We started out our day with an hours drive to Roswell. Last night we looked up restaurants in Roswell on the internet and the Cowboy Cafe had high marks. So we went there upon arrival. I liked the Eagle and God Bless America sign on the outside......
Then inside their "Todays Special" board doubled my fondness of the place.
We had a great breakfast.
Then over to the UFO Museum.
They are serious about Aliens around here.
Even quoting the Borg.
Lots of stuff in the museum. It is obvious that something happened here in 1947. Hmmmmm, just prior to our figuring out the internet and computers. Crashed spacecraft aided in that maybe?
The whole town is Alien crazy.
The story is that an Alien spacecraft crashed on a desert farm near here in a severe lightning storm.
The following morning a ranch hand discovered the craft. Eye witness accounts of ranchers and the Army personnel sent to cordon off the area all claim four Alien bodies were recovered, one still alive.
The dead Alien bodies were transported to Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio for examination.
The live one put onto life support. near Roswell These claims were made by Doctors and Nurses and Military personnel who transferred and worked on the Aliens.
We went to several shops in town center. Lots of cool stuff.
"I'll have a burger medium with fries and a Diet Pepsi, a Calico Cat rare and a Gatorade for my friend."
Then we went over to the Roswell Air Field. It is a graveyard "boneyard" for Airliners as well as an International Airport. Look hard, you can see rows of tails in the air. There are several rows spaced around the field and at least 300 aircraft here. Most of them American Airlines, but others as well.
Most of the planes are stripped for parts. Some are refurbished and sold to smaller airlines.
No tours are given but it would be cool to get inside one of these stripped planes to check it out.
Personal at the airport said, "We get more requests for tours than Disneyland!"
Through the open areas we could see windows, doors, seats, and engines all removed.
Fortunately I was able to try this one out as a perspective buyer. I couldn't get it off of the ground though. All those switches, which one starts this thing up?
Tomorrow morning early we have a five hour drive to Deming, New Mexico. We will visit with our friend Gary Simpson. We have not seen him in nearly 40 years. Thanks to the Corona Class of 1966 50 year reunion he attended, we were able to reconnect. I guess we will have to stick to movement by ground since I couldn't start up the aircraft. Look for me to fly low. Brummmm!
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