Day 4, more new mexico

We saw a lot more of the "real" new mexico today. Way out in the wilderness, the desert.
Early on we went to the living desert near Carlsbad. Its a nice zoo with lots of desert animals and plants.
Stayed longer than we thought we would, so it was nearly noon when we got out of there.
More driving then. My wife saw a water fall on a map that was way out there.
I was remembering another waterfall adventure in chatauqua county a few years back when we got stuck miles from anything.
But this was much better.
This was probably 50 miles from the nearest town. Much of it was open range. On the way there we had to look out for cows and horses on the road. The road was narrow and no side rails through the mountains.
But the waterfall was worth it. We got there just in time as a large group of tourists showed up just behind us.
We stayed there a long time walking around trails and along the water.
Then we made our way to Rosswell. Sight of the most famous alleged alien sighting in the world. This is where a spaceship supposedly crashed in 1947. There are books about the conspiracy to cover it up, and what all happened.
This museum is dedicated to that event. Its called "the incident."
They do a good job of presenting both sides.
One side says it was a coverup, the other side says there never was anything to cover up, it was just a weather baloon.
Fact remains, the guys who saw it, and who saw the bodies of aliens, and who found spacecraft material, were quoted in newspapers talking about what they saw. Then a few days later - after meeting with government people - told much different stories and denied ever having said what they said. I saw the story in the Roswell paper about it, yet only days later, everyone was denying everything. It is as though that story never existed.
They also make a lot out of the fact that the area around the crash site remains off limits to this day.
Then there are several government reports showing that its all bogus, That it never happened and such.
Pretty interesting stuff.
All day we dodged storms, just as we did yesterday.
We saw storms to our left and right, especially in the afternoon. We missed most of them though.
We got to Roswell and it was still sprinkling, but was soaking wet.
From there we headed north and went to this little place called Lincoln. It was a settlement of the wild west and Billy the Kid was one of the main characters.
Started raining about then, and i was getting pretty tired. My sweet wife had to read every single sign there was, so i kept going.
Finally got to a hotel and ate around 9 p.m.
Found a good real authentic mexican joint.
Lots of those around here.
There are lots of interesting things to see here in the desert, but they are all pretty far apart.
We are doing some scenic drives tomorrow.