Roswell and Carlsbad NM

We got to the Alien UFO Museum in Roswell early on Friday morning- it was very busy since it was Good Friday and there were a ton of families. It's kind of a hokey place but Kirk and Joe really enjoyed it.  They had lots of articles about the July 1947 "landing" of a UFO in the Roswell area and the ensuing government cover-up.  Not sure how I feel about this but it sure looks like the locals believe it.  After that we went back to the campers and got ready to roll.  Not much else to see and do in Roswell so we headed to Carlsbad which is about 90 minutes south of there.  We stayed two nights there at Carlsbad RV Park (not very appealing, lots of permanents for oil workers).  After we got set up we drove south towards Sitting Bull Falls but it was closed due to flooding. We drove as far into the canyon as we could- saw a goat looking out of a cave!  Went to Carlsbad Caverns on Saturday- it was also very busy with families off for the Easter weekend.  We took the self-guided Big Room tour (free to us seniors!).  It took us about 1 1/2 hours to walk through this huge room- that is about as large as 14 football fields!  The path was paved and had handrails and we used the audio tour feature which explained what we were seeing.  This is a must visit place too- you will never see a larger cavern unless you go to Borneo.

We watched the Badgers beat Kentucky in the final four Saturday night.  Got up early on Sunday and headed east into Texas- it took us about 7 hours to get to Fredericksburg.  Sure missed church but it would have gotten us into our campground too late if we had gone.  Had a wonderful German meal at Friedhelm's Bavarian Inn- came back to walk the dogs and crash early. Long day of traveling!  Looking forward to three nights in one place to explore the Texas Hill Country.