Well, we woke up at 5 am Tuesday morning and the furnace was just barely blowing air. Our house batteries were nearly dead! So we started up the generator, slept a little longer, ate breakfast and headed to the nearest Sears Auto Store to get two new batteries. As you might recall, last August on our way home from Alaska, we had an electrical problem. We think that it probably damaged these batteries too.
We arrived in Roswell, NM around 6PM, so called some friends who used to live in Sedalia and had supper with them. We spent the night in a Sam's Club parking lot and were on the road fairly early this morning. Instead of stopping at the UFO museum again, we strolled thru the Roswell Museum and Art Center. I was especially impressed with the art work of Peter Rogers.
We then drove up to Lincoln, NM where Billy the Kid made a name for himself during the Lincoln County Wars. This little village is pretty much the same as it was in 1878, when a dispute turned into a war between two owners of competing stores. Billy the Kid was the leader of one faction calling themselves 'The Regulators" The other side called themselves "The Boys" or Murphy's Gang. The dispute waged for over 2 years, until the army was brought in to settle things down. Billy the Kid was the only one who was ever tried and convicted of any of the murders, thefts and destruction that occurred but on the eve of his hanging he killed two deputies and escaped. It was much later that he was caught again and killed. Many of the buildings from 1878 are still standing and a few were open for viewing. Very interesting era of the history of New Mexico.
We made a brief stop in Capitan where Smokey the Bear cub, the living symbol of fire prevention, was rescued from a fire and he is now buried there. Of course there is a museum and garden commemorating him.
We are spending the night in Las Cruces after eating a great meal at the Double Eagle Restaurant.
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