Today we drove south to Roswell, New Mexico as Cadet Ashley wanted to check out the stories behind a rather historic off-worlder landing for himself. Can't see what all the fuss was about myself as I could tell him about thousands of regular visits by my colleagues since this incident back in 1947. However, it seemed the local authorities at the time were worried about the reaction of the population to the arrival of extra-terrestrials and tried to disguise the ...

After a very pleasant and restful weekend we bad farewell to Cadet Mark's relatives in Denver and drove south to the city of Colorado Springs. There, we visited a peculiar collection of rocky formations known as "The Garden of the Gods". No safe landing zones here with all the irregular outcrops. I even had to help support one that seemed very unstable! After that we moved on to Santa Fe, New Mexico. It was a very 'artsy' place with lots galleries and ...