5:57 a.m. - 2008-05-27
Roswell - Woot
Who would have thought that Amarillo could be so filled with surprises? Not only did we find wireless internet, we also found the famed Cadillac Ranch! 10 old Caddies are buried in the soil in the middle of a field. You can go inside the fence and visit them. Tagging with spray paint and/or permanent markers is encouraged. It was really fun! I know there are people out there who would say POO about this, and that's okay. Where would we be without crabby people like that?
Here's a nice sample of a ranch car.
And another.....
The shoes were really fond of that one too. In fact, they didn't want to leave! We had to tear them away!
But the major destination of the day was Roswell, New Mexico. Just had to get there! We got to the famous UFO Museum about 3:00. How exciting!
But the museum itself isn't that exciting. It's filled with reproductions of newspaper articles and official or unofficial correspondence. There were only a few cool things to really see.
Like this.
It was a seriously cheesy exhibit, but at least I wasn't reading small print that described the same things over and over.
The gift shop was really fun! Hail to all of you who will be receiving presents! But true to form, the other gift shops in town were even more fun. Check it out!
It seems that everyone in Roswell likes inflatable aliens for some reason. They are tied to storefronts, suspended from ceilings, etc. Prices ranged from $2.99 to over $149.99 for these dolls. And most stores were in short supply. Go figure.
We had been receiving radio "signals" ever since we started this trip. Something was telling us to go into the desert and seek out our own alien encounter. Roswell and the inflatable dolls merely drove that point home.
So, armed with the swan-shaped foil hats we created whilst visiting Yankeechick, we set off for the flatlands surrounding Roswell. It was imperative to this during daylight hours so the spacecrafts invisible beams could zero in on the reflective properties of our hats.
We hopped in the car wearing our foil swan hats and zoomed off into the desert.
Here is fearless cocoabean at the wheel. Look at her concentration!
I was the mad navigator for this.
Sadly, we didn't encounter a single alien or a mother ship. We didn't even encounter a scout ship. So we went to Alamogordo and had salad and pasta.
Signing off from the Quality Inn - where the coffee is free and the shower curtains are free of blood stains.
