http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Alamogordo/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , New Mexico , Alamogordo en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:13:00 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:13:00 UTC It was really dark outside when we woke up this morning in Holbrook and that could only mean one thing in Arizona RAIN RAIN and more RAIN We forced ourselves to get up even though we wanted to lay in bed all morning and listen to the rain beating down on the roof. By the time Tim finished unhooking everything on the RV the rain had slowed a little so we decided to stay at the KOA and enjoy http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Alamogordo/blog-298979.html Crossing the Sacramento Mountains on US 82 we came to the little ski village of Cloudcroft with a splendid view of the valley ahead and some 5000 feet below. Here we got our first glimpse of the huge White Sands Missile Range. At 3200 square miles it is larger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined. Here at a site called Trinity the atomic age began at 530 AM on July 16 1945 with the the http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Alamogordo/blog-150993.html