Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Oliver Lee State Park - White Sands national Monu.

We arrived here Monday, we'll be leaving Tomorrow morning. We'll be heading for Sante Fe.
We visited White Sands National Monument. (White Sands Missile Testing Area, 1st A-Bomb, etc). We also went to the N.M Air and Space Museum. The walls were full of people that took part in our space program. One person that stood out, I am ashamed to say I can't remember his name. This guy jumped out of a balloon (special kind) at 102000 ft. He was a test pilot. But he was testing the affects of jumping from extreme altitude and the chute. He did 3 tours in Nam, flew 483 combat missions and was shot down and spent 11 months as a POW. Folks thats a HERO...... While at White Sands we climbed a sand dune only to find that Jack Black was filming a movie - Year One". Watch for it when it comes out. We also viewed a IMAX film about Dolphins. We enjoyed that also. Check out the views from our latest camp site. Test care
Love Tom and Karen

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