Thursday, October 28, 2010

Day 18 – Boulder, Colorado via Roswell, New Mexico to Midland, Texas YEE-HA!



‘The truth is out there’

Today we drove 1100kms. We stopped for lunch in a small town in New Mexico that just so happened to be called Las Vegas. The boys were a little hesitant so we put our faith in a familiar restaurant and chose to grab something quick and easy from Burger King. Bad idea! It was some of the worst food we have ever eaten, made all the worse when we realised Las Vegas had managed to screw us over, a second time!

We took a slight detour from the highway so we could visit Roswell, New Mexico. Apparently this is the area were the United States Government covered up a UFO crash in 1947. Keanan (sci-fi nerd) had the chance to fulfil one of his life-long dreams when we attended the International UFO Research Centre and Museum. It quickly became apparent that the museum was cheap and tacky. We ventured into a couple of touristy shops on the main street and they were just as sad, so we quickly got out of this dump of a town and made our way to Midland, Texas.
                                                                                                                        
We were all weary from our long day on the road, but still excited to be in Texas. Jon was delighted to be greeted by a man at the check-in desk who looked like someone straight out of the film Deliverance. The lady who delivered our Dominos later when we realised we’d entered a different time zone and there was no other food available (honest!) was probably his wife/sister, both?

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