Day Seventeen (Eclipse Road Trip)

Amarillo, Texas 🠊 Roswell, New Mexico

We woke up in Amarillo at the Love's RV hookup and had breakfast. We spent about two hours in and around Amarillo and then took off towards our next destination. Jeff was hoping to get through New Mexico in one day, but at the last moment we decided to take a detour towards Roswell, New Mexico. It wasn't a planned destination, but being so close we decided, what the hell, let's throw caution to the wind and go. We ended up making it to Roswell around 7:30 p.m., but the sights we saw along the way were awesome!

We ate breakfast, cleaned up the bus, got all of the animals situated, and took off. We highly recommend this Love's RV hookup site in Amarillo, Texas. It is clean, quiet, and reasonably priced for a quick stay overnight, and several free amenities that come with your reservation. For us, these RV hookup sights are prefect for on the go traveling.

We came into New Mexico around 1:00 p.m. and the temperature from Texas to New Mexico was pretty much the same. The only difference was no more dust and wind.

Skylar and I both did a little reading, and played several games of UNO while on the road. One thing I wish I had packed on our trip, was more games to play.

We came across the 'Cowboy Ruckus' around 6:00 p.m. in Corona, New Mexico. Two, 18-foot-tall ranchers pointing at each other on Highway 285.

This cutouts were created and installed in 2016 and are facing each other across the highway. The distance between them is about 300 feet, and are based off of rancher brothers, Mike and Mark Marley, who own the land on each side. The story behind them is hilarious and as we came over the hill headed towards Roswell, New Mexico, Skylar and I both said, "What the heck is that?" We had no idea this roadside attraction existed, but we love this kind of quirky stuff, so it was right up our alley. We stopped and had lunch at this location, and watched people and families stop and take pictures of them. It was such a cool sight to see, and even more so that so many people were enjoying it, like we did.

All of these pictures here were taken by us, so please ask before using them for yourself. We are nice people, all you have to do is ask. ☺

Read more about 'Cowboy Ruckus' here.

We reached Roswell, New Mexico, around 8:00 p.m. The sun was setting and the view of the sign with the sunset was a perfect shot. We were hoping to see some mysterious happenings, but what we did see was pretty cool. This view alone makes me think of life beyond our own and how minor and petty a lot of things are in life. We are literally tiny specks of small life on a large planet in a vast existence. When you think of how tiny we are to everything else, it makes you humble. Or, as least it should.

Roswell, New Mexico, has a soft spot in my family for me. My great uncle and great aunt lived in Roswell for many years. Uncle Fred and Aunt Elizabeth lived outside of Roswell in the early days around the time of the the UFO crash sightings in 1947. Fred and Elizabeth were nomads in a way because of Fred's job that took him different places. I definitely got some of my personality from Elizabeth. She was a kind, laid back, funny, and curious lady. I like to think she and my great uncle would be proud of who I've become and that I was thinking of them a lot while in Roswell.