Our Travel Adventures

5/18/2015 Sunny 70 deg. F.  Traveled I-285 from Roswell, NM to Brantley State Park in Artesia, NM. Splurged this morning, Becky walked over to McDonald's and returned with breakfast and coffee. We drove through Roswell UFO incident  and took several pictures of the interesting store fronts.  We skipped the Alien Museum tour, but found it interesting on the outside. Continued on to Brantley Lake State Park - Carlsbad New Mexico .  We stayed one night, $14.00 with elect and water.  $18.00 with sewer.  Sewer sites were all taken so we went with the elect and water.  Nice sites, very quiet while we were here.  Becky got a verity of beautiful photo's of nature in the desert in spring.  She was enjoying the flowers.

5/17/2015 Sunny 61 deg. F today.  Left Trinidad Colorado around 10:00 a.m. heading south via I-25 to I-285 to Santa Fe, New Mexico . Stopped at Las Vegas, NM for gas and lunch.  Gas was $2.74/gal. Santa Fe is the oldest capital in the United States. Really neat Southwestern shops with Pueblo Adobe look. Continued on to Roswell, New Mexico and arrive here around 7:00 p.m. Roswell   City in New Mexico Roswell is a city in New Mexico. It is the county seat of Chaves County in the southeastern quarter of the state of New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 48,411, making it the 5th largest city in New Mexico. Wikipedia Area :  29.92 mi² (77.5 km²) Weather :  55°F (13°C), Wind SW at 6 mph (10 km/h), 48% Humidity this day Hotels :  3-star averaging $100.  View hotels Population :  48,611 (2013) Univers...