Tuesday.. UFOs? We are in Roswell, New Mexico

We went to White Sands National Monument today and we were pretty impressed by it. It seemed as if it had snowed or reminded us at times of being at the beach. The drive into the dunes is about 8 miles in and 8 miles out. As we drove through, we were surrounded by white. It seemed like we were in a winter wonderland but the temperature was 86 at the time. The white is actually gypsum and is the material used in sheet rock and plaster.

Tonight, we are south of Roswell, NM. Roswell is famous for a crash of something that people called a UFO in 1947. There is a UFO museum and research center here related to that crash and UFO incidents around the world.

Today, on the drive here, we saw the temperature go to 90. The humidity was very low so it didn't feel uncomfortable.

On the drive today we passed through the Mescalero Apache Indian reservation. It was really pretty country.

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People have died on the dunes like this couple from France.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/08/us/new-mexico-french-deaths/

For most of the 16 mile drive, you drive on the gypsum sand and no pavement.