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Laurie Rufe | New Mexico | Free | Bottomless Lakes State Park

Roswell, New Mexico: The Truth Is Still Out There.

by Jack Boulware
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When local artists and ufologists Amy Ward and her husband, Free, close up their tattoo shop/glass gallery (A-ok Custom Tattoo and 2RavensGlass), they like to take a drive 10 miles east to Bottomless Lakes State Park. “Are you ready for this?” Free asks. “It’s a saltwater beach in New Mexico! It’s rumored to connect to Carlsbad Caverns, 75 miles south.”

Roswell Museum and Art Center director Laurie Rufe might celebrate the end of a busy workweek with a glass of Galactic Vino Cabernet Sauvignon at the Pecos Flavors Winery and tasting shop. “On Friday nights they have live entertainment -- bands from Boston to Seattle. It’s wonderful.” she says. “They only serve New Mexico wines and beers.” When not running the museum, Rufe also coordinates the UFO Festival’s alien-costume contests. “We do the pets in the morning, and the humans, or humanoids, in the afternoon. The pets are hysterical,” she says.

A-ok Custom Tattoo and 2RavensGlass
608 North Main Street
(575) 622-8282
www.aoktattoo.com

Bottomless Lakes State Park
http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/PRD/bottomless.htm

Hippie Chicks
802 South Main Street
(575) 627-3868

Martin’s Capitol Café
110 West Fourth Street
(575) 624-2111

Not of This World
209 North Main Street
(505) 627-0077


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