Considering the trains, planes & automobiles, we were having not a bad sleep until the wind started howling. Our trailer was bouncing around so much it was crazy. Dave was thinking of getting up to connect to the truck and I was thinking of driving back to the tornado shelter we had seen down the highway. I thought there was no way we would be towing the trailer today but surprisingly it calmed down overnight and we were on the road first thing this morning.

Most of the houses we have seen in Texas are made of brick. The only places I've seen that before is Thunder Bay & London, Ontario, but then I haven't been a lot of places. This is not one of the brick houses we saw.

There is a cowboy on this bridge.

I would like you all to know that the prairies are not the only place where you can drive for miles and see nothing. So the next time someone complains about driving through the prairies, ask them if they've been to Texas.

To be fair, they also have cows. There are about a gazillion in this picture that you can't see.

We arrived in the state of New Mexico.

More of the same bald prairie and no traffic.

Dave was very excited to arrive in Roswell, New Mexico. It's claim to fame is the following:

Roswell UFO incident

Roswell UFO incident
Roswell Daily Record, July 8, 1947, announcing the "capture" of a "flying saucer"
Date	1947
Location	Chaves County, New Mexico, United States
Coordinates	33°58.1′N 105°14.6′W

In mid 1947, a United States Air Force surveillance balloon crashed at a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico, prompting claims alleging the crash was of an extraterrestrial spaceship.^[1]

After an initial spike of interest, the military reported that the crash was merely of a conventional weather balloon.^[2] Interest subsequently waned until the late 1970s when ufologists began promulgating a variety of increasingly elaborate conspiracy theories, claiming that one or more alien spacecraft had crash-landed, and that the extraterrestrial occupants had been recovered by the military who then engaged in a cover-up.

In the 1990s, the US military published reports disclosing the true nature of the crashed Project Mogul balloon. Nevertheless, the Roswell incident continues to be of interest in popular media, and conspiracy theories surrounding the event persist. Roswell has been called "the world's most famous, most exhaustively investigated, and most thoroughly debunked UFO claim".^[3]

They are taking full advantage of the situation as any town would.

Once we left Roswell, the scenery started getting much more interesting.

It reminded us a bit of driving in the Baja last year, except these roads have shoulders.

It was a great drive.

Lots of things for sale.

Some fall colours, even here.

A train for Colton.

We have arrived at our campground in Tularosa, New Mexico. The view is great.

We are far from the highway and it's very quiet.

When we checked in I asked if there were any critters around. They said only snakes & coyotes. I said, "what kind of snakes"? They said "rattlesnakes. They like to go under things, so be careful and check around your tires, etc. If you go out at night make sure you take a flashlight." We only have to worry about mosquitoes at home. Doesn't seem so bad now.

While I have been sitting here working on the blog, the coyotes have been yipping and howling. I also jumped when I heard something that I thought sounded like a rattle near me. It was the leaves blowing in the tree.

These are a few photos I wanted to share from Dave's phone yesterday and now we have wifi.