Okay, so today I’m going back a few years to briefly share my travels to New Mexico, which includes Roswell, Gallup and the Very Large Array.  Great places for any sci-fi writer to visit. I couldn’t go to Roswell without taking a tour of the UFO Museum and purchase some cheesy alien souvenirs. Here you’ll find just about everything you ever wanted to know about “little gray aliens”, including info on Area 51 and crop circles. A real X-Files type of treat.

Then it was on to Gallup, where the amazing rock formations and ancient petroglyphs are stuck in my imagination to this day. Since it was winter, hubby and I even saw a frozen waterfall. Just walking around this area seemed to offer a mix of ancient days in an otherworldly setting. If you go in winter, be sure and take warm clothes. It gets downright chilly there.

Now, we visited the Very Large Array on a separate trip but what sci-fi writer can resist a field of radio dishes? I certainly can't. My only complaint here was that we didn't expect the mosquitoes. We don't have them where we live so they were quite a painful surprise.

In Gallup, New Mexico

At the Very Large Array.