Custom Tours by Clarice

Today, Custom Tours by Clarice hosted a couple from Illinois who were interested in visiting Los Alamos in our area due to having seen "Oppenheimer" when it played in theaters across the country a year ago. So, I took this photo of them @ White Rock Overlook on our way to Los Alamos, with its spectacular view of the Rio Grande River below. When I first moved to New Mexico, I worked for 1 of the contractors @ the lab & had my Q clearance, so I am very knowledgeable about the lab & their goals & objectives. While in that area, we went to see the town of Los Alamos & most specifically, the Bradbury Science Museum, with its wonderful documentary film about the founding of the Los Alamos National Lab & replicas of Fat Man & Little Boy, the 2 bombs that ended WWII.

Yesterday, Custom Tours by Clarice hosted a group of 40 visitors to Santa Fe from Alberta, Canada who are here on a Promotion Tour to attend the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. I did a tour of the historic district of Santa Fe for them, & then we went to the Plaza to hear the beautiful salsa music of Manzanares. Thank you, David Manzanares for saluting this lovely group of Canadians from the Plaza's stage! Then, they went to my home for a Mexican Fiesta, complete with live entertainment by Ed Valdez, who taught everyone how to do the Mexican Hat Dance. One of the ladies in the group was celebrating her birthday, so Ed serenaded her by singing Las Manianitis as a way of saying "Happy Birthday". We capped of the Mexican dinner off by serving the state cookie of New Mexico, the bizcochito!