Well…..there was some sleet last night…but it didn’t last or stick on the ground. This morning was a great, clear morning. We had a leisurely morning as we were only going to move 70 miles down the road, so we had a couple of cups of Fr. Roast coffee and tea…..and then I began the task of checking the tire pressure on all 8 tires, and then unhooking the umbilical cords of TheHowserHouse from the power source. By 10am we were on the highway heading east….and after going thru some snow flurries in the foothills of the San Francisco Mts. which hover over Flagstaff…..we arrived at Meteor Crater RV Park, just off of the I-40.
We checked in for two nights…..at a great price of only $12 per night. Then after hooking up TheHowserHouse to the power source, we had a light lunch. It was quick….and then we drove the five miles through the desert to the Meteor Crater……and the incredible museum.
The crater is sooooo huge….I have seen it from the air as I was flying to the west coast one time, but seeing it down here was …….well, just damn hard to believe. If you walk around the rim of the crater, it is 2.5 miles……it is almost one mile across, and it is 700 feet to the bottom of the crater. A 150 foot meteor crashed into the ground here around 50,000 years ago……and this crater is the first crater to be certified as a true meteor crater and one of the very few to have been left undisturbed over the years.
We took a hiking tour around part of the rim…..and then an hour later we returned to the museum. It is a fabulous museum with sooooo much info on meteors that have crashed into the earth…..and some wonderful hands-on exhibits.
We spent over three hours this afternoon at the crater and museum…..and we could have spent twice that amount. But the afternoon was getting late and it was about to rain…..so we thought. So back to the RV Park and TheHowserHouse. It is a really great little rv park with VERY wide streets and very nice sized sites for rv’s. We would certainly stop here again!!!!
We had a light dinner and some vino/dark red medicine…..and then this evening I just have been attempting to get my pics onto the blog. NOT all of them…..way tooo many for that, but trying to get some on since I have Wifi tonight…..YEAH!!!!!! I will continue to post some pics from the travels of TheHowserHouse this week…….tonight just check below this post!!!!!!!!!
Tomorrow: Petrified Forest National Park….and…Painted Desert National Park about 70 miles east of here. We will just make it a day trip and leave TheHowserHouse here. Then on Saturday we drive to Santa Fe, NM for 2-3 days or more. I have reservations in an RV Park there……always want to not have to drive around looking for a place to unhook TheHowserHouse…so I make reservations when I think they will be necessary.
Today…..another great day……this week has been a week of “great days”!!!! And…..with that in mind…..
Life IS Great….and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!
1 comment:
Meteor Crater WiFi experience.
Can you give me a sense, was it good, bad, wonderful, expensive, available throughout the park. I'll be heading that same route as you in about two weeks and want some place reliable to stop and at least get email.
Besides, it's my company that put the system in there and I'm curious.
Billy Freeman - freeman @wifirv.com
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