Roswell NM and Alien Encounters…

As another travel day arrived we packed up the RV, hitched up the CRV and hit the road. Our destination was Roswell, New Mexico. The landscape changed slightly as we crossed into New Mexico and we saw a few Pronghorn Antelope along the way. Looking for antelope made the time pass and before we knew it we had driven the 135 miles to Roswell.

We arrived at Spring River RV Park which is a nice Passport America park for only $20 per night. As luck would have it we landed here on the weekend of the Roswell UFO Festival. This three day festival offered up live music, food trucks, booths costume contests for those in attendance and it was all FREE! The music was all played on a stage in front of the really cool looking courthouse.

We checked out several of the live music venues and some of them were pretty darned good. It was great attending live music events again. New Mexico is quite a bit more cautious with Covid  in comparison to the lack of interest shown by much of Texas about the pandemic. We saw lots of masked and un-masked (vaccinated) folks attending the events.

We also made a day trip over to the Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge. It was a short drive outside of town where we drove the loop road through the park looking for birds and wildlife. We didn’t spot much wildlife but did see some birds. We also stopped at several pullouts to either take in the sights or set off on a short hike. We found it to be a really pretty area with a lot of wetlands throughout the park.

We also found a nice little disc golf course that we played and enjoyed. We really liked the Alien logos on the baskets. The entire town really embraces the Alien theme. Nearly every business has alien or UFO art making it quite fun to stroll or drive through town.

We also enjoyed some craft beer at a few different locations. One was at the Black Cock Brewery (No I didn’t name it!) which had a fun vibe and good beers available. Another popular spot for dining and drinking was Farley’s. They served up some Alien IPA beers that were tasty. Also we noticed they had one of the most unique bar tops we had ever seen which was a lot of computer motherboards side by side and encased in resin making for a real interesting bar top!!!

And just like that our time was up in Roswell and it once again became time to head North and West towards Albuquerque…

NOTE:  We are currently Bernalillo, New Mexico until July 14th…