Leaving Roswell was hard, but New Mexico is a big state, and we have a lot to see on this vacation. Today, my husband and I trekked out to Alamogordo, famous for its proximity to a number of military sites and the White Sands Missile Testing area--home of the first nuclear explosion. Adjacent to that site is White Sands National Park, where you can enjoy the beauty of that white, gypsum desert landscape without risking national secrets or getting radiation poisoning.

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