Vacation in Roswell
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:29 pm
Actually, we're going to be exploring much of New Mexico, but spending a whole day in Roswell will be (for me) the HIGHLIGHT of the trip.
I love aliens. I am going to buy the biggest inflatable grey I can find Roswell and seat belt him into my car for the forseeable future. I am going to buy all the cheap plastic alien lifeform crap I can get my hands on. The trip to end all trips!
I will post pics.
Additionally, here's what I learned about the Trinity test site: it's open two days a year. That's right, two days, in April and October. I am amazed by civilization's ability to create lengthy lines / queues where there needn't be. BY FREAKING DEFINITION, the Trinity site is in the middle of nowhere and you should absolutely be able to see it in quiet and solace... and they are having crowds show up there and swarm it.
I read some thing that said that you might be able to get in as part of a tour, but to get into it you're getting into a 170 mile round trip on a bus. I'd sooner chew off my own testicles than take public transportation for 170 miles.
Anyway. As text boy (TM) I would have loved to have seen the Trinity site, but I don't think it's going to happen. Here's Q and A for a quick session.
Q: Hello, A! How's it hanging, brother?
A: They are hanging WELL MY FRIEND!
Q: A, why doesn't Jones just "crash" the Trinity site?
A: Beats me, Q! The only reason I can think of is because they have obviously shown that they are not kidding about just DROPPING A NUKE there and that tends to make people a little gunshy about testing them. It's very difficult to try to get into some sort of metaphoric stare down with people who have proven that they have no qualms about just nuking the shit out of their "base."
Thanks, guys. That's essentially it.
Did I promise pictures? Pictures comin'! Of Roswell and Santa Fe, sure, but pics nonetheless.
I love aliens. I am going to buy the biggest inflatable grey I can find Roswell and seat belt him into my car for the forseeable future. I am going to buy all the cheap plastic alien lifeform crap I can get my hands on. The trip to end all trips!
I will post pics.
Additionally, here's what I learned about the Trinity test site: it's open two days a year. That's right, two days, in April and October. I am amazed by civilization's ability to create lengthy lines / queues where there needn't be. BY FREAKING DEFINITION, the Trinity site is in the middle of nowhere and you should absolutely be able to see it in quiet and solace... and they are having crowds show up there and swarm it.
I read some thing that said that you might be able to get in as part of a tour, but to get into it you're getting into a 170 mile round trip on a bus. I'd sooner chew off my own testicles than take public transportation for 170 miles.
Anyway. As text boy (TM) I would have loved to have seen the Trinity site, but I don't think it's going to happen. Here's Q and A for a quick session.
Q: Hello, A! How's it hanging, brother?
A: They are hanging WELL MY FRIEND!
Q: A, why doesn't Jones just "crash" the Trinity site?
A: Beats me, Q! The only reason I can think of is because they have obviously shown that they are not kidding about just DROPPING A NUKE there and that tends to make people a little gunshy about testing them. It's very difficult to try to get into some sort of metaphoric stare down with people who have proven that they have no qualms about just nuking the shit out of their "base."
Thanks, guys. That's essentially it.
Did I promise pictures? Pictures comin'! Of Roswell and Santa Fe, sure, but pics nonetheless.