Sunday, April 20, 2008
So last month we decided to take a trip to Roswell and see what was up with all the alien talk we had heard about. We visited the International UFO museum to finally discover the truth about aliens.
I don't know what we expected to see or learn. At least an X-files type amusement park ride? Needless to say the "museum" is just an old movie theater with a bunch of old newspaper clippings and posters. So basically you pay your six bucks and walk around and read a lot more than you want to. It kind of reminded me of walking around an elementary school gym on science project day. And at the finale of the tour you get to see a reenactment of the famous alien autopsy. Turns out it is an old JC Penney mannequin operating on an old movie prop.
Needless to say, it was disappointing. The town of Roswell was pretty cool though. The street lights are shaped like alien heads and the McDonalds is shaped like a UFO. There are lots of alien gift shops and the people are really nice.
Overall it was a fun trip and we were glad we went. I just would have rather spent my six bucks on an alien t-shirt, or a mug, or pretty much anything that runs six bucks in Roswell NM.
5 comments:
Sounds like a fun road trip. It'd be sad to say you lived in NM for a few years and never went. What else do you have left to check off your Albuquerque list?
Sorry you were disappointed with the museum but now you can at least say you have been there!
I think Roswell is just something you have to do when you live in New Mexico. I want to go stand on a corner in Winslow, AZ just because of the song, I am sure my experience in Winslow would be much like your Roswell trip.
I didn't know that there was such a town. How funny!
Hey Nate and Gretta! I am actually afraid of aliens. When I was younger I was always afraid of getting ubducted by aliens. I believed that if I thought about them, they would somehow know and come and ubduct me, so I would always try not to ever think about them. Crazy, I know....kids are funny. But the sad thing is...I am still afraid of them. I guess I never should have watched the movie "Fire in the Sky." I think that is when it all started. Have you ever seen that movie? Anyway, it was fun to read about your trip to Roswell. We sure miss you guys!
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