This is a trip to the site where the first atomic bomb was tested on July 16, 1945. My Mom & Dad traveled with me. The site is located in the New Mexico desert within the White Sands missile range and is only open to the public on April 4th and October 3rd of each year. This 51,500 acre area was declared a national historic landmark in 1975. We saw the monument at ground zero as well as the Schmidt/McDonald ranch house where the plutonium core to the bomb was assembled.
