The Organ Mountains
2018年4月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Today we went down to the (huge) White Sands Army Base to see the missile museum. Along our drive we had a great view of the Organ Mountains, which we figure earned their name by resembling a massiveもっと詳しく
White Sands Missile Museum
2018年4月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Our destination was the museum inside the base, which shows the history of the development of missiles and rockets.
White Sands Missile Garden
2018年4月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
The building next to the museum housed a massive V2 rocket that had been on display for years (way too big to photograph). The garden outside the museum had a ton of different missiles, rockets, otherもっと詳しく
On to the next stop
2018年4月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We checked out of our campground this morning because we are heading out to Roswell now that we’ve seen White Sands Base. We’ve got to move over to the eastern side of the state, but first we areもっと詳しく
East through the Sacramento Mountains
2018年4月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We were both delighted when we discovered that the mountains were covered with a beautiful forest, reminiscent of a high desert forest like at North Rim or Central Oregon.
Entering Roswell
2018年4月28日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Roswell turns out to be a good-sized town of 35,000 people. There’s an eclectic mix of dynamics: small-town vibe, alien themes, industry from days gone by, and southwestern style. There is somethingもっと詳しく
Bottomless Lakes SP
2018年4月28日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
We arrived before dark (yay!) to a cute little loop set right next to a lake. To our surprise, a truck and mini trailer were parked in our reserved spot, and after a conversation with a nice coupleもっと詳しく
Lea Lakes
2018年4月29日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
So our campground is actually at one of the bottomless lakes, called Lea Lake. As we read more about the park, we discovered that each of the lakes is a sinkhole that developed due to soft ground.もっと詳しく
Roswell
2018年4月29日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We started our day off at a cool little diner, The Chapparal Cafe where we both ordered the Truckers Special (excellent choice). Next we have ourselves a little self tour of Roswell, where we found aもっと詳しく
UFO Museum
2018年4月29日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
This cool museum had the entire history of what happened at the Roswell crash, completely with newspaper clippings, sworn affidavits from locals, and video interviews with people who had participatedもっと詳しく
Robert Goddard
2018年4月29日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
We headed next to the Roswell Art & Science Museum to see the display on Robert Goddard, the pioneering engineer and physicist who contributed greatly to the scientific knowledge on building missilesもっと詳しく
Last night in Roswell
2018年4月29日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
When the pregnant lady craves dive Chinese...mmmmm delish!
Breakfast
2018年4月30日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
For breakfast we headed back to our new favorite spot, which conveniently is also a truck stop so we can “fill ‘er up”. Most gas stations have a max limit when using a credit card. At this gasもっと詳しく
Leaving New Mexico
2018年4月30日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Leaving New Mexico we saw a plethora of local attractions, like the Taco Box, tons of cattle and horses, lots of locomotives, grain silos, and new and old farms and industrial equipment. We saw ourもっと詳しく
Entering Texas
2018年4月30日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Entering Texas was uneventful at first. We were in town and drove past a road called “Stateline”, then suddenly we saw the small state sign. About a mile down the road we saw a Welcome sign, andもっと詳しく
Canyon, Texas
2018年4月30日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
This beautiful town is right outside Amarillo and (I imagine) is named for the Palo Duro Canyon, where we will be staying for the next two nights. They have big Texas-sized houses on big propertiesもっと詳しく
Palo Duro
2018年4月30日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
Arriving at this campground was like a dream. They call it “Grand Canyon of Texas” for good reason. The rocks are red and multicolored, and the deep canyon is covered with trees and lush groundもっと詳しく
Amarillo by Morning
2018年5月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We wanted to see what Amarillo was like, so we drove through the Historic Route 66 District complete with shops, restaurants, and bars. Next we headed out to see Cadillac Ranch, where multiple sprayもっと詳しく
RV Museum
2018年5月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
First we headed to the RV Museum, which brought on Eric’s skepticism when he discovered it was located at a huge RV dealership. Lo and behold, behind the sales office there was a two buildingもっと詳しく
RV Museum, continued
2018年5月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
The most unusual vehicle the museum had was probably the 1948 Flxible (first two pictures), which was used to film the Robin Williams movie “RV” (it belonged to the Gornicke family). Eric and Iもっと詳しく
Tyler's BBQ
2018年5月1日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We got hungry for dinner and were headed to the Texas Roadhouse, a popular tourist attraction when we decided we should try a local BBQ joint instead. I pulled open Yelp and three blocks away we foundもっと詳しく
Our campsite
2018年5月1日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
We headed back to our campground while there was still plenty of light so we could enjoy sitting outside with the peace and quiet. It’s pretty awesome because the campground is actually down on theもっと詳しく
Goodbye Texas
2018年5月2日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We left our canyon and struck off Northeast, ready to drive through Oklahoma and on into Kansas for the night. The industrial sized farms are so big they have their own signs and streets to direct theもっと詳しく
Oklahoma, aren't you glad to see us?
2018年5月2日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
We turned up to Oklahoma and immediately big fat raindrops started covering the windshield. Within 5 minutes the roads were flooding and we pulled over at a gas station to ride it out. The rainもっと詳しく
Hello Kansas
2018年5月2日, アメリカ ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
After our ordeal we finally made it up through the Panhandle and popped out into Kansas. The scenery mostly continued, with cows, wind farms, and grain silos dotting the landscape. The 4th picture isもっと詳しく