![]() ![]() Gas can get to be an issue between Show Low and Socorro. We found out the sight is being dismantled for a new array of potentially hundreds of dishes be used there, and you can only visit by appointment. It seemed very sparsely populated in comparison to other times there. Ahead of you is the famous PIETOWN and 2 places were actually open and the Government site VERY LARGE ARRAY (deep space radio signal dishes)… made famous in the movie Contact. But you got a schedule to keep, Socorro by evening. You could spend a whole afternoon relaxing there. We left GOAZ and headed eastward on AZ60 till we got to Show Low where we stopped for lunch a favorite resto called The House. On top of that a last storm of the season was threatening rain and lightning for the entire trip. another 450+ miles day and a 300+ mile day to home on day 3. ![]() The 2nd day would goto Roswell, NM and end in Mesilla, NM. The first day would take us to Socorro NM, the closest city to the entrance to the historical sit. After doing our usual meet and greet and ride registration we talked about the ride. Wait, this place is top secret? radioactive? Radiation is dangerous right?.!Ī day before we all meet at GoAZ Motorcycles of Peoria and were greeted by Andy, General Manager and Emily Marketing Director of the dealership. Fast forward to Octoand you are waiting at the Stallion Gate of the White Sands Missile Test Range waiting to goto the exact place where the the bomb was first set off. ![]() Ten, Nine, eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One - a great flash of light, a mushroom shaped cloud rising into the desert sky, a moment that changed the course of civilization. ![]()
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