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Tours
Not wanting
to sit around the hotel all day with nothing to do? Join us on three special
tours we have put together for your enjoyment.
A minimum
number of participants will be required for each tour. If the tours are
cancelled because of lack of participation, a full refund will be given.
The maximum number of participants allowed on a tour will be determined
by the specific bus capacity. Tours will be filled on a first-come, first-served
basis.
Monday,
April 15, 2002
Taste of Santa
Fe, 34 hours, $20
A four-hour
tour of Santa Fe by bus. This "City Different" tour features
important historic areas and museums, the famous Canyon Road area, and
other highlights of Santa Fe. Santa Fe's history, architecture, and cultural
traditions will make your time here memorable. Your driver-guide will
offer tips on what to do and places to see. The tour includes stops at
the Wheelwright Museum of the American
Indian and two popular galleries, Peters Gallery and Fenn Gallery.
Wednesday,
April 17, 2002
Northern New
Mexico, 67 hours, $30
A 67
hour guided tour with stops at Bandelier national Monument and historic
Los Alamos. In Los Alamos, you will tour the Bradbury Science Museum and
have time for lunch in town.
Friday,
April 19, 2002
This
tour is FULL. If you want to be put on a first-come, first-served wait
list, please register for the tour. If someone drops out, we will contact
you.
Trinity Site,
910 hours, $45 for conference registrants, $50 for nonregistrants
On
July 16, 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the first atomic bomb detonation
occurred on the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range in the middle
of the Jornada del Muerto Valley, which now comprises a part of
the U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range, approximately 230 miles
south of the Manhattan Projects headquarters at Los Alamos,
NM.
Each
year, the site is open to the public only twiceon the first
Saturday in April and October. As a result of the events on Sept.
11, 2001, the opening in October 2001 was canceled. Future site
openings are uncertain. The U.S. Army has agreed to allow a small
group in conjunction with RPSD 2002 to tour Trinity Site.
The
tour will include time at ground zero, as well as the McDonald Ranch
House, where the worlds first plutonium core for a bomb was
assembled. A representative of the Public Affairs Office of the
White Sands Missile Range will conduct the tour. After the tour,
lunch will be provided at the historic Owl Bar & Café
in San Antonio, NM, which served many a Los Alamos scientist during
the test program. More information on the Trinity Site can be found
at the Trinity
Site webpage on the White Sands Missile Range web site.
The
number of participants will be limited to the first 50 individuals.
A waiting list will be kept in case of cancellations. Registration
for the tour can be done with conference registration or at the
conference registration desk at the La Fonda Hotel. Conference registrants
will receive first consideration. Tour participants should fill
out a tour registration
sheet and turn it in with your conference registration or to
the conference registration desk prior to the start of the Monday
morning sessions.
RPSD
2002 has secured a block of rooms in the AmeriSuites
Albuquerque Airport Hotel (flyer)
for the nights of April 18th and 19th. The government per diem rate
of $65 per night will be honored. When placing reservations please
call the hotel directly and ask for the RPSD 2002 group rate. The
group rate will be held until March 19, 2002. Conference participants
can travel to the hotel after the conference closes on Thursday
afternoon and the tour bus will make a stop at the hotel at approximately
8:45 a.m. on the way to the Trinity Site. A map
is available for directions to the AmeriSuites Hotel. On the return
trip, the bus will make a stop at the Albuquerque Airport for those
who would like to check out of the hotel and catch a late Friday
flight, and will then drop off those staying at the AmeriSuites.
Please indicate on the tour registration form where you would like
to be picked up for the tour, and where you would like to be dropped
off.
Lunch
will be provided at the Owl Bar & Café in San Antonio,
NM. Please indicate your choice of lunch item on the tour
registration form. A complete menu
is available.
The
Trinity Site tour itinerary will be:
7:30 a.m.Leave La Fonda Hotel
8:45 a.m.Arrive AmeriSuites Hotel
9:00 a.m.Leave AmeriSuites Hotel
11:00 a.m.Arrive Stallion Gate, Begin Tour
1:00 p.m.Depart Stallion Gate
1:30 p.m.Lunch at Owl Bar & Café
2:45 p.m.Depart San Antonio
4:15 p.m.Arrive Albuquerque Airport
4:30 p.m.Arrive AmeriSuites Hotel
4:45 p.m.Depart AmeriSuites Hotel
6:00 p.m.Arrive La Fonda Hotel
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