January 12 was the day we decided to visit the UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell New Mexico. When in Roswell, it's the thing to do! There was a lot I didn't know about "the incident" which happened in July 1947. Before we get into that, I have to share the McDonald's sign we drove past in Roswell... I thought it was pretty cute.
Upon entering the museum, we began reading all the information they had on the walls, which was displayed in a timeline. It would take ALL DAY to read all the info they had, so I'll just share a few snippets of it. In a nutshell, a rancher who was out checking his livestock, came across some strange debris in the field.
He then went and told the county sheriff about it.
Here's the report of it in the local paper, dated July 8, 1947.
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The US government got involved since there was an Army Air Base near Roswell at the time. As the story goes, the government was successfully able to cover this incident up by saying it was a weather balloon that crashed into the farmer's field. Here's an account from one of the men stationed at the base. There actually were a lot of signed affidavits by people that were involved in this "incident" and all said that there was a government cover up. Some people swore they saw a "flying disc" and others reported that they saw the debris from the crash and alien-looking small bodies. I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions.
This next picture we call "Spot the Alien"!
These were props from a movie entitled "Roswell" that came out in the 1990's.
After the UFO museum (which also included an interesting exhibit on Area 51 in Nevada), we came back down to earth and visited a historical home in town. We didn't get any photos, but it was restored to it's original condition, circa 1912. I know this doesn't sound too old to many folks... but New Mexico wasn't even declared a state until 1912, so this was in the "babyhood" of New Mexico.
While we were out an about in Roswell, we stopped at no less than three hardware stores, trying to find parts to repair the leaking shower. John was unable to find the exact things he needed, but the resourceful fellow that he is, he managed to get some bits and pieces that he felt might work. Here he is working AGAIN on the shower.
Here are some of the tools that were critical in the shower repair.
I should have included in the previous "tool" photo, a golf club. Yes, a golf club. At one point, when an essential piece of pipe dropped behind the shower wall, a golf club was needed to get it out!! I am happy to report that after four days, several trips to hardware stores, blood, sweat, and tears (on my part, at the thought of having to shower in campground showers for the rest of this trip), John was successful! Our shower is up and running again!!! YAHOOOOO! I have to give kudos to my persistent and determined husband, and not once did I hear any bad words during the struggle. He never ceases to amaze me :-)
As far as Jinx the RV cat, well.... we have given him one treatment of the lime/sulphur "horse dip". He didn't mind a bit, but OMG, that stuff reeks to high heavens! We were told to treat him twice a week for 8 weeks. So far, he is still occasionally scratching, but I don't think that any additional fur has fallen out. We'll keep the kitty updates coming!
In our next post we'll see where the "White Knight" ends up next!! As a hint: He likes National Parks :)
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