Aliens! I have to say that this stretch of New Mexico has been one of the nicest and prettiest drives we've had this whole trip. Just about everyone we passed waved and smiled at us, the scenery was gorgeous, and the road continued to be easy and wide open. This state definitely goes up and down a lot, meaning many uphill climbs for the car, but it made it just fine as soon as we opened the hood back up again for some better cooling. The most beautiful part of that road was a historic community called Lincoln, had an old west feeling and was nestled in a really nice canyon, full of trees and actual green grass which we hadn't seen in quite some time. On the way down one of the grades we found some lava beds, called Valley of Fires, which are the oldest and best preserved in the states. It was neat because they weren't from a volcano, but instead seeped out of cracks in the ground. We pushed on and made a total of 240 miles that day, and finally arrived in Roswell around 7pm. We were at the first gas station in town, and an older fella came up and started talking about Model A's, and how his first car was a tudor sedan when he was 15 years old. We talked and talked, I told him I'd love to see his cars and he says, well come follow me to my farm and I'll show you some! Well cars we did see, Bob Jenkins had roughly 300 cars, and immeasurable amounts of motorcycles, bicycles, mopeds, and any other kind of rusty metal junk you could think of. Oh that over there under that tin? Yeah that's just a 1940 Indian Scout, no big deal... Well after wandering around at night looking at treasures, we camped right in the middle of his wrecking yard, which had been added to for 40 years. Bob is a great guy and I'm glad to have met him, he was very excited to see us young guys driving an old stock Model A. |
| Lava! |
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| Night time at the Wrecking Yard. |
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| Good ol' Roswell... |
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