...

... him straight in the eye: "Yes, it happened. And I don't ever want to say another word about it."
Richard explains her reaction by saying, "Back then after WWII, people were real patriotic. When the government or the military, someone in uniform told you to do something for your country, you did it." 
In other news, Roswell has huge dairy farms and high fuel prices, topics of endless discussion amongst locals.
Roswell, New Mexico, United States fossilfuelfree

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.

Occasionally a ride comes together for an unusual reason. Todays ride came about as the result of a request from friends who are always helping other people. When Danny called yesterday and laid out the situation I told him that I was available and would be glad to help. What I was helping with was part of a memorial for Sandra, a 47 year old woman who passed away this week. Evidently Sandra loved to ride and wanted her ...

... qui bouge... une tarentule! pas le temps de l'éviter, SPLATSCH! oups, sorry! je rencontre aussi de nombreuses antilopes qui broutent au bord de la route! Ce qui marque dans le paysage: tout est plat et désertique! Le ciel occupe les 3/4 de mon champ de vision et la route, droite, se perd à angle droit dans le décor! Les miles défilent et j'arrive enfin à destination: Roswell! Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas l'histoire, un OVNI se serait crash ...

... way we couldn't have a cold drink. (P.S. think about the colour of iced tea!)

Sadly the proper flies are a real nuisance at this site and after an hour or so of being plagued by them, Mel declared herself beaten and barricaded herself in Chip. Neil braved them a while longer only to get eaten by mosquitoes as he took photographs of the sunset.

Miles travelled: 119

Total miles travelled: 6577

Days on road: 54

States visited: 11

National Parks visited: 10

...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...

... stopping for more pictures and visiting. When we left the park we took the River Road along the Pecos River over to US 70/380 where we turned west towards Roswell. At the Eastern edge of town we stopped in at my buddy Darwin's place and visited with him about bikes and rides. We crossed town as the sun set and pulled into the garage just as it was getting dark. What an incredible day with a good friend.

... alien thing. Apparently, aliens are welcome at Arbys and McDonalds. Eventually I headed back to my hotel to vegetate in the air conditioning and I watched "So You Think You Can Dance?" Go Lacey! July 12 Basically I just putted around the hotel until 11:00. Then I bussed to an internet cafe to play catch up on this here blog. The Roswell Museum and Art Centre was right across the street from the Greyhound station ...