Sunday, February 21, 2010

Aliens & Caves - Roswell & Carlsbad Caverns




We changed routes to take in Carlsbad Caverns and Roswell, NM and check out the aliens story. Carlsbad Caverns are huge - one we were in covered as much as 6 football fields and the stalactites and stalagmite formations were awesome.
The alien cover up of July 4-9, 1947 UFO landing there had a convincing story at the UFO Museum and Research Center (a 501c3 so can get grants.) THE AIR FORCE BASE REPLACED THE EVIDENCE WITH WEATHER BALLOONS, THEY DOCUMENTED. How fitting that we came home to the Independence Day movie on TV. UFO museum was pretty cheesy - just blow-up copies of articles on display in a former theatre but the belief is there. I wonder if their sport teams are the Roswell Aliens.

West TX, like KS and WY HAD LOTS OF WIND FARMS. This country has lots of pumping oil wells in the sagebrush flatland. ONCE WE GOT right OUT OF Carlsbad, they had irrigation and pecan orchards, and finally saw some cattle.

We're staying at the Carlsbad KOA which charged $95 for 2 nights - the most of anywhere. I was speechless but I didn't asked when I called cuz this is the middle of nowhere and we'd been to some fancy, highly rated campgrounds and I never dreamed it would be higher than the big cities. Mike said he would have paid twice that cuz he was done traveling after driving 500 miles Sat.
I'm like a pampered woman -Mike does everything to do with hook up, water, sewer and even cleaned out the frig and wash the outside and make coffee. He barbequed steaks and burgers the last 2 nights, made taters & onions, plus he does all the driving. It's quite the life. I'm spoiled and loving it.

I found a new storage drawer today under the dining bench. We have an ongoing rivalry claim if we find a new hidden storage place on the coach and call dubs on the place to store our stuff. Mike's in the lead cuz he claimed all the bays.

Like all of you, I'm watching the Olympics at night. When we're in a campground we get cable and wifi. Off to Yuma tomorrow, It's 700 mi so don't know that we'll go all the way.

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