Chibichibi
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Day 1.
Today started out kind of down the wire. We left home at two and managed to finally get to the terminal JUST as they were calling us to go get seated.
The flight was 3 hours long and I think I slept through the last hour or so, Uneventful except for the bitchy flight attendant. She was stressin out way too much and was taking it out on the passengers.
Getting our stuff back was a breeze, they slapped a fragile label on my bag of sharp pointies, lol.
After we get the rental car and get out of there, we get lost looking for a best buy to buy our own GPS, since it would cost more, to rent the one provided.
The first place we went to was Garden of the Gods. We wandered the giftshop for a while and when we meandered out I realized I’d lost my wallet. Cue freak out. Well we call the best buy people, apparently it’s there, lol. But the drive through thing was fun. Took lotsa pics. I gathered up some samples, and got a picture of a fine grained quartz sandstone with ripples . It was pink-ish purple. :3 Oh! And when I went to knock a few pieces of this rock off, someone stopped and thought I was trying to steal it.
…
It was like, 200 pounds. xD I said, “I’m not doing anything wrong, I’m a Geology major, I just want a few pieces!” And then he left us alone, lol.
Then we Get to the Cave of the Winds…
Cave of the winds is a MONSTER. I am in so much pain after up the stairs, down the stairs, down a ramp, up more steps. But it too was breathtakingly beautiful. I recommend it to anyone… looking to lose weight.
Then we head to the cliff dwellings where it takes me 20 minutes to find the bathroom and a water fountain after desperately needing drink, and then Dad and Michele are finishing up the dwellings. So I sit and wander and take pics and video of the rocks xD
After this we had a cold frothy mug of A&W root beer. <3 And then dad accidentally turned the hazard lights on and spent five minutes looking for the button before he gave up and said, "Any suggestions?" which cued more howls of laughter. After another 5 minutes he finally found the button rofl.
And then we piled in the car to get my wallet back. After wrestling with Dave the GPS… don’t ask. We managed to get back and get it. After that I had to help the technologically challenged people that I’m on the trip with (ILU Dad and Michele) and get the GPS to take us to the Motel 6 in Raton. And since it didn’t cancel the previous trip for some reason Dad almost got us into a wreck and started screaming at the GPS. I think he’s too tired to drive to Raton. And he isn’t going to, Michele is. Whoo.
Anyway we’ve all been grumpy a little today, and seeing as we started today… yesterday, I think it’s understandable.
But anyway, more news at it comes…
DAY2
Dad made the brilliant decision to stay at a Motel 6 last night… Sorry I forgot sarcasm doesn’t translate well over text. That was the worst place I have ever stayed. EVER. Beds like sleeping on the floor, urine smell everywhere except the bathroom, no coffee maker and in the shadiest part of Raton. I thought we were gonna get killed. Not to mention that the shower was weird as all get out. Michele and Dad said they’d stayed at worse, because at least here there was no gunfire.
Finally we started out shortly after 12, and went to Denny’s for breakfast. After that we headed to the volcano s in Capulin. The ranger gave me some info packets and I grabbed some scoria and a few pieces of Basalt. Then we went up the volcano and Dad and I did the rim walk. I got some pics, and we saw some Mule deer too. We were 2 miles and some change above sea level. It was rough. Like… I felt like I was drowning… Thin air + 1 mile hike = not efficient. Anyway, I did it. I beat that damn mountain and got Michele some Pinon sprigs.
Oh our way out we saw some more Mule deer and I got some video.
Other then that we’ve been driving pretty much nonstop to get to Roswell. I saw some Antelope, lotsa cows, more deer, and beautiful rock beds. So, that’s it until we get to Roswell <3
Holy crap, lotsa windmills in the distance with blinkie red lights :O
And here we’ve arrived in Roswell, I’m using free intrawebs to do some checking up on things, and then off to bed to explore alien town tomorrow
Today started out kind of down the wire. We left home at two and managed to finally get to the terminal JUST as they were calling us to go get seated.
The flight was 3 hours long and I think I slept through the last hour or so, Uneventful except for the bitchy flight attendant. She was stressin out way too much and was taking it out on the passengers.
Getting our stuff back was a breeze, they slapped a fragile label on my bag of sharp pointies, lol.
After we get the rental car and get out of there, we get lost looking for a best buy to buy our own GPS, since it would cost more, to rent the one provided.
The first place we went to was Garden of the Gods. We wandered the giftshop for a while and when we meandered out I realized I’d lost my wallet. Cue freak out. Well we call the best buy people, apparently it’s there, lol. But the drive through thing was fun. Took lotsa pics. I gathered up some samples, and got a picture of a fine grained quartz sandstone with ripples . It was pink-ish purple. :3 Oh! And when I went to knock a few pieces of this rock off, someone stopped and thought I was trying to steal it.
…
It was like, 200 pounds. xD I said, “I’m not doing anything wrong, I’m a Geology major, I just want a few pieces!” And then he left us alone, lol.
Then we Get to the Cave of the Winds…
Cave of the winds is a MONSTER. I am in so much pain after up the stairs, down the stairs, down a ramp, up more steps. But it too was breathtakingly beautiful. I recommend it to anyone… looking to lose weight.
Then we head to the cliff dwellings where it takes me 20 minutes to find the bathroom and a water fountain after desperately needing drink, and then Dad and Michele are finishing up the dwellings. So I sit and wander and take pics and video of the rocks xD
After this we had a cold frothy mug of A&W root beer. <3 And then dad accidentally turned the hazard lights on and spent five minutes looking for the button before he gave up and said, "Any suggestions?" which cued more howls of laughter. After another 5 minutes he finally found the button rofl.
And then we piled in the car to get my wallet back. After wrestling with Dave the GPS… don’t ask. We managed to get back and get it. After that I had to help the technologically challenged people that I’m on the trip with (ILU Dad and Michele) and get the GPS to take us to the Motel 6 in Raton. And since it didn’t cancel the previous trip for some reason Dad almost got us into a wreck and started screaming at the GPS. I think he’s too tired to drive to Raton. And he isn’t going to, Michele is. Whoo.
Anyway we’ve all been grumpy a little today, and seeing as we started today… yesterday, I think it’s understandable.
But anyway, more news at it comes…
DAY2
Dad made the brilliant decision to stay at a Motel 6 last night… Sorry I forgot sarcasm doesn’t translate well over text. That was the worst place I have ever stayed. EVER. Beds like sleeping on the floor, urine smell everywhere except the bathroom, no coffee maker and in the shadiest part of Raton. I thought we were gonna get killed. Not to mention that the shower was weird as all get out. Michele and Dad said they’d stayed at worse, because at least here there was no gunfire.
Finally we started out shortly after 12, and went to Denny’s for breakfast. After that we headed to the volcano s in Capulin. The ranger gave me some info packets and I grabbed some scoria and a few pieces of Basalt. Then we went up the volcano and Dad and I did the rim walk. I got some pics, and we saw some Mule deer too. We were 2 miles and some change above sea level. It was rough. Like… I felt like I was drowning… Thin air + 1 mile hike = not efficient. Anyway, I did it. I beat that damn mountain and got Michele some Pinon sprigs.
Oh our way out we saw some more Mule deer and I got some video.
Other then that we’ve been driving pretty much nonstop to get to Roswell. I saw some Antelope, lotsa cows, more deer, and beautiful rock beds. So, that’s it until we get to Roswell <3
Holy crap, lotsa windmills in the distance with blinkie red lights :O
And here we’ve arrived in Roswell, I’m using free intrawebs to do some checking up on things, and then off to bed to explore alien town tomorrow
