In 1974 -1975 I lived in nearby Vega Baja. I was t...

In 1974 -1975 I lived in nearby Vega Baja. I was the daughter of a construction engineer who was building one of the first pharmacutical plants down there and was priveleged to attend an English speaking school where the kids of quite a few of the scientists at Arecibo became my buddies. On two or three occasions said parents allowed us school kids into parts of the observatory normally kept off limits to regular visitors. Needless to say those were field trips beyond comparison as was the whole adventure of living in Puerto Rico with an endless sugarcane field for a back yard!