A Road Trip to New MexicoAugust 12-17, 2001
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The Roswell Museum and Art Center contains interesting displays of paintings by internationally known artists like Peter Hurd and his wife Henriette Weyth. Rocket pioneer Robert Goddard lived in Roswell and did important rocket research in the nearby desert starting in 1930.
The New Mexico Military Institute offers a disciplined education to high school age students and also offers some Junior College level classes. The campus has been used as the setting for several movies. The Gen. Douglas L. McBride Museum, located on campus, is more disturbing these days than it is informative. Maybe I have seen too many of those movies!
But the main attraction in Roswell is Aliens and UFOs. The International UFO Museum and Research Center (IUFOMRC) is located right on Main street, at the intersection of US 380 and US 285. Stopping there is a MUST. A visit to the museum provided me with the opportunity to find out if Aliens and UFOs were real or not. Don't believe it? Rent the movie!
Recently, I found out that my old Air Force buddy, Don Burleson, now lives in Roswell, teaching in the Developmental Studies Lab at Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell. He has a strong interest in the stories of H.P. Lovecraft and is a recognized UFO expert. Don recently sent me a copy of his novel, ARROYO, which I enjoyed very much, and highly recommend! You can get a copy on Amazon.com.
ARROYO:
A Novel by Donald R. Burleson
In Timeless New Mexico:
Roswell UFO Crash Survivors! Shapeshifters! Desert Indian Magic!
Haunted Arroyos! The Mystery of La Llorona!
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Meet CARLOS DE MOYA. Crossing New Mexico in 1541 with Coronado, he has a close encounter with a flying saucer and its crew.
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Meet ARANA. Indian sorceress, shapeshifter, she moves like a spider, sometimes IS a spider. Can she overcome an ancient curse?
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Meet TRUMAN LLOYD. A Cosmic Top Secret government operative, he is convinced that not everyone living in a certain town is entirely human.
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Meet LA LORONA. Mysterious wailing woman, she haunts the desertlands of New Mexico by night, crying for her lost children - but who are the lost children, really?
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Meet the ELDER ONE who lives hidden away in the shadowy basement of Paco's emporium.
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Pray you DON'T meet what lives in the ARROYO!
From Black Mesa Press, P.O. Box 583, Roswell, NM 88202-0583
ISBN: 0-9649580-2-3
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