White Sands Missile Range

From the Balloon Fiesta, we traveled south to the White Sands Army Missile Range (WSAMR) located northeast of Las Cruces. The Atom Bomb was developed at the McDonald ranch house, which still stands on an isolated spot on this large desert post. One can tour the old house on April 1 and October 1 each year. Everything is Top Secret on post except the museum. The latter is small but provides a lot of information on the testing of missiles, planes and bombs. The Famcamp faces a magnificent craggy mountain that provides a terrific photo backdrop, especially in the morning when the early sun penetrates the rocks. The airplane shown above was used by Dr. Wernher Von Braun as he flew between White Sands and the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Alabama. He is credited with developing the Redstone Missile.