Los Alamos
Los Alamos is about 50 miles south of our "home" at Abiquiu Lake. The city became famous for its role in the WWII Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project was an unprecedented, top-secret program implemented to design and build an atomic bomb.
Since Los Alamos is built on the top of three adjoined mesas, during the 1940's this road and gatehouse was the only way into the town.
Kurt standing between Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and General Leslie Groves.
Fuller Lodge was built in 1928 as the dining hall for the Los Alamos Ranch Boys School. This was used for meetings and housing scientists and visitors, during the height of developing the Atom Bomb.
This historic lodge was built using 771 massive pine logs.
Adjacent to the Fuller Lodge is the Guest House used by General Leslie Groves who was the commander of the Manhattan Project. The house is now used as a History Museum.
Along Bathtub Row is Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer's home.
Physicist Hans Bethe's House and General Groves 1947 Plymouth.
Los Alamos Nature Center & Planetarium
Bradbury Science Museum dedicated to nuclear exhibits.
Redeemer Lutheran Church, our church home for two weeks.
Valles Caldera (VAH-yes) National Preserve
This 89,000-acre newest national preserve encompasses an ancient volcano.
This monstrous caldera is about 13.7 miles across. It is believed that when it erupted the result was 500 times greater than that of Mt. St. Helen's.
Fused ash from this volcano's eruptions is what produced the tuff from which Bandelier cliff dwellings were carved.
2 comments:
What a great museum. We've been in that area before but never visited it. Some amazing history there for sure! It looks like you had it to yourselves!
We enjoyed Los Alamos very much. Most of the museums are free.
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