day eight

socorro, new mexico, to wichita falls, texas, 550 miles.
boring. texas is really big, and so far really boring. in new mexico this morning, i crossed the rio grande river and later the pecos river. also passed the trinity nuclear site. i'll have to check tonight to see if i glow. speaking of glowing, a highlight today was the town of roswell, new mexico. alien central. many of the businesses in town have names that speak to the "crash landing of a ufo" near town decades ago and the alleged hauling-off by the military of a couple of alien bodies. believing it or not doesn't really matter in roswell; they're cashing in on it in a big way. across the state line in texas, oil derricks, big farms and ranches, cowboy boots and hats and a happy "join the NRA" sign replaced rock outcroppings and the beauty of the desert. boring. maybe tomorrow i should sneak up to oklahoma city and stand on a street corner downtown and tell everyone there what seattle thinks of the new sonics owner. maybe not.
tomorrow: wichita falls to texarkana or however far into arkansas i get. it better not be boring...