Roswell The Alien Experience Part I

We started in El Paso, and slowly made our way up Hwy 54 while increasing in elevation. The area around us was a desolate desert with dry sand blowing everywhere. After about 100 miles we noticed the environment starting to change, and we started encountering hills with larger brush along the way. Too our very pleasant surprise we hit an mountain region at about six thousand feet, and the temperature dropped back into the nineties from somewhere around 110F.

Once out of the mountains we went down only a few thousand feet but seemed to maintain some of the elevation. About another hour and a half passed and to our surprise we made it to Roswell. Our first impression was wow! these guys have money coming from somewhere. The main street was the highway a four lane road with parking, and sidewalks all along the main street road. It was about 5 PM Saturday earl evening and nothing was really open. The cars seemed to only pass through town to somewhere else, and know one seems to stop much. 

The town infrastructure is very significant for a town it's size, and the police force has new looking cruisers with at least one all white unmarked police cruiser. We also saw some kind of a aqueduct, and where shocked to see this kind of infrastructure. There are also two tall building's that stand out within the tiny down town area.

One of the things that also caught our attention was that online the town claimed to be very focused on tourism, but nothing was open on a early evening Saturday. Now maybe this is a normal small town aspect, but Sunday most things being closed was not too much out of the ordinary.

As we explored around the town we sort of felt we where in an episode of the old TV show "The Twilight Zone". It just seemed odd, and out of place. The Alien heads also gave the area a light creepy feel, and is intriguing as well.

The town has several good hotels, and restaurants all along the main street just out of the center of town. The people where warm and friendly but knew nothing about the towns maintenance costs, and our investigation into over infrastructure didn't go far.