April 5: Meteor Crater, inbetween Winslow and Flagstaff. We got there very late in the afternoon, shortly before they closed. We've been by here before, in 1987 and in 1999. In 1999 it was raining torrents, so that's why we didn't stop then. I'm not sure what was up in 1987--maybe we didn't know about it. We didn't want to miss it this time, despite the late afternoon time. I would've liked to take more time, but that was not to be. The crater was huge, much too big to stand at the viewing dock and get it all in one shot, hence the two small shots on top (not a perfectly seamless panorama, sorry). There were some kinds of scientific instruments at the bottom, which are in the pictures at the left. We bought some space food sticks in the gift shop....very pricey, but yummy. We ate them later at assorted times in assorted hotel rooms.
Labels: Route-66-Part2, Vacation
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The best way to spend time in motel rooms on road trips is to sit on the bed watching the weather channel and eating space food sticks.
I'm happy we finally got to see the crater. There was a cute little Escobaria looking cactus growing on the rim next to the trail. It was the only cactus plant around the whole place which we could see. The crater is very very large and seemed to be one of those kinds of places where the mind has difficulty comprehending how large it really is.
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