Friday, October 14, 2016

New Mexico, part 1

 8 hour drive to go on vacation with our Dear Friends the Williams? Uh, yes please! DQ for lunch.
 Me and Al waiting for the gift shoppers across the street from the UFO museum. Yeah, we gotta work on that selfie business.
So, if you haven't been to Roswell, NM this statue pretty much sums it up. There once was a farmer who found a crashed aircraft in his field. The government swooped in and said, 'there isn't anything here, don't worry about it, we'll clean it all up and you can forget about it.' Was it aliens? Maybe. But my guess is that the government would like us to think it is aliens instead of letting us know what it really was...
 An outdoor heated pool in October still isn't warm enough for swimming. These fish lasted about 15 min.
 Italian for dinner in Roswell. I love watching my kids play together. Yes, even if it is on a device. At least they are laughing and engaged with each other.
 Ruidoso, New Mexico is a beautiful place. It is a lot like a smaller version of Flagstaff. It was cool and refreshing. Here are some local deer. Ryan and I hiked 3 miles in Plano and saw 2 squirrels. A herd of deer on the side of the road was almost too easy!
 Hooray! Julianne and Bruce arrived. They always take a week vacation and this year they invited us along! I just happened to be while we had a short fall break.
 Here we are enjoying the fitness trail in the Lincoln National Forest.
 Dan won with 6 pull-ups!
 It was super great to spend time outdoors with each other.
 Nice view, eh?
 Picnic in the mountains.
 We found the lake that the locals visit. Lots of fisher folks.
 There was a golf course at the resort we stayed at.
Macers loved this eagle! There were wood carvings all along the course (and all over Ruidoso actually!)

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