If you’re in Roswell, NM you can’t miss the International UFO Museum and Research Center. Whether or not you believe a UFO and 4 aliens (one of which was allegedly still alive according to witnesses) crashed onto a ranch near Roswell in July of 1947, the museum is still nothing but interesting. The sheer amount of written and video testimonies of every single person (and their mother and grandchildren…) who stepped foot on that ranch, the people who worked in nearby medical facilities (that mysteriously ended up dead not long after), to the pilots who flew what quickly became government property from the ranch and all the high ranking military officials who got involved in what they later said was just a “weather balloon incident” definitely makes you believe something happened here. Thank goodness so many military officials responded and detained witnesses for a week for the incident, they are thorough about their weather balloons.  As you walk through the museum you not only learn about Roswell’s UFO history but about the Roswell Army Air Force base that was home to the Enola Gay for a time and has a rich history of its own. 

Continue on and learn about the tons more reports of unexplained phenomenons and also the influence it’s had on pop culture and Hollywood. It wasn’t until we got to the exhibits describing the various types of alien encounters and the first hand accounts of abductions – including the Hill couple’s story from NH, that the kids started getting creeped out, LOL. It is funny that this NH story got such a large exhibit in this museum but is nearly unheard of in NH. Honestly, my only memory of this story is stopping in a gas station on the way to camp with lots of UFO articles posted all over it, but it certainly hasn’t attracted the touristy interest that Roswell has that’s for sure. I thought the videos about the crop circles all over the world were super fascinating. It was a fun and entertaining 2 hours.

Kids had Sonic for the first time ever (and maybe last, not that memorable, and no more roller-skating). Then we packed up for Albuquerque. Our nice neighbor at the Red Barn RV Park loaned us their air compressor so Mat could take care of the tires. We have found most of our neighbors to be nothing but friendly. We did find the flat part of NM I remembered from my trip in the 90s. The road was so straight for so long that we took a picture when it finally turned. We arrived to a very pleasant KOA tucked right into the city of Albuquerque. We had a relaxing night of swimming, grilling, cards, even a load of laundry got done. We voted not to explore the city and enjoy camping tonight and tomorrow morning so that’s what we did. Also, Murphy seems to have an upset stomach, so we’re happy sticking close to the RV and hanging out with him. 

Wednesday, July 28th, 2021