February 1, 2009

We left Albuquerque Sunday morning and headed to Roswell, NM. There was no way that I was going to miss the Superbowl so we decided we would get a cheap motel in Roswell specifically to watch the game. We stopped at a grocery store the night before to pick up some snacks and beer so that we could go right to the motel in time for the game. It came as a surprise to me that the game would be on a 4:30 in the afternoon because I’m still getting used to the west coast time zone.

We got to Roswell a few hours before the game and had a quick lunch before heading back to the Super 8. It was a great game but it felt very odd to watch the Super bowl in the desert during the day when it was 60 degrees outside! Emily finally found one thing about the Super bowl that she could enjoy, the rings! She was unaware of how elaborate and large the diamond rings were that the winning players were given. Most of the first half was dedicated to examining each and every ring in detail. Emily was happy this was the first place that we stayed that had a recliner, so she was able to enjoy the game in style (I sat on the edge of the bed glued to the television, no time to move).



(Three commercials were in 3D, hence the glasses, unfortunately the commercials weren't any good)



We couldn’t leave Roswell without seeing anything about aliens so the next morning we stopped by the International UFO Museum and Research Center. Well I think that we got hosed, there wasn’t really much to see in this “museum” except for some old pictures and displays that looked like they might have been high school projects. We walked through “downtown” Roswell and stopped in a few gift shops before finally deciding we had seen enough and we were off to spend the afternoon touring Carlsbad Caverns.

This concludes our broadcast day.

Dave