Today after church we went to a rock and mineral show at a state park near Carlsbad. I did not find any legally harvested speleothems, but found a couple other items - including something from the region's potash mines. Then we traveled to Roswell, NM. There was the tacky, touristy alien stuff downtown (supposedly there was a UFO that crashed in the vicinity in 1947 and it was carted off by the government to Area 51). What we did not know was that the area was a base of operation for Robert Goddard, the rocketry pioneer in the early 20th century - maybe the aliens were trying to reach him for spaceship repairs. Seriously, though, the Roswell Museum and Art Center (free!) had some nice Goddard artifacts and a setup of one of the larger launch towers outside (sticking up behind the building in the picture). When we returned to Carlsbad, we went on a paddleboat ride on the Pecos River - they have a nice riverfront beach park.
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