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Today in Roswell, NM . . . and plan for tomorrow

The guy on the left introduced himself to me and told me that he stopped at the hotel every Thursday with his wife. He is a truckdriver and he proudly showed off his tatoo.

When I got up today, the weather was actually cool (56 degrees). I had breakfast at the hotel and then did some 'housekeeping'. I did laundry and cleaned my Harley, otherwise I will never get the bugs off.

I then went to the Roswell Museum and Art Center , which is well worth a visit. They had very nice exhibits. Two of the exhibits interest me the most and I learned something that I did not know before:

(1) in the native American and Western Americana section they talked about that American Indians were pedestrians until the Spaniards came to this country and brought the horse . . .

(2) In the Goddard Gallery, they talked about that Robert Goddard (never heard of him before) was the first one in the USA who experimented in 1915 !! with rockets. His dream was to send a rocket to Mars one day . . . . I find this so unusual, since I always believed that it was Werner van Braun (the German) who laid the groundfloor with his V2 for all future missions.

I then went to the UFO museum and I did not encounter any aliens. But on the other hand, people here take the event of 1947 very serious, On my way out of the museum I ran into one of the founders of the museum. He was a local funeral director, who was called by the local airforce (after the event in 1947) and they asked him how children like bodies could be preserved in caskets and transported. He stated that the alien bodies were brought to Wright Patterson Airforce base.

. . . so there you got it!

Anyway, tomorrow I will try to make it to Arizona. I will take State Routes 70, 380 and 60. These are the most desolate roads out here and I will watch my gas carefully, especially since I have no cell.

Great to hear from all of you . . .

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Thought of the day:
Assumptions will only allow us to see puzzle pieces of the whole.
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Thursday, September 29, 2005 6:29:00 PM

I belive I knew of the Spanish and the Goddard stories. Very interesting I belive. Was cool here this morning also 50. Supposed to be cooler in the morning 39 or a bit cooler.Trying to get ready for the big wedding shindig. Glad you got to rest a bit and do you laundry. Bobster    



Friday, September 30, 2005 3:37:00 PM

Hey Manfred,

Just wanted to drop you a note and wish you well on your journey. Take it all in and bring back some good stories. I also found this web site and thought you might plan your next trip-- this one takes a different kind of bike:

http://www.tailwinds.org/general/index.html

PAX,
MAD    



Friday, September 30, 2005 5:36:00 PM

Dr. B said you have the Lord on your side. Don't worry about phone service.
prayers covered all over for you.friends, family , at our work and the children your congragation of cob. ENJOY THE BEAUTY GOD GAVE!!!
We feel we are travling also.
Dr.B & staff & rrr    



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