VinceL
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- 2013 Explorer Limited
Day 14:
This was another big driving day. We left Albuquerque at 10:49am (on a side note, we planned this vacation to be as relaxing as possible, and tried to get as late starts as possible, there was no getting up at 6:00am to get on the road. The earliest I think we got up was 7:30 for one day.), and headed south to Carlsbad. Of course, on our way down we had to stop at...
The International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell:
Oh yeah baby, we made sure to stop! It was appropriately awesome. They only charge $5.00 to get in, and it is worth every penny. It is beyond description, it simply has to be experienced. The gift shop is worth the price of admission alone.
Here are some interior shots of the museum quality displays on hand:
Oooh, a life size diorama:
Always time for an artist's depiction:
And how about some fan art:
Roswell was a great little town, where everything was alien themed - they really seemed to be having fun with it.
We really got a kick out of the street lamps:
It didn't matter what the business was, they were able to tie in the aliens in one way or another. It was awesome.
Then we stopped at the coolest McDonald's ever:
It had an awesome playplace and it was just neat inside. We all ended up crawling through the hamster maze, and all I can say is that I am too damn old to do that stuff It was fun though.
We made it to Carlsbad at 6:25pm. It was an easy drive and it was nice getting in early. One fuel-up with 22.8mpg with the odometer reading 13642.3.
This was another big driving day. We left Albuquerque at 10:49am (on a side note, we planned this vacation to be as relaxing as possible, and tried to get as late starts as possible, there was no getting up at 6:00am to get on the road. The earliest I think we got up was 7:30 for one day.), and headed south to Carlsbad. Of course, on our way down we had to stop at...
The International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell:
Oh yeah baby, we made sure to stop! It was appropriately awesome. They only charge $5.00 to get in, and it is worth every penny. It is beyond description, it simply has to be experienced. The gift shop is worth the price of admission alone.
Here are some interior shots of the museum quality displays on hand:
Oooh, a life size diorama:
Always time for an artist's depiction:
And how about some fan art:
Roswell was a great little town, where everything was alien themed - they really seemed to be having fun with it.
We really got a kick out of the street lamps:
It didn't matter what the business was, they were able to tie in the aliens in one way or another. It was awesome.
Then we stopped at the coolest McDonald's ever:
It had an awesome playplace and it was just neat inside. We all ended up crawling through the hamster maze, and all I can say is that I am too damn old to do that stuff It was fun though.
We made it to Carlsbad at 6:25pm. It was an easy drive and it was nice getting in early. One fuel-up with 22.8mpg with the odometer reading 13642.3.