Hi.
We have spent the past couple of days with "Uncle Ken" in Alamogordo, New Mexico. We had a great time visiting with him and going to the White Sands and the Space Museum.
The White Sands are incredible...miles-upon-miles of white sand (looks almost like snow from a distance); and the sand is soft, almost like talcum powder. The Alamogordo area has been an instrumental site in the development of weapons (first A-bomb test called the "Trinity" project took place at the White Sands); as well as space-related projects. The White Sands Space Harbor is an emergency landing site for the Shuttle.
Our visit with Uncle Ken was great. He has been a fixture in Alamogordo for decades and he has to be the youngest 95-year old person I have ever met. Our wish is to be as "young" as him when we are 95 years old!
We then drove north to Belen, New Mexico...my father's birthplace. He grew-up in Belen until he was 17 (and moved with the whole family to Richmond, California). He worked at the railroad station as the person who had to wake the train engineers and caboose-men to tell them their train had arrived and it was time to get to the train. He worked out of the "Harvey House" (see photo), which is now a national historic site. He would wake the men sleeping at the Harvey House, or run to their homes locally to wake them. It was great to visit Belen.
We arrived at our campground inside the Grand Canyon National Park late on Tuesday. Boy is it cold (predicted low of 23 degrees F tonight)! There are even some small patches of snow on the ground in our campsite.
Take care.
Don & Sandi
Don & Sandi at "home", back in the Stockton area.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Roswell, New Mexico
Hi.
We visited Roswell, New Mexico for a few hours on Friday. As you may know, an infamous "UFO" allegedly crash landed in Roswell in July, 1947. The craft is also alleged to have had three or four aliens in the craft; all secretly recovered by government officials. The locals were told to "keep quiet".
After our visit to Roswell, we have this official statement to make, "Everything seems normal to us. We saw absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. Just another day in our 100-Day Trip. Really."
That's our story and we are sticking to it.
Take care (help!)
Don & Sandi
We visited Roswell, New Mexico for a few hours on Friday. As you may know, an infamous "UFO" allegedly crash landed in Roswell in July, 1947. The craft is also alleged to have had three or four aliens in the craft; all secretly recovered by government officials. The locals were told to "keep quiet".
After our visit to Roswell, we have this official statement to make, "Everything seems normal to us. We saw absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. Just another day in our 100-Day Trip. Really."
That's our story and we are sticking to it.
Take care (help!)
Don & Sandi
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Alamo & Caverns
Hi.
Over the past few days, we have seen a lot of Texas. Umm...is it safe to say, we have seen all of Texas that we care to see ;-) ??? Boy, it's a big state to drive through!
While in Texas we went to San Antonio (and watched on TV as the Giants won the World Series...yahoo!). We walked the "river walk" alongside the narrow San Antonio River that runs through downtown. It was beautiful with its shops and side-walk restaurants, and music...and tour boats moving down the river. (Yes, we took the tour-boat ride too.) We loved that area.
We also visited the nearby "Alamo". It was very interesting to learn in a fair amount of detail the history of the Texas "republic" and its fight for independence. It was a fierce battle. The Alamo is treated as a shrine once you enter its main chapel area.
San Antonio was the site of the 1968 World's Fair, and so we had to visit the "Tower of the Americas" while we were there. We took the ride to the top of the tower; the view of the San Antonio area was magnificent.
We arrived in New Mexico on Wednesday. We visited the Carlsbad Caverns for several hours on Thursday and really enjoyed the beautiful scenery of stalactites and stalagmites, 750 feet below ground level, at a very cool 56 degrees.
Well, that's all the news for today...in less than three weeks we will be home!
Take care,
Don & Sandi
Over the past few days, we have seen a lot of Texas. Umm...is it safe to say, we have seen all of Texas that we care to see ;-) ??? Boy, it's a big state to drive through!
While in Texas we went to San Antonio (and watched on TV as the Giants won the World Series...yahoo!). We walked the "river walk" alongside the narrow San Antonio River that runs through downtown. It was beautiful with its shops and side-walk restaurants, and music...and tour boats moving down the river. (Yes, we took the tour-boat ride too.) We loved that area.
We also visited the nearby "Alamo". It was very interesting to learn in a fair amount of detail the history of the Texas "republic" and its fight for independence. It was a fierce battle. The Alamo is treated as a shrine once you enter its main chapel area.
San Antonio was the site of the 1968 World's Fair, and so we had to visit the "Tower of the Americas" while we were there. We took the ride to the top of the tower; the view of the San Antonio area was magnificent.
We arrived in New Mexico on Wednesday. We visited the Carlsbad Caverns for several hours on Thursday and really enjoyed the beautiful scenery of stalactites and stalagmites, 750 feet below ground level, at a very cool 56 degrees.
Well, that's all the news for today...in less than three weeks we will be home!
Take care,
Don & Sandi
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