Two Crazy Birds Out On The Road
Lubbock is in the high plains section of Texas (about 3000 feet elevation), and the winds here are relentless. Dust blows everywhere, and we’ve been sneezing ever since. In Lubbock we toured the National Ranching Heritage Center, on the campus … Read More
Crossing the mountains from Alamogordo to Roswell, we hit our highest elevation of the trip at 7691 feet. The views were spectacular, and yes, we did see snow on the ground as well as the mountain tops. The contrast in … Read More
Just in case you forget where you are, here is a reminder on US-70 on the way out of Alamogordo heading west toward White Sands National Monument. First you skirt the edge of Holloman Air Force Base and then you … Read More
Another week, another telescope. The Very Large Array is a group of radio telescopes in a dry lake bed about 55 miles across at 7000 feet elevation. Each of the 27 dishes is 82 feet in diameter and weighs 235 … Read More