bri, that pic of you sitting in front of the pac totally looks like "god, right in the middle of friggin alien land and they couldn't even have a damn missile command."
My brother and I almost took the trip from Las Vegas on the loop around Area 51. Is that what you did? Was wondering how many miles that was and about how long of a trip that is. Did you go offroad to the signs that tell you to go no further?
I've been to Vegas literally 100's of times and always intended on heading up that way but was always either too drunk, hungover, or busy. One of these days, but man it is far out there. Nothing to see but ugly hills and road.