Del Rio to Carlsbad
On our last full day in Del Rio, we attended a UFO festival which included a number of lectures by some of the top researchers in the field, a showing of the movie "Fire in the Sky" and a costume, parade and food event in a nereby park.  Among those making presentations were Stanton Friedman who has appeared in many films and TV documentaries concerning UFO's and Travis Walton, the victim of the 1975 "Fire in the Sky" UFO abduction case.

On the first leg of our journey toward Carlsbad, NM, we took a short side trip to Langtry, TX, home of Judge Roy Bean and the "Law West of the Pecos" which included a very impressive cactus garden which is shown in many of these photos.  Also some of the pictures include a view of Mexico not too much in the distance.

Visit to Roswell

We arrived in the Carlsbad, NM on Monday, January 27th and settled in at the Brantley Lake State Park which is located just about 12 miles North of the city.  The lake is quite large, but not nearly as huge as it could be, due to years of very little precipitation in the region.  The lake would be normally fed by 7 rivers, but most of them are dry, with the Pecos being the only one where we've seen some water.  Some of our party were originally hoping to do some fishing, but we understand from some other folks here that it would probably be a waste of time.

On Tuesday we took about an hour drive to Roswell, NM, the site of a famous UFO crash in 1947.  While it is not currently possible to visit the actual crash site, there is the International UFO Museum and Research Center which is open to the public.  While some of the displays are tongue-in-cheek depictions of Little Green Men, etc., the exhibit hall includes infromation on the Roswell Incident, Crop Circles, aliens depicted by ancient cultures and other UFO and abduction stories, facts and photos from around the world.  See our own photos here. The truth is out there.
Carlsbad Caverns

I cannot possibly describe the beauty we encountered in the several hours we spend above and within the caverns.  We walked for miles through the caverns, impressed with the great size (not feeling at all confined as in some other caverns and caves we've visited).  We hope you enjoy the many photos an get at least some sense of what we saw.  We took so many pictures that we were killing batteries left and right and I've thus broken them down into three sets as listed below:
Camera
Deb's Phone
Ty's Phone
Brantley Lake State Park

We spent five days at this location while we explored the vicinity.  These photos are intended to give you some sense of the excellent location and some of the views we enjoyed.
From Carlsbad to Elephant Butte, NM

On February 1st we traveled to our new location via El Paso, TX.  Hmm, NM to TX to NM (don't ask).  We share with you here a few photos of the trip and more entries will follow as we explore this new area.