USA tour

There was due to be a Space Shuttle launch in Florida but we decided to do as much as possible in Western USA rather than spending longer driving to Florida and possibly missing the launch because of a delay.

So first: New Mexico
then: drive west to LA, stopping on the way ...

Albuquerque, New Mexico
Socorro, VLA
Atomic Museum
International Space Hall of Fame
White Sands
Roswell
Lincoln
Ice Caves and Bandera Crater
Meteor Crater, Arizona
Flagstaff
Lowell Observatory
Grand Canyon
Las Vegas
Hoover Dam
Pahrump - as seen in "Mars Attacks"
Edwards Air Force Base
Vasquez Rocks
LA
Hollywood
- Warner Brothers studios
- Paramount Studios
- Watched the filming of an episode of NBC's "Suddenly Susan" (at the Warner Brothers Studios)
Drove back to Albuquerque (took all night)
Watched (for about 1/4 the British price):
- Star Trek: First Contact
- 2 Days in the Valley
- Mission Impossible