Ruidoso, NM

Last weekend Matt & I took the 5 hour drive to Ruidoso, NM which is a nice town in the mountains. It's MUCH cooler there, which was was a nice change of climate. On the way there, we had to go to Roswell, NM- yes, the ALIEN Roswell, NM. That was an experience.

Notice that is says "Museum & Research Center". Matt and I couldn't help but wonder... "What on Earth (or not on Earth) ar ethey still researching???" The "landing" was in 1945!

We walked around and still had fun with it!

My new friend and I just hang out at a diner. He was pretty nice. Didn't talk much.

We had to assure them that we come in peace!

After we settled in at our Cabinette (Sweet, I know) we hung out the first night. Matt won a little playing Monopoly at the casino! So did I, but he did better. Go Matt! ha ha

The next morning we took a drive up the mountain. Oh my goodness it was abosuletely beautiful!! Who knew New Mexico was so pretty?

Self Portrait! The Timer is awesome!

Later that afternoon we went "trout fishing" and I say "trout fishing" because it was really just a step of above fishing in a barrel. You just had a stick of bamboo, a string and a hook, eventually the fish would bite. And they did! They used the term "we clean them for you" very loosely. Yikes.

We even went to the horse races and I won! (once). It turns out that picking your horses based on their names such as "Sexy in Stilettos" and "Pretty Eliza Jane" is not really the best strategy. We had a really good time though!

Overall the weekend was great. I have really enjoyed getting to spend time with Matt. Now I need to get after working on some wedding planning. More to come!

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