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This stalagmite was big!

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This stalactite is known as the Lion's Tail. It looked like a miracle that it didn't collapse. Luckily we didn't have to walk under it!

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A stalagmite reaching up to some draperies (in the top middle).

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More stalactites that we didn't walk under.

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After emerging from the Big Room, we walked a bit on a nature trail. These buildings were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps and look particularly Southwestern.

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As I mentioned, there had been a wildfire a few months ago, so much of the walk was a bit depressing. This cactus did not fare well.

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I take a break on the nature walk.

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David along the nature walk. You can see the line where the wildfire stopped to his right.

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This awesome sign was a warning before the hike down to the cavern from the surface, which is over a mile and 750 feet(!) down. We took the elevator instead.

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This sign was next to it. It was confusing - by "official cavern guides", does it mean "official cavern audiotours"? That aside, the headphones really added to the sign :-)

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On to Roswell! Our hotel had this newspaper framed in the breakfast area :-)

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This one was right next to the other.

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Our first stop was the International UFO Museum - don't miss the alien head lamppost above David!

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The museum had many exhibits, including this replica of the radio station where an announcement about the Roswell crash was made.

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A diagram of the mysterious symbols supposedly found on an I-beam at the crash site.

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As we were walking through the museum, suddenly we heard a noise and this scene came to life! After the smoke started coming out I ran to get my picture taken with it :-)