I spent the middle days of my stay in Roswell at the National 9 Inn.

The National 9 bathroom had nifty green ceramic tiles.

The stepping stones at the National 9 had the ubiquitous New Mexico symbol.

I ate several good meals (except for the apple cobbler) at the Nuthin' Fancy Cafe two doors down from the National 9. Dinner included a basket with a biscuit and a mini-loaf of cornbread like those painted on the building.

" Home cookin' without the mess!"

Heather's Main (or Mane) Street Salon was located in a few former rooms of the National 9 Inn. I took the opportunity to get a long-overdue haircut.

The Suds & Fluff Coin-Op Laundry was only half a mile down the road. My clothes needed washing even worse than my hair needed cutting.  I never found the Lion's Den bookstore, though.

Pecos Trails Transit, the local bus company, was based in this nifty old Art Deco bus station.

Here is another view of the Pecos Trails Transit building.