Ending Mileage: 10664
Miles Traveled: 382
April 23, 2008
We headed out of Lamesa—towards Albuquerque, with an aim to stop at Roswell. Hey—we’re sci-fi fans—so ye can’t go through New Mexico without stopping there! As we left Lamesa, we actually got a wee bit of rain! We found a donut shop and pulled over to put on more gear and then headed out with earnest to Roswell. The rain was purty light and didn’t last very long. However, the New Mexico *winds* kicked up making the ride down the freeway one long lean into the gusts. It’s kinda scary to be going down a long straight road in a lean of about a 30 degree angle.
Just before getting to Roswell, Grace saw a small herd of pronghorn antelope not too far from the highway. After soooo much open land throughout the trip, it was quite amazing that we didn’t see all that much wildlife (other than a chipmunk or two at Bryce Canyon).
We made Roswell about 10:30am and went straight to the UFO Museum. Yeah-yeah—we’re such nerdy tourists!
Had lunch and headed for Albuquerque where Grace’s high school friend JoLaine and her husband Tom and son Chris live (oh—and let’s not forget their long-haired dachshund, Darcy). We fought the winds on a lot of flat ground and then started climbing into a small mountainous area, winding down into Albuquerque. That last stretch was windy and the views were spectacular.
It was great to see JoLaine again and what a warm welcome we got from her and her family (although Darcy made it known all the way down the block that she didn’t think much of this big black thing on two wheels). Tom cooked some steaks on the barbeque and we spent the evening gabbing.
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