Yesterday, I woke up at 4 am and saw an alien standing in the front of the RV. It didn’t frighten me though because it looked like one of those plastic inflatable models they sell at the tourist shops here. The weird thing is we didn’t buy one of those. After using the bathroom, I saw the reflection of an alien head in the closet mirror. Again, it looked like a blow-up type. I went back to bed, pulled the covers up high and figured I have aliens on the brain from our week in Roswell.
Our time here has been fun and relaxing. The UFO Museum and Research Center is a fascinating place. The displays are interesting but the library is the most amazing part. They have walls of books, videos, magazines and newspaper clippings that cover nothing but the unusual. In the research room, I got to meet a nice gentleman from Norway named Hawkin (I hope I spelled that right; he might read the blog – just comment if I got it wrong Hawkin). He’s traveling the country building a photographic portfolio and took a picture of Eddy and me.
We cleaned out the basement storage areas on the RV. It’s hard to believe we can drive a 30 foot home down the road for 2 months and still find stuff aboard we didn’t know was there, but it’s true. I cleaned out some old wood levelers the previous owner had and found a 6 ton jack. The thing is smaller than my shoe but could lift “The Road Hog” if needed. What a site that would be though! Hopefully, with Good Sam’s Emergency Roadside Assistance, I’ll never have to see it first hand.
I tossed those wood levelers because they were heavy and in bad shape. I couldn’t reach them all thanks to a deep and narrow storage section that doesn’t open to the other side. My big gut stopped me from getting very far into the area, so Gera – the trooper – climbed back in there to reach the farthest pieces. She could only get in as far as her butt would allow. While she was in there, I had her rolling by saying I’d take pictures for the blog. Even though she thought it would be really funny to have video, I was kind and left the camera in the car. Just picture Winnie The Pooh in Rabbit’s doorway and you get the idea.
Gera’s parents are flying us back to Philly for Christmas and my parents offered to help out with the rental car, so we’re going to have a nice 3-week visit with everyone over the holidays! My only regret regarding the time of year we chose for our journey was losing the holidays with the families. Thanks to them though, we get to have it all! What a great Christmas present for the three of us; thanks moms and dads!
Since we’re flying out of Las Vegas on December 14th, we’ll be making our way there. We leave Roswell today for Carlsbad – about 78 miles south of here. We’re going to spend a few days underground in the caves. After that, we’ll probably visit El Paso, Texas for a day then head to Tucson for a few nights. We’re shooting for Thanksgiving in Phoenix so I can do my annual Black Friday Christmas shopping someplace that has all the best retail stores. After that, we’ll head for the Grand Canyon then on into Vegas where we’ll put the RV in storage for our trip back East. This is the most planning I’ve done for the entire journey! Of course, everything is subject to change.
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