Prowl'n America: Roswell NM

4/10/2017

Of course Roswell is famous for the reported crash of an Alien space ship back in the 40's. But is it true or just a legend...

Just out side of town, we saw PROOF they'd landed in a farmers field!

Walking around town, they'er everywhere!

Some where very modest.

They 're in the T-shirt business!

They sold cars!

They sold gas!

They're in city government!

With no hair, their heads gets
cold in winter.

They posed for pictures!

They'er very friendly, this little guy's name is
RALF ( Roswell Alien Life Form)

Was Kilroy an Alien?

Okay, enough about Aliens!

We spent 4 days in Roswell. There's quite a lot that interested us. We stayed at Midway RV Park, just outside Roswell. It's a nice park with good WiFi, a reasonsably priced laundry and even a small movie library.

4/11/2017

Our first full day we got a late start, as usual, and had lunch at a local eatery, the Cowboy Cafe. It must be good if the parking lot is full at 11:00am. The food was very good and the 2 person tables were close together so we got to eavesdrop on the conversations on either side. The waitress told the couple next to us they have to see the restroom! We looked at each other with a quizzical look. Well, before we left, we had to check out the restroom! Yes it was unique.

That goat's butt is actually sticking
through the wall!

After lunch we headed to the Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge. It was a hazy day, weather moving in tomorrow.

There's some nifty nest platforms at the visitors center for the Barn Swallows.

The refuge is famous for huge flocks of Sand Hill Cranes in the winter but they were long gone.

We did see a few birds including Northern Shoveler, Cinnamon Teal, Mallard, Semipalmated Plover, White-faced Ibis, Black-necked Stilt, Snowy Egret and American Coot. Most were too far away to photograph but we did get these...

White-faced Ibis

Black-necked Stilt

4/12/2017

This was a hunker down day, thunder storms all morning.

It cleared after lunch and we thought about going to a museum, then more storms blew in again in the afternoon.

No sight seeing today.

4/13/2017

With the rain over, we headed into town There's a number of museums in Roswell, all free, except the UFO Museum. We chose to park in a central location and walk around town. That's where we got most of the funny Alien pictures above.

Here's some pictures from the Roswell Museum and Art Center...