The Oppenheimer quote recalled :- Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds

Today we had a pleasant 77 miles leaving Socorro after a good breakfast in cool, clear sunshine. First we head south for 11 miles to San Antonio then turn east on highway 380 which had some of the best tarmac and cyclist friendly hard shoulder of the trip and there has been good competition. Funny how a hard shoulder becomes so important a part of our lives for a while.
The road runs straight across a plain containing the White Sands Missile Range and Trinity Site, the location of the first explosion of a nuclear weapon in July 1945. Today the place is safe again and we visit a shop selling "glass" formed out of sand melted by the explosion. At 30 dollars a gram we gave it a miss.

Is this the stallion after which the centre was named?

That wonderful hard shoulder. The only hazard is the wires from parts of disintegrated tyres (sorry tires) that can cause punctures as Keith found out earlier in the trip. 

Mandy in the rock shop with nuclear blast glass and two of the three inhabitants of Bingham, NM.