Monday, March 10 - Roswell, New Mexico

Before leaving Carlsbad we stopped at the Living Desert Zoo & State Park. It is a very nice AZA accredited zoo that has mostly animals from the desert region. A few exceptions were animals that were endangered and part of a SSP breeding program. Among them were
Mexican wolves, a Bolton tortoise, and some parrots.

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Bolson Tortoise

Black-tail Prairie dog

Bobcat

Succulent Exhibit

After the zoo we headed north and on our way to Amarillo we stopped in Artesia and Roswell.

When we checked in to our motel we were told that we could get picked up by a limo if we wanted to go to the Big Texan steakhouse for dinner. On our way up route 70 we saw thousands of cattle in stock yards so we had an appetite for a good steak. The Big Texan had been around since 1960 but originally was on Rte. 66 and is the home of the free 72 oz. steak. That is if you can eat it and all the trimmings in one hour.

The 72 oz. steak

My 8 oz. steak