Day 7 consisted of driving out to Roswell from the Canyon in Texas. I have to say... Roswell is a bit disappointing. You can definitely tell that the place is simply trying to profit off of the "crash" that took place near by. I did enjoy it for the novelty purpose. I put my "conquer flag" down in Roswell basically. We ate at the Out Of This World Cafe and had the "Roswell Roast Beef". Normal Roast Beef Sandwich on Wheat Bread is what it should have been called. Other than all of the cliche alien culture, the UFO museum is very interesting. It consists mostly of reading, but altogether is very interesting.
After Roswell we headed out to Albuquerque. We arrived at our hosts friend's house first. All of the houses in the area we are staying at are the Sandstone style homes we try to replicate with Stucco in the East. We ended up going out to a few bars in Albuquerque's college district. For the first time on the whole trip I've seen a big similarity in the people here to the people in New Jersey. Tomorrow we will be going out to breakfast with several people we met out here. I'll let you know how the Green Chile is!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Day 6 : Palo Duro Canyon
Day 6 is yesterday of course. I couldn't update the blog due to being out camping in the middle of Palo Duro Canyon. Yesterday started off with leaving Tulsa. Tulsa... is a lot of fun apparently. It may not have all that much to do; but if you are couchsurfing and end up staying with somebody that lives on campus... it can end up being a lot of fun. Everybody was very laid back and friendly. Even the people that didn't seem like they would be were very open minded and friendly. That could just be my experience, but there is definately a presence of a friendlier personality out in the mid-west.
Palu Duro Canyon; after driving for hours we ended up getting close the the canyon. We knew we were close, but there were no real signs of being in a canyon. Very suddenly the canyon just appears and overwhelms. The place is huge. It is actually the second largest canyon in the U.S. behind the Grand Canyon. So why not camp in it?
The place is absolutely amazing. The freedom you feel when hiking in a place out in the middle of such an enormous environment is liberating. We actually woke up in the night due to hearing coyotes howling and barking in the distance. The whole experience was unreal. The morning consisted of hiking and climbing up a few rock formations. There are plenty of awesome pictures that I will be uploading another time. We also found authentic Native American paintings on our hike back to the car in the morning.
Palu Duro Canyon; after driving for hours we ended up getting close the the canyon. We knew we were close, but there were no real signs of being in a canyon. Very suddenly the canyon just appears and overwhelms. The place is huge. It is actually the second largest canyon in the U.S. behind the Grand Canyon. So why not camp in it?
The place is absolutely amazing. The freedom you feel when hiking in a place out in the middle of such an enormous environment is liberating. We actually woke up in the night due to hearing coyotes howling and barking in the distance. The whole experience was unreal. The morning consisted of hiking and climbing up a few rock formations. There are plenty of awesome pictures that I will be uploading another time. We also found authentic Native American paintings on our hike back to the car in the morning.
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