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 New Mexico HISTORY Grand Loop –

Geronimo Springs Museum, Trinity Site,

Very Large Array, and Glenwood Catwalk Trail      

Friday, April 4 – Sunday, April 6, 2008

This unique adventure will take us to some of the most significant natural and man-made venues in southwestern New Mexico. On the way to Socorro for the first night, we’ll visit the impressive Geronimo Springs Museum in Truth or Consequences. On Saturday, we will join an amazing caravan to Trinity Site on the White Sands Missile Range on one of only two days a year that the location is open to the public. Trinity is the site of the first atomic bomb detonation on Earth – on July 16, 1945. Then, it’s on to the biannual open house at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory Very Large Array (VLA) on the Plains of San Augustin for an astronomer-guided tour of some off-limits research facilities on the compound. We’ll overnight at the charming High Country Lodge in the nearby village of Magdalena. En route home on Sunday, we will spend a couple unforgettable hours on the spectacular 1-mile Catwalk National Recreation Trail in Glenwood, NM. Tour departs at 6:30 AM on Friday from Tucson International Airport Park & Save Remote Parking Lot at S. Tucson Boulevard and E. Corona Road, where vehicles can be safely parked for $4 per day. We will return to the same location by 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. Limited to 8 participants. Guide and Top Tyranno: Stephen H. Buck, Ph.D.

 Tour fee includes transportation by van, lodging, and all entrance fees

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FEE POLICY: Full payment is due on registration (or when requested). To register, send check (payable to Stephen H. Buck) to Stephen H. Buck, P.O. Box 64986, Tucson, AZ 85728-4986. Your check will not be deposited until it is certain that the tour is a GO. If the tour does not go, your uncashed check will be returned to you. Your check is your receipt for payment. If you cancel out 30 days or more before the tour, you will be charged a $100 administrative fee. If you cancel out less than 30 days before the tour, you will forfeit 50% of the full tour fee or $100 (whichever is greater) unless we can find a replacement. If we find such replacement, you will receive a 100% refund. You will receive a 100% fee refund if the tour is cancelled by TyrannoTours.