Heading southwest we passed through Hereford, a cattle town where the smell of cows filled the air, it was like going back in time, a train track ran next to the road and broken down buildings in the old western style creaked and swayed in the wind. We sat at a railway crossing and watched as a train loaded with cattle trundled past for ten minutes, thats how large the train was!
It was a great ride into New Mexico through open planes, we only shared the road every twenty minutes or so, it was like a dual carriage so way we rode side by side on roads thats ran straight for as far as the eye could see, roads that would make the Roman Empire jealous.
We eventual landed in Roswell,I wasn't sure what to expect after hearing the name of this town for many years associated with UFO conspiracies. It is a town like any other on the surface, with it McDonalds and shops, but look closer and you notice all the lamp post have alien heads, even the insurance companies have space ships in their advertising, its cheesy but it also fun, spot the alien! Resident here enjoy the their unusual tourist trade, some didn't even know the story of the UFO incident until it was aired on TV in the 80's, Once a year they have a Alien Festival, unfortunately we are a month early.
Winds are becoming challenging and today we are forcast 50mph gusts so we are going to have a rest day and get our hair cut.. Who knows it might be by an alien....
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