Aliens, aliens, aliens – everywhere. Don’t believe me? Take a drive through Roswell, New Mexico, and that is what you will see. Everywhere.
We hadn’t planned on stopping in Roswell, but Carlsbad was booked – no room at any of the many RV parks in the area. But Roswell had a nice one only minutes from historic downtown. Almost everything references aliens. Even McDonald’s (no, I would never eat there – gross!). At one end of town, you see this “monument”:
And a plaque:
On the other side of town, there is a mural I actually loved, but Jay had the pedal to the metal and never had time to get stopped so I could get a picture. So I grabbed a stock photo:
I love this! It’s hilarious. And that’s what Roswell was for us – a fun, hilarious time with a few cool things here and there.
Our first adventure was to Bricktown: Alien Attack! This museum-type place had scenes all built from Legos. There were depictions of alien attacks, a carnival, a cityscape with moving trains, a sea of ships, a castle scene, Christmas scenes, and some individual pieces.
While we enjoyed this, the best part was their virtual reality! They had two. One was titled 1947 Alien Crash, and the other was titled Apollo 11. In the first, you are on the alien ship, and wow, do you feel like you are there – albeit in cartoon form! It goes through the story with some fishy government behavior (sounds plausible). On Apollo 11, you are with the astronauts. It is so much fun and exciting. I have some memories of it. I was very young, but this brought those to the surface. If you ever go, hit up this place for some fun!
The other thing I loved about Roswell are the street lights. Why, you ask? Because they all looked like this:
And the rest of downtown goes right along with the theme. The hair salon:
These are all over the place, wood carved:
This game and shirt printing shop:
The UFO Museum was full of information about the actual crash site, the rancher who found it, the military people involved, and, hey, the government is starting to open up about this stuff. Who knows? Real? You have to decide for yourself.
The many kinds of aliens alleged to be “out there” are listed:
“Take me to your leader.”
The dead one they wanted to dissect…
Said to have been alive, albeit injured:
Poor guy. He must have been scared.
We have records from ancient times that appear to discuss and depict aliens. Thus, the show Ancient Aliens with the wild-haired guy on it. 😉
Types of reported aliens:
Types of reported UFOs:
And finally, I went to get my nails done – no, I did not get any alien depictions on them – LOL. The shop was beside this car wash:
I call it Alien Overkill.
The people of Roswell are a happy lot. If you’re looking for some hilarious and…dare I say, good information about the 1947 alien crash and other alien-related info, Roswell may be your best next destination. I wouldn’t mind going back. After all, we now have this guy on our truck antenna:
And this guy on my monitor, along with Mike Wolkowski, who has lived on my monitors for many years now:
Okay, okay. I also grabbed this guy:
I want to believe…
Up next: Back to Carlsbad. This time to the Carlsbad Living Desert and Zoo.
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