Ninth Stop - Alamogordo, NM

Alamogordo, NM – After El Paso, we were prepared for pretty much anything, but Alamogordo was a pleasant surprise. The hotel was reasonable, we made it to Happy Hour at Chili’s, there was a Wal-Mart next door, and the sheriff let us off the hook when we made an illegal left turn. What else could you ask for?

We visited White Sands National Park, took a 4.7 mile hike through the desert (or, as Jennifer put it, walked around a sugar bowl for three hours – see picture), and had a picnic on a sand dune to watch the sunset.


Finally, we drove to Roswell, site of the alleged 1947 government cover-up of a UFO crash. Visited the UFO museum to get some detailed insight into flying saucers, space aliens, and the truth of what really happened here. It was great, but we had expected a little more … As the guy from the visitors center put it: “This town is about the aliens. Otherwise, people are just trying to get out of Roswell”.