"How about lining up some tours of the base including the "junk yard" and nuke bomb storage site".
The announcer for the nearby Spud Speedway, a small dirt track west of our runway, I believe is a full time employee of the big "Junkyard" adjoining our pits. He was also employed a long time ago, as were a, lot of local people, on the base. Very knowledgeable about the history and various once super secret structures mostly to the East of us. Our official photographer is currently also an employee on base of the wildlife refuge that now encompasses much of that area, also suggested he'd investigate guided tours, possibly with a bus from another base occupant.
As this base was unparalleled in importance during the cold war due mostly to it's proximity to continental Europe (read, USSR) , the security and nuclear storage capacities were unsurpassed in the USA.
The money spent on this place is unimaginable,especially in today's dollars.
Consider the concrete pads at our start line alone. The frost line that far north requires a poured concrete depth of eight,that's 8 feet deep. Multiply by 1000 ft long and 300 feet wide, for that one area. There are a few of these around,ask during the tour.
I'm only responding to questions here, I personally didn't have time to bring,let alone race, my own car. Going tourist is another story.
I did suggest earlier,like many months ago, consider taking enough time to come up the Atlantic coast and leave through the mountains, the country is truly spectacular.
And the Lobster got cheap with the tourist shortage last year, 2010 should be similar. MHO/FWIW
Bob W, tour guide, shill, Chief BS,LTA
