Area 51 but no aliens there except...us!!!!

As I told Sami fortunately we are back to Portugal... and not just there! The area was totaly uninteresting, but I purchased a fine tanktop and refilled my water flask!!!!!

There are interesting things going on in Area 51 and other parts of the desert, but it's pretty obvious that they are related to testing of military weapons and drones and such. You can see the actual area 51, including the air strip, with Google Earth, but most of the facilities are underground. I did some research on this when a character in a novella I wrote more or less accidentally stumbles into the area, which can happen, though you wouldn't get very far until you'd be spotted and escorted back at gunpoint ...
As for the Facebook event to "storm" the area, that event was created as a joke. But I'm sure the Army is ready if anyone actually shows up.

Obrigada for all this info, Sarah. We just stopped 15" in that area, I would have enjoyed staying more by the Joshua trees... but we had a schedule...

yes, the Joshua trees are amazing ... must go back there sometime, haven't been in decades.