Cowboys and Aliens

So we left Las Vegas this morning in search of the Extraterrestrial Highway and Area 51.
Driving through Alamo I thought that it might be the historical site. So we turned into the little community. Turned out to be the wrong Alamo. But that did not matter, we got to see a kids rodeo. There was some seriously impressing riding by young girls and boys. The lariat throwing was not as good. we saw a 4 year old riding a fully grown horse and that was to cute and with Swedish standards we think that a hat is not as good as a helmet.
After this little detour we went on to Rachel which is a tiny group of houses just on the border to Nellis Air-force base a.k.a Area 51. They have a bar/saloon there which is just next to a station measuring radiation from the test site. The bar is called Little A'Le'Inn and has all kinds of Alien and UFO paraphernalia. I can not say that it was particularly friendly or with good service since I did not manage to order anything there even though I tried several times during several hours. The locals took care of that and I be happy to tell you all about it in the next posting...