Carlsbad to Santa Fe

We drove 271 miles today, from Carlsbad to Santa Fe. The first 76 miles were O.K., and put us in Roswell. It is well known because a flying saucer from outer space crashed near here in 1947 (or not!) We stopped at this (cheesy) museum:




This is what the crash looked like:




And this is what the people from outer space were supposed to look like:





The rest of the trip was awful. We were going uphill from 3329 feet in elevation to 7000 feet into winds of 40-60 miles per hour. It was hard to keep the truck going 55 mph. Poppa said it was like swimming upstream all day. About an hour from Santa Fe, the wind shifted to the side of the truck and peeled back the tonneau cover on the back of the truck. Poppa pulled off to the side of the road. It took him three tries to open his door and get out. Nana got out too and they moved stuff from the back of the truck into the trailer. They made me stay in the truck because the wind probably would have carried me to Amarillo, Texas. We finally got to Santa Fe and got thing organized again.

I have noticed that since we left Austin the only wild animals we saw were doves and buzzards. We saw one bunny the day we watched the sunset, and at Carlsbad Caverns we saw 2 squirrels,some cave swallows, and some bats. It's just to dry and brown for many animals. Finally today we saw pronghorn antelope. They're really pretty! Maybe your mommies can find more pictures to show you.

Nana and Poppa are taking good care of me, but they're kind of shy about being in pictures. That's why I'm usually by myself in pictures. I'll try to get them or other friends into pictures with me.

Speaking of pictures, here's one of Autumn (3 years old) and Brenna (1 year old) who live in Pittsburgh. They visit me at Nana and Poppa's every week. Their mommie calls this picture "Picking your friends":





I have a brother who lives with Quinn and Tessa in Seattle, where we will be in June. I'll post a picture of them next.

Posted from Nana's iPad