Rosencrantz & Guildenstern, Ltd.

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I’m going to do a proper article (or two) on our quick trip to Roswell and Carlsbad (June 7-8), with pictures and slideshows, but this will do for now (it’s well past sleepy time).

Roswell: UFO Museum is not the only reason (or the best reason): Art Museum much cooler; zoo (peacocks especially) is cool too (though small); wish we could have gone to more museums: historical and contemp. art.

Carlsbad: Caverns are well worth the trip; walk is long (and hard on knees, well on my right knee because I tend to put more weight on it) but a great experience. In town we ate at the No Whiner Diner, which was good. (We both had chicken fried steak). The whole place has a snarky attitude we appreciate.

65 speed limit in place where it should be 70 (why?)

New Mexicans are almost indistinguishable from Texans (apart from only needing one license plate).  We spotted our first authentic New Mexican in Tatum and I couldn’t even tell the difference.

We thought Texas was boring between Sweetwater and Lubbock; eastern New Mexico is generally worse (not even farmhouses or small, almost-dried-up towns every 10-15 miles) with occasional spots of brilliance (ie Carlsbad and the sand dunes on US Hwy 380).

Lubbock to Roswell: Beth Orton (Comfort of Stangers, Central Reseravation, and the Best Bit EP); Ben Folds Five (Whatever and Ever Amen)

Roswell to Carlsbad: The Decemberists (The Crane Wife and The Hazards of Love)

Carlsbad to Hobbs: The Beatles (White Album)

Hobbs to Lubbock: Metallica (Death Magnetic) and Maylene and the Sons of Disaster (II)