New Mexico Museum of Space

The New Mexico Museum of Space is an awesome place to visit. Located in Alamagordo New Mexico approxiamately an hour and half drive from El Paso Texas the museum offers something for everyone. A detailed history of space flight as well as interactive pieces for kids of all ages. The museum includes the international space hall of fame as well as exibits on dealing with the X-prize/X-cup . The Museum also has an Imax theater which is also well worth seeing. The price is reasonable and for the southwest area it offers a great day trip. If your loocking for something to do the museum is definetely worth your time.

The Media and Not So Common Sense

What a fiasco we had today here in the Southwest. Talk about totally jumping to conclusions and over reacting. Common sense definetely played little or no part in the actions of many county and school officials. The forecasted weather called for a severe storm to hit southwest Texas and New Mexico. The potential for significant amounts of ice and snow was there.
However before the "storm" even arrived or a single snowflake fell every school district in El Paso closed for the day. The media had hyped this "storm" up to such a degree there was even a noticable increase in people shopping and stocking up on common items. Now I see nothing wrong with being prepared for the worse. This however has to be tempered with a bit of sound knowledge and good judgement. Its no wonder that when a major emergency or storm does strike most people fail to react in a positive way. Hopefully the decision makers and media in our local area learned a thing or two today about jumping the gun. Hopefully they also realized the powerful affect they have on the masses. Hopefully they'll also remember they are stewards of the peoples trust!

The Man I Really Am!

After taking my kids on a snow tubing trip up to Cloudcroft New Mexico I was painfully reminded again of who I really am inside. I hate traffic and the hustle and bustle. The fast paced materialistic concrete jungle damages my very sense of well being right to the core of my soul. Most of the time I feel suffocated and trapped in this fast paced lifestyle. The slowness and simpleness of country life beckons to me constantly like a long lost friend.
The sense of well being I have when I'm up in the mountains or out in the countryside is hard for me to explain. I honestly feel I was meant to work the land, work with animals and to be outdoors everyday. I think some people out there understand exactly what I'm experiencing. The only way I could liken the way I feel is kind of like knowing your a man or a woman. I just know that I should live out in the country or mountains. I just know deep down inside me this is who I really am. One day hopefully before long and before its too late I will live and work where I was intended to!