Did We See Any "Green Men" in Roswell?

Getting here we took Hwy. 70 off of I-10.  It says it's a scenic route.  At one point we reached an elevation of 7600 ft.  We were like the little engine that thought he could, "I think I can, I think I can."  We were doing good to hit 35mph.  Ed got behind a semi and lost his momentum and couldn't get it back.  But the road itself wasn't bad and there wasn't much traffic. 

We made it to the top and now the descent

Pictures never do it justice

very pretty

You can see the traffic is light

Even though it's not green, it still is pretty

After we got through the hills, it leveled out very flat

There was some vegetation, but not much

We found a Passport America RV park 7 miles outside of town and they had pull-through sites so we didn't have to unhook.  That is always nice.  Plus with PA you get 1/2 off.


In case you didn't know, back in 1947 Roswell was suppose to have had a space ship crash near it.  Than the government covered it up and said it was a hot air balloon.  But the town has been enjoying the publicity ever since.

Well, we saw lots of them, aliens that is.   They were everywhere.  On buildings, in buildings, and just about everywhere you looked downtown.  Sort of a fun place to visit, if you are passing through.  One day is enough for us.  We will be leaving tomorrow.  Ed has seen many programs on Roswell and it was a place he wanted to visit.  He thought the place was just a small town.  The population is almost 50.000.   There is a military academy and an airport here, which is probably two of the reasons it's so big.  Most of the alien stuff is in the downtown area but it also has the big stores like Home Depot, Sam's and most of your fast food places and of course a Walmart. 



This is the Walmart

And even Arby's is getting into the spirit

This is going out of town, just your normal big town

One way a town has kept their downtown from dying.  This happened back in 1947 and they are still making money off it. 


This is the downtown area, what surprised me was there
were no parking meters.  You could find parking
and it was free

This is the UFO museum

One of many stores downtown that is\all about alien's

So here goes some of the pictures of Roswell, esp. for those of you who are wondering what Roswell is all about. 

In a field coming into town,
You can't see it but the truck is giving the
space craft a jump or the space craft is
giving the truck a jump.

Ed had to climb over the fence to get in the action.
He wanted me to but I told him I wasn't going to
get arrested for trespassing.  lol
The woman is offering them a pie
 

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A close up of the little guy holding ET

They have a map of Roswell

All kinds of stuff to buy. 

M

Magazines have kept the Roswell story alive and well

 

This was an  advertisement for a local lake

 

In the museum, the spaceship turns around and
lights up

local artist paintings

these were all in the museum

creative way to make a wreath

The Roswell Alien's all have  the same face

bakery getting in on the action

downtown Mexican restaurant

I thought these guys were cute

We took over 200 pictures.  It was hard deciding which ones to show you. 

Not everything in Roswell is alien. 

Our next stop is going to be the Carlsbad Caverns.  Roswell was for Ed and this one is for me.  We have been to other caverns and Ed's thinks "if you have seen one you have seen them all."  But I really like them and someone told me this one is worth going to. 

Happy Trails.  Love  Ed and Lyn