I found a web site this morning that describes each of the American Film Institute’s top 100 movies in exactly five words. Some of my favorites:
Click here to read the full list (not safe for work).
Last Thursday around twilight, I flew between two thunderstorms on a commercial flight from Omaha to Memphis. It was one of the most spectacular sights I’ve encountered.
I snapped three photos from my iPhone (which, of course, was in Airplane mode at the time). Although these photos don’t adequately capture the splendor of what I saw, I thought I’d share them. Click here to see the other photos I took.
I spent this morning winding down 750 ft. of switchback trails to get to the bottom of Carlsbad Caverns. And with only one day of my vacation here left my trip is winding down as well.
Call me “Captain Obvious,” but 750 ft. is a long way to walk down. That’s 75 stories. About halfway to the bottom, I kept thinking that, surely, I was about done.
Digital cameras don’t do very well in caves, particularly dinky ones like my trusty Canon Powershot 410 Digital ELPH that’s not much bigger than a pack of cigarettes. So I don’t have anything I can share from inside the cave.
I did, however, take a couple of the outside and added them to my Roswell and Carlsbad photoset on flickr. Here’s one of them.
The Radisson I’m staying at is a far measure better than the dank Comfort Inn in Carlsbad. (At least the bed at the Comfort Inn was comfortable, but I don’t go in for dark rooms and mold in the shower.)
Tonight everything I want is within walking distance: complementary cocktails and a great steak place. I’m sad that I had to break my Mexican food streak today, but I at least had four awesome Mexican meals while I was here.
Strange as it may sound, I’ve wanted to visit Roswell, New Mexico, for many years. I think it’s due to many years of listening to Art Bell and the radio show he created.
So today a dream was realized, and I visited the International UFO Museum and Research Center, amongst other attractions, in Roswell.
Click here to see more photos I took today.
Much of the museum is dedicated to an incident occurring during July 1947 where the US Army claimed to have a flying disc in its possession.
Although I was allowed to take photos inside the museum, they didn’t turn out. Possible explanations as to why include: (1) alien rays blocking my camera’s autofocus and (2) US military technology.
What are your theories about Roswell? Tell me what you think and, if you want to hear mine, let me know.