Western Swing Day 4: Watch for Falling Objects

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What with Alamogordo’s proximity to Holloman AFB and the White Sands Missile Range, there’s a very strong rocket/missile/space exploration theme throughout the city. Case in point, these two signs.

No idea what the lead rocket formerly advertised and obviously the sign’s seen better days, but it now marks a local VW specialist. That’s a VW Fox parked out front; the back lot had a large number of both air- and water-cooled VWs scattered around.

As for the second rocket, it actually now advertises a buffet. What kind of buffet? The signs didn’t go into detail…