New Mexico (cont'd) and Colorado

White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

The International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell, New Mexico

Starting off where we left off last posting... After Carlsbad we headed north through New Mexico in a zig-zag fassion, visiting Roswell to learn about UFO's, White Sands - an astonishing environment that provides vistas i imagine are similar to being on the moon, finally arriving in Santa Fe for the night.



In the morning we explored dowtown Santa Fe:

It must be some kind of local town planning law, because every building (even modern ones) are made in the adobe style.

This is the oldest house in America, circa 1646. Although it is a disputed claim that it is the oldest in America, its still pretty old so I thought it worthy of being blogged.

This is me at the ruins of a 16th century Spanish mission and an old indian Pueblo at the Pecos National Historical Park. Avid blog readers will note that I have been here before, but this time is the first time I have had a really good look around.

Dad going underground in the pueblo, to a room used by the puebloans for working - it is much cooler subsurface than the 100 deg f temperatures above ground.

We ended up that night east of Canon City, Colorado visiting our family friend Neil who was running a summer camp for geology students and very kindly invited us to stay for the night.

The next day we drove up to Denver, where Dad flew out of. Now I am just chilling down in Denver. I shelled out for a motel so that I could chill down and swim in the pool for a few days before heading to Oklahoma on Wednesday or Thursday. Today has been the first real quiet day I have had since the beginning of the trip! Today is Fathers Day in America, but my dad is aboard an international flight and by crossing the dateline he skips Sunday, so that avoids an awkward situation - no Dad deserves 2 fathers days a year, even one that was cool enough to come over here to travel with his son for a week!! But seriously, thanks to Dad for an awesome week exploring the west.