21 March, 2013…Roswell and Blown into Albuquerque

Then … Roswell. Kind of a let down actually. I didn’t expect much and boy there wasn’t much here. The International UFO Museum was kind of bogus … oh, a lot of articles and stories … but mostly reading reams and reams of stuff. (No actual aliens..just fake ones!!!) The weather is cooler today … only around 65 – 70 but very windy. Lots of dust in the air and we’re both feeling the effects of low humidity. My skin feels like an alligator and we’re both having nose and sinus problems. Tomorrow it’s supposed to go back up to 90 so we should just enjoy the cooler weather while we’ve got it.

UFO Museum Roswell, NM

UFO Museum Roswell, NM

Roswell, NM

Roswell, NM

March 24th

What a couple of days!  The wind in these parts is incredible!  We’ve had a couple of days with gusts to over 40mph!  It’s really bad because it’s not just wind … it’s the sand IN the wind!  We’ve got sand in every crevice you can imagine!  So it makes it not fun to do much of anything outside.

We had actually found a decent campsite at Sumner Lake State Park … just outside of Fort Sumner … no one there but us and overlooking the lake … but it got so windy there was no point in staying.  We couldn’t even go for a walk as you’d get blown off the trail!
So we decided to push on to Albuquerque as at least there’s some inside stuff to see and do.

On the way we stopped at the Billy the Kid Museum in Fort Sumner – which was pretty cool by the way – and then went to the Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner State Monument just outside of town.  Very moving and told the story of the Navajo and Mescalero Apache long walk in 1863.  We think of other nations/peoples being brutal and savage … none more so than what happened when the white man decided he had the ‘God-given right’ to take whatever he wanted.  Anyway.

Fort Sumner Historic Site, NM

Fort Sumner Historic Site

Billy the Kid Museum

Billy the Kid Museum

We got back on the road  and ended up on the famous Route 66 which is interesting to say the least. Some things haven’t changed in all the years since it was the major route through here.

Route 66 Albuqureque

Route 66 Albuqureque

Albuqureque

We got a spot at the Enchanted Trails RV Park & Trading Post, located just to the west of the city right on Interstate 40. Nothing special but they did have a neat collection of vintage RVs.

Approaching Albuquerqe

Approaching Albuquerque

Our spot at Enchanted Trails RV Park & Trading Post

Enchanted Trails RV Park & Trading Post

Vintage RV and a matching Hudson to pull it at Enchanted Trails RV Park & Trading Post

We’ll be here in Albuquerque for a week or so … lots to see and do. Plus we’ll get a few things done on Rosy as we’re staying right next to a Camping World.