Trinity Site is high on my bucket list, next chance is Oct 6:

http://www.wsmr.army.mil/Trinity/Pages/Home.aspx

An event that changed things a bit.

Through the 80's we lived about thirty five air miles from the test site. There were still many people living in the area that first hand experienced the blast. I heard many interesting accounts of it.

Just an interesting bit of trivia, but I have a friend whose cousin was the pilot for Oppenheimer, Teller and Einstein during the Manhattan Project.

He died just a year or so ago and I never got to meet him, but heard some of his stories. His name was Arlie Nixon and had a long career with TWA as a Connie pilot.

Trinity Site is really neat, ESPECIALLY if you know the history. I visited there in 2008. I'll never forget it, as this was the place where the entire world changed for all time. . .

I visited the Trinity site at White Sands back in ‘98. High winds the night before uncovered some radioactive debris and I made the mistake of wearing sandals. Had to scrub my feet & ankles quite a bit to get the counter down to “normal” levels.
My Grandfather, who passed before I was born, was a member of Oppenheimer’s team. I preserve the family’s historical records in that achievement, including the letter from Oppenheimer and the Secretary or War thanking him for his work. Some day I’ll probably donate or lend the materials to a historical museum. Right now they’re ensconced in a safety deposit box in Delaware.