The Trinity site was pretty muh what I expected. There really isn't all that much to look at, but there is some real significance to the location itself and I'm glad I saw it. Neither John nor I had been before. It is difficult to get to the Trinity site because it's only open to the public two days a year. In 15 years of working at LANL, John had never been able to go. It turns out we picked a good day to come. The volunteers there said that usually the April days are cold and/or rainy and the October days are genearlly opressively hot. This was the nicest day for visiting the Trinity site in their memory.

The VLA is still how I remember it. It doesn't really ever change, although the dishes were in a configuration I hadn't seen before (B). John had never been here either, so he probably got more out of it than I did. But it was such a nice day that driving around and taking the self-guided walking tour was very relaxing.

John and Cliff have made it a habit of humiliating me in front of waitresses now. Cliff did it again at the Elk's lodge in Carlsbad Friday night, although not as effective as his first try two weeks ago, and John did it at the Olive Garden last night. Geez.