The plan for today was to tour around Roswell for a few hours and then head down to Carlsbad Caverns. We started by loading up on donuts and munchkins at Dunkin Donuts. Then, we went to the International UFO Museum and Research Library. It’s not a particularly huge place, but it was filled with some cool exhibits and lots of facts about close encounters, crop circles, UFO sitings, abductions, ancient depictions, and government coverups. Surprisingly, Troy really loved the place, but not quite as much as my wife. She believes in visitors from another planet, so she was in hog heaven with all of the information and history. Truth be told, I picked Roswell mostly for her benefit. After some alien-themed shopping, we headed to Carlsbad Caverns.
To our surprise, they were sold out of tickets! Apparently, they had several hundred people show up today and start standing in line at 8:00 am for tickets. The ranger said it was crazy. He said for the last several weeks it’s been pretty quiet. Then, out of the blue the swarm descended. We tried to get tickets for tomorrow, but they said we’d have to just come stand in line in the morning. It’s first come, first served. I’m not sure we’re going to want to leave the hotel at 6:45 am just to hope we can get tickets for the caverns. I really can’t believe our luck with this. Oh well, we’ll just have to go with the flow, I guess.
Since we were already there, we did a little shopping in the visitor center and took in the scenic views of the surrounding area. We also met a nice older couple from Chicago who said they love Greek culture and food. So, they got the biggest kick out of my wife, her accent, and her stories about food and life in Greece.
Afterward, we were all starving, so we decided to check into the hotel and then find something to eat. We ate at a BBQ place called the Red Chimney. The food was delicious, almost as good as Texas BBQ, although I’m not sure my wife even tasted it. She inhaled it so quickly, that I not only couldn’t get the stopwatch started, I couldn’t even get the app opened on my phone before she was done!
The Comfort Inn & Suites is a definite upgrade from the Roswell Inn. We have twice as much space, they have an actual hot-served breakfast, and they gave us free homemade cookies and fresh-popped popcorn. The entry and sitting room were decorated beautifully for Christmas, and it all had a homey feel to it. The staff were also incredibly nice. They even called a few minutes after we checked in to make sure that everything in the room was okay. Of course, the only thing that Troy cared about was that we had a couch in this place. That was one of his biggest complaints about the last motel room.
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