Carlsbad Caverns: Where Awe and Terror Meet

Carlsbad Caverns: Where Awe and Terror Meet

I’m claustrophobic. So when I was younger and considering careers, rejected options included astronaut, deep-sea diver, Houdini-like escape artist, coal miner, and competitive spelunker. In college I had an experience with caves involving a punctured gas tank and a...
And Yes, I Think I Saw Them Move

And Yes, I Think I Saw Them Move

Not only is Roswell the Dairy Capital of the Southwest (not the world, as reader Scooter LaHooter helpfully pointed out), it’s also home to a pocket of fine art goodness, with not an ET in sight.The Roswell Museum and Art Center has a good collection of Indian...
Roswell, New Mexico: Mulder and Me

Roswell, New Mexico: Mulder and Me

Roswell says it’s the Dairy Capital of the World, not, like you might assume, the Crazy Capital. And though I searched and searched for true weirdness – people in aluminum-foil hats, cow mutilations – Roswell seemed pretty normal. Especially if you think normal is a...
Or I Could Pack my Own Dinosaur

Or I Could Pack my Own Dinosaur

Day One of our maiden voyage: Overall, success. Yes, there was cursing (the hitch) and a kitchen faucet turned Old Faithful (fixed), but I figured out the stove and water and fridge (it runs silently, which I thought meant it wasn’t running at all), and you have no...