LOS ANGELES TO KERRVILLE, TX - April 12 to May 5, 2010

We left L.A. on April 12th (Mike’s birthday) and headed east. In western New Mexico, traveling along US 60, we happened upon the “Very Large Array” located in the middle of nowhere. This prompted a stop at the visitor’s center to see what’s what. It is a radio astronomy telescope operated by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. The array is comprised of 27 antennas, each of which weighs 230 tons and has a 82 ft. dish. They are all movable and can be positioned in different configurations. Astronomers use this instrument to study the radio waves emitted by celestial objects. Here area couple of pictures:





Note Donna standing near the antenna.

We continued on to “The Ranch”, an Escapee RV Park near Carlsbad, NM to spend a few days. The few days stretched to 2 weeks because our frig quit and we had to wait for parts. We used the time for some day trips and to revisit Carlsbad Caverns. Even though we had been there before we were still awed by the caverns. We took a lot of pictures but with the low light they came out dark so we won’t include any here. After we got the frig fixed, we continued on to Kerrville, Texas.