Brantley Park NM to Lubbock TX via Roswell NM

Cool and foggy, 10C at 7am. We decided to head along to Roswell today, and decide then where to head for tonight’s stay. We had a good browse through the UFO museum in Roswell, It's at least fun to speculate about what if anything really happened back in 1947 (the year I was born, hmmm...).

Model of possible saucer landing

On the way out of town we came across the Cowboy Café and decided to have a bite to eat. A genuine café, pervasive cow smells in the parking lot, pie special $1/piece, lots of cowboys present. Then we headed east to Lubbock, losing an hour at the Texas border going back to Central time.

Lubbock is a surprise. It looks like PEI with its red soil and green crops. The green comes from irrigation, with water from huge underground lakes where the water is “fossil water”, ie not quickly replaced once used. The whole panhandle area is drawing this water, and it will run out one day, just like the oil, and the panhandle area will become a full desert. Almost 30C again.

We were heading for a particular park in Lubbock (Loop 289 cg). We didn’t find it but came across Camelot instead. It looked good, claimed to have wi-fi connections, so we checked in. Then we found – no wi-fi, one toilet room for men and one for women, for the whole cg. Big holes in the parking spots. We won't be staying at Camelot in Lubbock again!