Very Large Array

At Socorro, I got on US Hwy 60 (Hey!) and headed west. There are very few towns along this road between Socorro NM and Springerville AZ, so I filled up every time I saw a gas pump.

50 miles west of Socorro, I came across the VLA or Very Large Array. This is an astronomical radio observatory made of 27 huge antennas, each one 82 feet diameter. Here's a link: http://www.vla.nrao.edu/

This is an incredible place, and I took the full walking tour. You may remember the movie "Contact" with Jodie Foster? Part of that movie was filmed here at the VLA. I enjoyed my visit. It brought back my faith in human potential which I had previously lost at the roadside "petroglyphs" earlier in the day.

Unfortunately, the bookstore was closed, so I cannot mail you a postcard. However, they have a shop online at the above link. Go to it, buy a postcard, and pretend it's from me. In today's world of advanced technology, nothing is impossible.