Aliens and the White Sands

Greerson and Christa climbing the sand dunes
Greerson and Daryl on the Dunes

Christa works on Space Lab
We found the flying saucer from the incident in Roswell (a test capsule)

This is the missile museum
Christa and Greerson watch the Space Shuttle land

Greerson at the UFO Museum in Roswell

Greerson really wanted to go to the Alien museum in Roswell, so we went. It was an interesting assortment of alien material, but when we were done we asked Greerson if he thought it was worth the $18 admission cost. He replied, no, maybe one cent. After we toured the museum we headed to Ruidoso for the weekend. We ate at a really great steak house called the Cattle Barron. They had a fabulous salad bar. We also surveyed the flood damage at Ruidoso Downs and the surrounding area along the river. We spent the day Saturday in Alamogordo at the International Rocket Museum (or something like that). Basically it outlined the development of rockets and the space program. It was really interesting and we enjoyed ourselves immensly. Greerson got a freeze dried ice cream sandwich like the astronauts would eat. It was interesting, but really wouldn't coax any of us to join the space program. Later that evening we travelled out to Truett and Betty's cabin and visited with Daryl's uncle Bob and aunt Jerry. They are staying at the cabin until Tuesday. We found out that Uncle Bob has a criminal past! He told us a story about a traffic accident he had in Spain and got mixed up with the police and had to go to court. He didnt have an attorney, he told another missionary who was taking him to court that Jesus was his attorney. When they got to the court the King of Spain (a dictator) had died the day before and the new King had pardoned everyone with an offense similar to Uncle Bobs. This was something, he said he was probably the only missionary pardoned by the King of Spain (and probably the only one that ever needed it). We also went to the White Sands since Christa wasnt with us last year when we went. We had fun and only carried a little away in our shoes. The leather seat in the car where Greerson was sitting turned white (it is normally tan) He had been rolling down the dunes and apparently the sand had collected in his pockets! Needless to say we had a great time.