Ok, so the RV Park wasn’t as great as we thought. Turns out
the trains run all night AND they blow their horns nonstop the whole way
through town.
We spent a couple of hours in the morning at the Roswell
International UFO museum and research centre. Mainly about the infamous Roswell
incident, they also had exhibits about abductions, sightings and crop circles.
The Roswell incident was really interesting, and if the
exhibits are to be believed, it could certainly leave you considering that it may
have happened. They had lots of affidavits from witnesses about the crashed craft
and the deceased (and one living) creatures. Seems like there were a lot of
people who were involved and then threatened into silence. Deathbed confessions
seem to be the go, as witnesses decide to confess before they leave this earth.
Aliens? Who knows, but it is certainly interesting to consider.
The rest of the exhibits were a little lame, and a section
on alien visits to the ancient world blew its credibility by quoting the work
of Erich von Daniken “Chariots of the Gods”. Von Daniken had a chunk of his research
devoted to the Easter Island statues and how they had obviously been constructed
by aliens, as the Easter Island inhabitants had neither the tools or the know
how to carve, move and erect such massive monuments. He was very much disproved
by Thor Heyerdahl who visited the island and asked the islanders how it was
done. They showed him, by carving and erecting a statue in a matter of months.
When he asked them why they hadn’t shared that with von Daniken over the time
he was there, they replied “because he never asked us”.
We then went to a museum in one of Roswell’s old homes.
Built in 1910, it was beautifully preserved with original furnishings and
fittings. Well worth a look.
Roswell was fun, but very tired looking. A lot of shops have
UFO themes, but they are all selling the same t-shirts and blow up aliens, and
the whole place could use a spruce up and a bit of fresh paint. Pity really, as
they could do a lot with the alien theme. They do have alien light globe covers
on the street lights.
In the afternoon we set out for Carlsbad and a trip to the
Carlsbad Caverns tomorrow. Settling in with a very nice bottle of Pinot Noir
from the Russian River Region of Sonoma (the valley next to Napa). Wine is
insanely cheap here, it is a bit insulting to find Penfolds in the bottle shops
at half what we pay in Australia.
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