Gribblenation

Another example of a planned but never published item from the old website.  This time it is the second day of my 2007 New Mexico Vacation.  A loop that took me north from Albuquerque into some spectacular scenery and ultimately one of my favorite fall drives of all time. Route: I-25, US 550, NM 4, NM 502, US 84, NM/CO 17, US 285, US 64, NM 68, US 84/285, NM 599, I-25, I-40. For my entire set on flickr - head here . Little did I realize when I booked this vacation that the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta would be taking place while I was in town.  When in Albuquerque everyone would ask me, "If I was in town for the Fiesta?" which I wasn't, but obviously glad I was.   On the morning of this trip, hot air balloons filled the sky and made the Big I and Interstate 25 a little more interesting. After exiting Interstate 25 at US 550 in Bernalillo, I picked up New Mexico 4 in San Ysidro.  Nearly all of NM 4 is part of the Jemez Mountain Tr...

While traveling through Roswell, New Mexico back in 2012 I stopped at the International UFO Museum and Research Center.  The museum is located on US Route 285 a couple blocks south of US 380 in an old movie theater from the 1930s.  The street light designs are suffice to say somewhat unique. Really the UFO Museum is pretty absurd and as one might expect it is dedicated towards the 1947 Roswell Incident (interestingly the crash sight is very far northwest of Roswell being more than halfway to Corona).  The UFO Museum was apparently founded in 1991 as a non-profit.  There are various odd display pieces that are alien oriented and a couple news articles of interest.  There isn't much to capture the interest aside from maybe a 30 minute stop but it was probably worth it just to get a photo of the above marque and street lamp.