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Travelogue Wiki Project New Mexico By: MS

A Southwestern state of the United States, New Mexico is known as "The Land Of Enchantment". This is because of the beautiful scenery & amazing history. Every year hundreds of tourists come to New Mexico for hunting, fishing, skiing, or sightseeing. New Mexico's population is low, even though it's the fifth largest state after Alaska, Montana, Nebraska and Texas. Mountain ranges, canyons and rugged terrain cover much of the state. New Mexico's motto, //Crescit Eundo,// means it grows as it goes. New Mexico applied for statehood on January 6, 1912, and was the 47th state to join the Union. The state flower is the yucca flower (below) and the state bird is the greater roadrunner. //This is a picture of the National UFO space museum.// JUSTIFICATION The reason why I believe that anyone should go to New Mexico is because it is a beautiful state where many interesting events have taken place. It is believed that in July of 1947 a UFO crashed close to Roswell. It was a big part of the tourism industry; I mean if you could get a bunch of people to buy $5.00 water bottles with alien pictures on them, wouldn't you take advantage of that? Anyhoo, besides the total awesomeness of aliens, New Mexico has a lot of things going for it, like amazing scenery, gorgeous culture and engrossing history.

Part Two: History of New Mexico New Mexico's history is part of the reason why it is so amazing. The first permanent Spanish colony was established in 1598 by Juan de Onate. This basically started the whole colonization process. Then in 1610, the capital of New Mexico (Santa Fe) was established by Spain. Then, in 1824, Mexico finally won it's independence from Spain, and New Mexico was made a province of Mexico. This was one of the first steps New Mexico had to take to become a part of the United States. Speaking of the U.S., in 1848 Mexico gave New Mexico to the United States Of America. Then, finally, on January 6th 1912, New Mexico officially became the 47th state of America.

Part Three: Itinerary JUNE 29th TRAVEL DAY  Today we will drive to Philadelphia at 1:30pm.Our plane departs at 3:20pm, so we are getting there about two hours early. We will catch a layover plane through Dallas,Texas, and at 8:25 we will arrive in Roswell New Mexico. We will then check into Holiday Inn Express Roswell. After we check in we'll grab a bite at Starchild and Crashdown Diner. Then we'll call it a night!  DAY 1:JUNE 30th After a nice breakfast we will go to downtown Roswell to visit it's most popular attraction: The UFO Museum And Research Center. Then we'lll grab a quick lunch at KFC. After, we'll hit downtown for shopping and free time. Then a couple hours later we will visit the Bottomless Lakes State Park, which is about 12 miles east of Roswell. Here we will be swimming, scuba diving, boating/sailing,hiking, mountain biking and picnicking. After we've been utterly worn out, we'll stop at the Snazzy Pig for a BBQ dinner. Then it's time to hit the sack!

DAY 2: JULY 1st Today we'll be going to the Spring River Zoo! While there we will make sure to check out the wooden horse carousel, which is said to have been carved by hand and is one of one-hundred left in the country. For lunch we'll stop at Corndog Plus and then we'll check out the Anderson Museum Of Contemporary Art. Then we'll go to Roswell Museum and Art Center museum, and I am so excited!!!

DAY 3: JULY 2nd SHOPPING DAY!!!!!!!!!!! Today we will get to completely explore Roswell's best stores!!!

DAY 4: JULY 3rd <span style="background-color: #ff00ff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Today we will be playing golf at the Municipal Spring River Golf Course. Golf is always a fun time!!

<span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">DAY 5: JULY 4th <span style="background-color: #800080; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">We will be going biking today at Cielo Grande Trails!! It'll be a great way to get excercise and enjoy the scenery!

<span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">DAY 6: JULY 5th <span style="background-color: #ff00ff; color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">We're going to be visiting the Cahoon Park Swimming pool and the Roswell Recreation Department. After we swim, we will get to do whatever we want to!

<span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">DAY 7: JULY 6th <span style="background-color: #800080; color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Well, our last day. I will definitely be sad to go but I will always remember this!!

<span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #00ff12; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">PART FOUR: Hotel <span style="background-color: #800080; color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Holiday Inn Express Roswell 2300 North Main Street, Roswell, New Mexico,88201 1-800-315-2621 $137.42 1.Health and Fitness center 2.Sauna 3.Whirlpool 4.Weekly Housekeeping 5.Self-laundry facilities 6.Dry Cleaning 7.Barbeque Grills 8.Indoor pool 9. Free Wireless Data connection 10.Ice Machine 11.Safety Deposit Box 12.Air Conditioning 13.Pets Allowed 14.Non-smoking

<span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #00ff12; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">PART FIVE: Travel Plans <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Flight Info: Leaving from: Philidelphia,PA Airline: American Airlines Time:3:20pm-8:25pm Date: 6/29/10 Flight #'s:1129 2775 Layover City and State: Dallas, TX Length of Trip: 7 hours, 5 minutes Destination: Roswell, NM**

Time:10:35am-8:15pm Date:7/16/10 Flight #'s:3495 1086 Layover City and State:Dallas, TX Length of Trip:7 Hours, 40 Minutes Destination:Philidelphia**
 * Returning From: Roswell, NM**
 * Airline: American Airlines

Car:Ford Expedition Pick Up (date and time):10:00AM, Wed, Jun 30, 2010 Drop Off (date and time):10:00AM, Tue, Jul 6, 2010 Cost per week:$316.25**
 * Car Rental:**
 * Company:Thrifty



<span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #00ff12; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">PART SIX: Pre-trip planning <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #00ffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1.Notify family and friends <span style="background-color: #00ff12; color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2.Ask a neighbor or somone who lives closeby to take out our garbage every thursday night <span style="background-color: #808000; color: #c0c0c0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">3.Clean house so it is clean when we come back <span style="background-color: #008080; color: #000080; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">4.Throw all food away that will expire or go bad while we're away <span style="background-color: #0d00ff; color: #f69c37; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">5.Get somone to take care of/feed Rookie <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #f69c37; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">6.Make sure we have all money that is needed ​ <span style="background-color: #a726b5; color: #65ff00; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">7.Double check for tickets & other things we're taking along <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">8.Ask someone to get our mail <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">9.Have neighbor water plants and grass <span style="background-color: #0d0df8; color: #ff1a90; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">10.Turn off electrical appliances and furnace to make sure we don't have to pay for heat and electricity while we're gone



<span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #00ff12; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">PART SEVEN: Estimated Costs <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Costs Graph-^- SOURCES <span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 210%; text-align: center;">"Hotels."Travelocity.2009.Web.14 November 2009.www.travelocity.com "Attractions.""Visit Roswell." The Official site Of Roswell NM.2009.Web.12 December 2009.www.roswellmysteries.com New Mexico.2009.Web.12 December 2009.www.newmexico.gov New Mexico.2009.Web.13 December 2009.www.newmexico.org "Create a Graph."Kidszone.2009.Web.5 December 2009.www.nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/