We had a fun and amusing morning at the International UFO museum this morning.  There were numerous newspaper articles about the crash landing and the "government cover up".  We even watched a bit of the movie, "Roswell".

Dave got his tin foil hat, finally.  Do I believe in UFOs?  Who knows what's out there?

I spent a little time this morning, wandering the streets of downtown Roswell.  There are still a few kitschy stores, advertising the alien invasion, that are fun to look at.  Even the streetlights have an alien face to match the theme.  I love the unusual.

Welcome to Roswell!

Home of much more than alien forklore.  We took a drive through Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge yesterday.  Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge located in two separate sections in central Chaves County, New Mexico, United States, a few miles northeast of the city of Roswell. Both sections lie on the banks of the Pecos River.  It's home to hundreds of species of birds, dragonflies, reptiles and amphibians.  It was also home to a roadrunner that I finally got a picture of!

Today, we went to Bottomless Lake State Park.  Bottomless Lakes State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of New Mexico, located along the Pecos River, about 15 miles southeast of Roswell. Established in 1933, it was the first state park in New Mexico. It takes its name from nine small, deep lakes located along the eastern escarpment of the Pecos River valley.

So how did Bottomless Lake get its name?  When cowboys were exploring the Wild West, they came across nine lakes in New Mexico. In an attempt to get to know the land, they cut giant pieces of rope to try to measure how deep these bodies of water were. No luck. They tied several long pieces of rope together and they still couldn’t reach the bottom. They couldn’t even see the bottom.  

Local legends tell of objects going missing in the lakes, only to wash up later in the Carlsbad Caverns or Gulf of Mexico. Others warn of strong underwater currents that suck up swimmers and divers, never to be seen again. There are some who tell stories about a giant turtle monster who patrols the bottom of the lake.

I'm not sure if these legends are true at all, but the scenery was beautiful!

We took a drive through downtown Ft. Stockton today, as well as historic Ft. Stockton.

While driving through Ft. Stockton yesterday evening, we decided to stop for dinner.  K-Bob's attracted our attention with its signs, so we stopped there.

​It wasn't until we went in that we realized that K-Bob's was for kebabs.  This restaurant is a chain that goes through TX and CO.

I thoroughly enjoyed seeing their version of a salad bar - their salad wagon.

We both ordered steak, potatoes and corn on the cob.  the corn was delicious as was the steak.  Although, I have to admit that my steak was not cooked to my order and they didn't get the grilled onions.  But the steak was still great.

They also have Texas sized portions on their menu.

We hit the road on Monday to start our summer adventures.  We did a quick overnight in Laredo, a couple of days in Del Rio and are now in our final stop in Texas - Ft. Stockton, until we head to Roswell, NM on Sunday.

Travels have been a bit boring so far, until today.  We went over the Pecos mountains, and crossed the Amistad Reservoir.  

We passed two Border Patrol Inspection stations, and had fun going up and down in the mountains.  Chacho got up close to his first cactus and didn't like it at all.

What's up ahead?  Not a damn thing!

It's National Puppy Day!  We never thought we would ever be owned by a puppy again, but fate laughed at us.  In honor of National Puppy Day, here is our puppy, Hurricane Luna.  She makes us laugh with her antics and definitely keeps us on our toes.

After sitting still for several months, it takes us a little while to get back in the habit of traveling and packing up.  We'll be leaving the Rio Grande Valley at the end of this month, so it's time to start getting organized and get into our travel routine again.

We've had the Aqua Hot serviced and we're replacing the steps.  We still need to do engine maintenance, such as an oil change.  That, we'll do on the road at a nearby Cummings dealer.  Dave is still working on a few maintenance projects and should be done by next week.  He's cleaned out one outside bay and we'll do the other one next week.

Inside, I've gone through the pantry, closet and several cabinets to bring order back.  I still have quite a bit to do, but I still have plenty of time.

After dealing with Good Sam and the steps yesterday, we spent the rest of the afternoon and evening, checking out the places we're going to this season.  Making the decision to slow down our traveling seems to have been the right one.  We're looking forward to spending a lot of time in New Mexico and Colorado and really getting to see a lot of those states.  We've been fortunate enough to find some great campgrounds with beautiful vistas.

So, what else is new this year?  Besides the slower travels, we've decided to put Dave's drone to use and will try our hand at videography.  There are many places we go to that photography just doesn't do it justice, so we'll try something new this year.  Hopefully, we'll be able to share our experiences on here.

We'll finish up our season at the ABQ Balloon Fiesta and spend the winter in Arizona.  We have high hopes for our winter home - we'd love to see it become our western area home.

Stay tuned!

It was another warm day, so we decided to head to South Padre Island and give Luna her first trip to the beach.  She loved it!  She had no hesitation about running on the sand and she picked up sticks, shells, played with other digs and even chased a little sand crab until it turned to bite her.

I've not seen her smile so big since we got her, and she passed out cold on the way home, exhausted.

The ride home was very quiet...

Luna has been with us for a little over two weeks and she's been growing by leaps and bounds.  We're exhaustively proud of the fact that for the last two nights, she's gone to bed and straight to sleep, after many nights of wanting to play as soon as the lights go out.

She's a ham. Anyone that walks by gets loads of attention from her.  And she loves to play at the Bark Park.  She'll start off chasing the big dogs until they turn around chase her and then she comes crying for Daddy.

She loves her toys.  Our living room looks like a daycare exploded toys everywhere.  We've never had a dog that loves to play with so many toys, but it's a blast to watch her.

She loves our shoes.  We've had to learn to put our shoes up because she'll just grab them and take off with them.  I have no idea what we'll do when she's tall enough to reach them.

Chacho still isn't too fond of her, especially when she chases him and nips at his butt.  But they're getting better together.

Potty training is still hit and miss.  She's learning to walk to the steps to let us know she needs to go out.  The difficulty is that she hasn't learned to limit it to potty breaks only and not playtime.

We alternate between exhilaration and exhaustion.  She's captured our hearts and made the loss of our precious Sage a little easier to bear.  She can't take Sage's place, but that's not why she's here.  She's found her own place in our hearts.

We still don't know her genetic makeup, although everyone has an opinion.  We'll have to wait and see.