Sunday, March 25, 2007
Day 82: The Plaza in downtown Santa Fe
WOW.....what a great morning it was this morning when the sun came up!!! We have such a great spot on the side of this mountain/hill...whichever. The day dawned as clear as possible.....not one cloud in the sky.....and what a change over the past couple of days.
We scurried around to get ready to drive to the old downtown area of Santa Fe and to the Plaza. We wanted to be at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum by the time it opened at 10am.....so that we would be there for the 10:30 tour/lecture by the Docent. And......after making a couple of wrong turns since the furnished map was not very definitive.....we found a parking space about two blocks away from the museum. On Sunday.....the parking metered spots on the street are free....so why pay $10 for a parking lot????
We sat in the patio of the museum for a few minutes waiting for the gates to open....and then we were soon inside and had paid the Senior Citizen price of $7 each. We wandered around the museum a few minutes and then watched the film about O'Keeffe's live and paintings. We then joined a group of people for a listening/asking questions lecture about her life. It was really interesting, but just not quite what we had thought it might be. Then we went through the museum and, to be quite frank........it was very small and just didn't have as many of her more well-known works of art on exhibit. We were both rather disappointed...........
We spent some time in the museum gift shop......and bought a couple of post cards of two of her paintings. Then we began our own walking tour of the old section of town and the Plaza area. It is really, really a great place to spend a beautiful day!!!!!!!! First impressions were that I have never seen sooooooooo many jewelry shops....can't begin to count the number......since I was last in Florence, Italy. Just unbelievable.......and all of the highest quality!!!!
We spent a lot of time viewing some of the many, many private art galleries that are all free.....and saw some stunning works of art! Then as we headed to the Plaza......we heard some music coming from there and hurried around the corner to find a wonderful plaza......a very green area with a "band stand" in the middle of it. On the stand was a Mariachi Band and they were really quite good....music and some fancy footwork dancing.
Along the sidewalks of the adobe buildings surrounding all four sides of the plaza were many, many Native American artisans displaying their jewelry, paintings, ceramic tiles, blankets, etc., etc., etc. We looked and looked.......and each display/stall was different. Lots of sterling silver and turquoise, as well as other semi-precious stones. I really enjoy this type of thing.....and we spent quite a bit of time there enjoying the various items for sale.
We then found the Blue Corn Cafe.......as it had been recommended to us by several different people.......and enjoyed a really excellent light lunch of blue corn tacos, wonderful salsa for the tacos, pinto beans and rice. We had very good service.....it was quick....and the tacos themselves were sooooo crisp and crunchy........ummmmm!!! SO GOOD! When in Santa Fe....try it out for yourselves.
After lunch, we once again hit the streets. It is sooo difficult to explain the shopping areas, galleries, cafes, etc as they can be found in soooo many places. You can go through a little archway....and another long covered sidewalk/street will open up with little stalls and shops opening up on each side. Once again.....it is soooo much like shopping in Florence or Venice......it is just fun to explore these little alleys and narrow streets. And.....all....I repeat....ALL of the buildings are of the adobe style and the same color everywhere. And....let me add that as we left the downtown area this evening.......all of the buildings in the main shopping mall on the edge of town were ALL of the same style and color. Sure did make it difficult to find Target....or any other specific store that you never see in this style/color!!!
We then wandered back to the Plaza and another group of Latina musicians were entertaining there. We sat and listened/watched for a while.....and enjoyed people watching, also. My pics will show some of the musicians......these girls were really quite good!
We continued to stroll, amble, window shop, view the galleries until about 5pm.....and then being rather tired, we decided to head back to TheHowserHouse for a rest before dinner. Guess what......???? Once back at home......we decided to eliminate the dinner tonight and enjoy the evening with our feet up. Dinner will be the #1 priority tomorrow night!!!!
Yesterday we had had an email from a couple......good friends....from F'town and told us that they were driving out to Phoenix/Mesa and wondered where we were on our way back to Missouri. Well....after another round of emails.....we found that we could meet in Amarillo on Tuesday for a late lunch. We had planned to be there anyway on Tuesday night.....and since they were coming through there that day.....we are hoping to make connections and spend some time together before they have to go on down the road. Betty is a sorority sister of the 1st Lady's and so she and her husband, John, are often with us at social functions during the year.....so it will be fun to meet them on the road.
And soooooo......our feet are tired from much, much walking today. My feelings about Santa Fe??? It is a wonderful town.......and the Plaza/downtown area is just soooooo great. I love the way all of the arts are displayed in the galleries.....and the way the style of the buildings has been maintained as it was for the past couple of hundred years. At times I felt like I was strolling down a movie set......except it is the REAL thing.......such fun!!!
More to see tomorrow.......and lists to be made for things we will see the next time we are in town. I would love to be here for the music events......the incredible Santa Fe Opera performances during the summer.....the Santa Fe Chamber Music concerts....etc, etc., etc!! The town is in such a beautiful setting with mountains surrounding it......and at 7000 feet in altitude, it is dry, crisp, and stunning in it's beauty! WOW!!!!!
Hmmmmm, for the umpteenth time........with days and places like this, of COURSE.....
LIFE IS GREAT.....and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!
We scurried around to get ready to drive to the old downtown area of Santa Fe and to the Plaza. We wanted to be at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum by the time it opened at 10am.....so that we would be there for the 10:30 tour/lecture by the Docent. And......after making a couple of wrong turns since the furnished map was not very definitive.....we found a parking space about two blocks away from the museum. On Sunday.....the parking metered spots on the street are free....so why pay $10 for a parking lot????
We sat in the patio of the museum for a few minutes waiting for the gates to open....and then we were soon inside and had paid the Senior Citizen price of $7 each. We wandered around the museum a few minutes and then watched the film about O'Keeffe's live and paintings. We then joined a group of people for a listening/asking questions lecture about her life. It was really interesting, but just not quite what we had thought it might be. Then we went through the museum and, to be quite frank........it was very small and just didn't have as many of her more well-known works of art on exhibit. We were both rather disappointed...........
We spent some time in the museum gift shop......and bought a couple of post cards of two of her paintings. Then we began our own walking tour of the old section of town and the Plaza area. It is really, really a great place to spend a beautiful day!!!!!!!! First impressions were that I have never seen sooooooooo many jewelry shops....can't begin to count the number......since I was last in Florence, Italy. Just unbelievable.......and all of the highest quality!!!!
We spent a lot of time viewing some of the many, many private art galleries that are all free.....and saw some stunning works of art! Then as we headed to the Plaza......we heard some music coming from there and hurried around the corner to find a wonderful plaza......a very green area with a "band stand" in the middle of it. On the stand was a Mariachi Band and they were really quite good....music and some fancy footwork dancing.
Along the sidewalks of the adobe buildings surrounding all four sides of the plaza were many, many Native American artisans displaying their jewelry, paintings, ceramic tiles, blankets, etc., etc., etc. We looked and looked.......and each display/stall was different. Lots of sterling silver and turquoise, as well as other semi-precious stones. I really enjoy this type of thing.....and we spent quite a bit of time there enjoying the various items for sale.
We then found the Blue Corn Cafe.......as it had been recommended to us by several different people.......and enjoyed a really excellent light lunch of blue corn tacos, wonderful salsa for the tacos, pinto beans and rice. We had very good service.....it was quick....and the tacos themselves were sooooo crisp and crunchy........ummmmm!!! SO GOOD! When in Santa Fe....try it out for yourselves.
After lunch, we once again hit the streets. It is sooo difficult to explain the shopping areas, galleries, cafes, etc as they can be found in soooo many places. You can go through a little archway....and another long covered sidewalk/street will open up with little stalls and shops opening up on each side. Once again.....it is soooo much like shopping in Florence or Venice......it is just fun to explore these little alleys and narrow streets. And.....all....I repeat....ALL of the buildings are of the adobe style and the same color everywhere. And....let me add that as we left the downtown area this evening.......all of the buildings in the main shopping mall on the edge of town were ALL of the same style and color. Sure did make it difficult to find Target....or any other specific store that you never see in this style/color!!!
We then wandered back to the Plaza and another group of Latina musicians were entertaining there. We sat and listened/watched for a while.....and enjoyed people watching, also. My pics will show some of the musicians......these girls were really quite good!
We continued to stroll, amble, window shop, view the galleries until about 5pm.....and then being rather tired, we decided to head back to TheHowserHouse for a rest before dinner. Guess what......???? Once back at home......we decided to eliminate the dinner tonight and enjoy the evening with our feet up. Dinner will be the #1 priority tomorrow night!!!!
Yesterday we had had an email from a couple......good friends....from F'town and told us that they were driving out to Phoenix/Mesa and wondered where we were on our way back to Missouri. Well....after another round of emails.....we found that we could meet in Amarillo on Tuesday for a late lunch. We had planned to be there anyway on Tuesday night.....and since they were coming through there that day.....we are hoping to make connections and spend some time together before they have to go on down the road. Betty is a sorority sister of the 1st Lady's and so she and her husband, John, are often with us at social functions during the year.....so it will be fun to meet them on the road.
And soooooo......our feet are tired from much, much walking today. My feelings about Santa Fe??? It is a wonderful town.......and the Plaza/downtown area is just soooooo great. I love the way all of the arts are displayed in the galleries.....and the way the style of the buildings has been maintained as it was for the past couple of hundred years. At times I felt like I was strolling down a movie set......except it is the REAL thing.......such fun!!!
More to see tomorrow.......and lists to be made for things we will see the next time we are in town. I would love to be here for the music events......the incredible Santa Fe Opera performances during the summer.....the Santa Fe Chamber Music concerts....etc, etc., etc!! The town is in such a beautiful setting with mountains surrounding it......and at 7000 feet in altitude, it is dry, crisp, and stunning in it's beauty! WOW!!!!!
Hmmmmm, for the umpteenth time........with days and places like this, of COURSE.....
LIFE IS GREAT.....and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Day 81: And now we are in SANTE FE, NM!!!
A bit of rain fell in the early hours of the morning, and so I found myself awake waiting for the sun to rise so I could get up and prepare for the road. By 7:15am, I was out and making the routine preparations for a trip down the road with TheHowserHouse. The 1st Lady was up much earlier than usual and be 8am we were pulling out of our site. However....since we didn't have sewage at our site it was necessary to pull around by the dump station(soooo aptly named "dump".. heehee), and to hook up my little sewage hose, pull the handle and a little slide opens.....and voila! All of our un-needed items were rushing into the hole in the ground!!!!
I had just started the process of hooking up the hose when a motor home pulled in behind me and seeing that I had just begun....the engine stopped and this young fellow jumped out and came over to chat ........all while I was doing the not-so-fun task of disposing of our crap...literally. He was all excited as he had just picked up this motor home in Phoenix......one that he had "purchased" on Ebay!!! Last night had been his first night in his new "home" on wheels.
Well, as we became "friends at the dump", he mentioned that he was a pilot for Southwest Airlines......and loved to camp via an rv. He had owned a Class C....what used to be called a mini-motor home, but that he wanted something larger. He was very young looking and said he lived in Dallas and was on his way back with his motor home via Colorado for some snowboarding! I mentioned that I was a retired band director.....and he then became more excited as that was his favorite class in school and he said that without having been in band, his life would not be the one he soooo enjoys now. Soooo, we continued to chat as the crap continued to slosh into the hole in the ground.........and soon.......my dump task was finished. As I pulled the hose out and ran water through the hose for the necessary cleansing action, he then asked if I had any more of the rubber gloves that I use for this not-so-sanitary task of rving. Soooo, I gave him a couple of pairs of the gloves........we said our goodbyes over the dump hole.....and the 1st Lady and I drove on out of the rv park and onto I-40.
348 miles and six hours and 15 minutes later we pulled into Sante Fe Skies RV Park on a mountainside about Sante Fe, NM. It was an uneventful trip through some interesting country.....both high desert and then more and more long hills as the topography changed the farther east we drove. And......OF COURSE.....as we began the descent into Albuquerque with traffic on all sides of TheHowserHouse.....it began a heavy rain. Would I have expected anything less than that for my first trip into this fine city???? HELL NO!! Not knowing in which lane to keep my 53' rving ensemble I slowed down and kept squinting out of the front window between the rapid movement of the wiper blades........and made the transition from I-40 to the northbound I-25 which would take us up 50+ miles to Santa Fe. SUCCESS despite the natural elements playing havoc with my mind, my physical stress, and making TheHowserHouse a dirty mess! (not intended to be a rhyme)
The RV Park has a beautiful main building facility with the best restrooms, laundry, and reception room of any park I have been to in a long time. The sites???? Well, they are not as nice as I expected.....gravel..a bit uneven and unlevel.....and each site being a different length and width. However, having said that, the wifi here is EXCELLENT!!!!!! The best we have had the entire trip!!!!! Can't believe it. The price is a bit elevated.....but this is a "1st Class City" and a very popular tourist destination for not only us Americans but more of a world class city with many rv'ers here from other parts of the world......in rented rv's. Paid $98 for three nights which included a 10% discount for being a Good Sam member.
And soooooo, after doing a bit of laundry, we decided to enjoy the views of the city lights below us, have a glass of wine in front of the fireplace as we look out the window at the glow of Sante Fe. Tomorrow we will be up and going as there is MUCH to see and do. Our first stop will be at the Georgia O'Keeffe Art Museum........she lived here in the area for many years. I hope to get a couple of prints of two of her works for our stick and brick.
You guessed it.......it has been a really good day.....from the start with the new "dump crap chat" friend to the finish with the vino and twinkling lights below......and the vino also had a good "finish"! Sooooooo, as you might realize.....
LIFE IS GREAT........And I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!
I had just started the process of hooking up the hose when a motor home pulled in behind me and seeing that I had just begun....the engine stopped and this young fellow jumped out and came over to chat ........all while I was doing the not-so-fun task of disposing of our crap...literally. He was all excited as he had just picked up this motor home in Phoenix......one that he had "purchased" on Ebay!!! Last night had been his first night in his new "home" on wheels.
Well, as we became "friends at the dump", he mentioned that he was a pilot for Southwest Airlines......and loved to camp via an rv. He had owned a Class C....what used to be called a mini-motor home, but that he wanted something larger. He was very young looking and said he lived in Dallas and was on his way back with his motor home via Colorado for some snowboarding! I mentioned that I was a retired band director.....and he then became more excited as that was his favorite class in school and he said that without having been in band, his life would not be the one he soooo enjoys now. Soooo, we continued to chat as the crap continued to slosh into the hole in the ground.........and soon.......my dump task was finished. As I pulled the hose out and ran water through the hose for the necessary cleansing action, he then asked if I had any more of the rubber gloves that I use for this not-so-sanitary task of rving. Soooo, I gave him a couple of pairs of the gloves........we said our goodbyes over the dump hole.....and the 1st Lady and I drove on out of the rv park and onto I-40.
348 miles and six hours and 15 minutes later we pulled into Sante Fe Skies RV Park on a mountainside about Sante Fe, NM. It was an uneventful trip through some interesting country.....both high desert and then more and more long hills as the topography changed the farther east we drove. And......OF COURSE.....as we began the descent into Albuquerque with traffic on all sides of TheHowserHouse.....it began a heavy rain. Would I have expected anything less than that for my first trip into this fine city???? HELL NO!! Not knowing in which lane to keep my 53' rving ensemble I slowed down and kept squinting out of the front window between the rapid movement of the wiper blades........and made the transition from I-40 to the northbound I-25 which would take us up 50+ miles to Santa Fe. SUCCESS despite the natural elements playing havoc with my mind, my physical stress, and making TheHowserHouse a dirty mess! (not intended to be a rhyme)
The RV Park has a beautiful main building facility with the best restrooms, laundry, and reception room of any park I have been to in a long time. The sites???? Well, they are not as nice as I expected.....gravel..a bit uneven and unlevel.....and each site being a different length and width. However, having said that, the wifi here is EXCELLENT!!!!!! The best we have had the entire trip!!!!! Can't believe it. The price is a bit elevated.....but this is a "1st Class City" and a very popular tourist destination for not only us Americans but more of a world class city with many rv'ers here from other parts of the world......in rented rv's. Paid $98 for three nights which included a 10% discount for being a Good Sam member.
And soooooo, after doing a bit of laundry, we decided to enjoy the views of the city lights below us, have a glass of wine in front of the fireplace as we look out the window at the glow of Sante Fe. Tomorrow we will be up and going as there is MUCH to see and do. Our first stop will be at the Georgia O'Keeffe Art Museum........she lived here in the area for many years. I hope to get a couple of prints of two of her works for our stick and brick.
You guessed it.......it has been a really good day.....from the start with the new "dump crap chat" friend to the finish with the vino and twinkling lights below......and the vino also had a good "finish"! Sooooooo, as you might realize.....
LIFE IS GREAT........And I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!
Friday, March 23, 2007
Day 80: Another day tripping to 2 National Parks
Ahhhhh……can’t believe it…..it RAINED during the night…..the sounds of the drops on the roof had me awake for awhile. And….when I did get up, the ground looked like it had been soaked, as I later confirmed when my shoes became way tooooo muddy after walking to the truck!
We left the park around 9am…..driving east for about 50 miles until we made the turn to go the final 18 miles when we noticed this large “gift and rock” shop/building beside the highway. I thought to myself….”yep…another tourist trap”….but the 1st Lady and I decided to make a stop anyway.
WELL…..I have never been in such an incredible gift shop ever. It was filled with petrified wood pieces…..of ALL sizes. There were coffee tables that were selling for $20,000.00 and thousands of other pieces of petrified wood, with the least going for $1.99. Besides the wood items, there were hundreds and hundreds of fossils still in their stone or wood settings where they were found. We remained in the store for over an hour just looking and becoming more and more amazed at the items we were seeing. I was sooooo damn impressed with the quality of the items they were selling………would loved to have purchased some of the larger petrified wood items….they were sooooo beautiful!
We finally pulled ourselves away and out of the store and then drove the last 18 miles to the entrance to the Petrified Forest National Park. Once again….my age saved us more money…..as the cost for a car of visitors is $20. Our cost was FREE with the National Parks Golden Age Pass.
Immediately we began to see all of the petrified pieces of wood……from fallen trees to just what looked like wood shavings, but they were all as hard as rocks. The only way these pieces can be cut is with a diamond saw blade…..THAT hard.
We stopped at the Visitor Center and watched a short movie about the way the wood of millions of years ago…..dinosaur time period…..became petrified. Most of the pieces that are laying around now came from below the ground……having been exposed by the weather elements and just the evolving time. The exhibits there at the Center were not….NOT…nearly as great as what was for sale in the gift shop.
The movie stated that up to ONE TON of pieces are being carried away by tourists from the National Park EVERY MONTH!!!!!! Obviously that is a LOT of small pieces because you can’t begin to lift the huge pieces…..they are stone now. The people at the gift shop said that they have bought mineral rights to land surrounding the park and are digging to get their petrified wood pieces.
We spent the next 2 hours driving about 20 miles through the park….stopping and walking trails to see more of the wood/stone laying on the ground. It was interesting to see the pieces slowly emerging from the earth as parts of the wood was being exposed to the world.
Then we entered the Painted Desert National Park……the two just join without any notice other than the ground and looks of the land change. As by now it was raining again……the colors of the desert were not nearly as brilliant as they are in the pictures we saw at the Visitor Center. Soooo, this part of the day was a bit disappointing…..but, nevertheless the next ten miles was very interesting to see…….reminded me of the Badlands in South Dakota.
We exited the park…….after passing the sign that we entering the Vehicle Inspection Area. We had to stop at the gate, but we were not inspected!! We were good….and respected the law and did not pick up any of the smaller pieces.
We drove the 70 miles back to TheHowserHouse still sitting there waiting for us to return. The Park has many more rv’s this evening…….it is such a wonderful place to park an rv……..would certainly recommend it to any and all to stop here for a night.
We had just finished dinner when someone knocked on our door. He introduced himself and asked if we liked our Cedar Creek. Of course…..a rather lengthy discussion and a tour of TheHowserHouse occurred …..and I encouraged him to purchase one. He and his wife sold their house and are full timing in a travel trailer……and he wanted to get more room in an rv. Interesting conversation……..
And so…….we are set to leave Arizona in the morning after being in the state since February 5th, with the exception of 5 nights in Las Vegas. We head to Santa Fe, NM for a few days to visit some of the art galleries/museums and enjoy the ambience of this city that I have never yet seen. As we look at the calendar we feel it will be the first week in April before we return to our stick and brick……..
Even tho it was a bit rainy today…….the trip through these two National Parks was very enjoyable and educational. I have always wanted to see the Petrified Forest….and so, I can check this off of my “to see” list.
As always……..
Life is GREAT…..and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!
We left the park around 9am…..driving east for about 50 miles until we made the turn to go the final 18 miles when we noticed this large “gift and rock” shop/building beside the highway. I thought to myself….”yep…another tourist trap”….but the 1st Lady and I decided to make a stop anyway.
WELL…..I have never been in such an incredible gift shop ever. It was filled with petrified wood pieces…..of ALL sizes. There were coffee tables that were selling for $20,000.00 and thousands of other pieces of petrified wood, with the least going for $1.99. Besides the wood items, there were hundreds and hundreds of fossils still in their stone or wood settings where they were found. We remained in the store for over an hour just looking and becoming more and more amazed at the items we were seeing. I was sooooo damn impressed with the quality of the items they were selling………would loved to have purchased some of the larger petrified wood items….they were sooooo beautiful!
We finally pulled ourselves away and out of the store and then drove the last 18 miles to the entrance to the Petrified Forest National Park. Once again….my age saved us more money…..as the cost for a car of visitors is $20. Our cost was FREE with the National Parks Golden Age Pass.
Immediately we began to see all of the petrified pieces of wood……from fallen trees to just what looked like wood shavings, but they were all as hard as rocks. The only way these pieces can be cut is with a diamond saw blade…..THAT hard.
We stopped at the Visitor Center and watched a short movie about the way the wood of millions of years ago…..dinosaur time period…..became petrified. Most of the pieces that are laying around now came from below the ground……having been exposed by the weather elements and just the evolving time. The exhibits there at the Center were not….NOT…nearly as great as what was for sale in the gift shop.
The movie stated that up to ONE TON of pieces are being carried away by tourists from the National Park EVERY MONTH!!!!!! Obviously that is a LOT of small pieces because you can’t begin to lift the huge pieces…..they are stone now. The people at the gift shop said that they have bought mineral rights to land surrounding the park and are digging to get their petrified wood pieces.
We spent the next 2 hours driving about 20 miles through the park….stopping and walking trails to see more of the wood/stone laying on the ground. It was interesting to see the pieces slowly emerging from the earth as parts of the wood was being exposed to the world.
Then we entered the Painted Desert National Park……the two just join without any notice other than the ground and looks of the land change. As by now it was raining again……the colors of the desert were not nearly as brilliant as they are in the pictures we saw at the Visitor Center. Soooo, this part of the day was a bit disappointing…..but, nevertheless the next ten miles was very interesting to see…….reminded me of the Badlands in South Dakota.
We exited the park…….after passing the sign that we entering the Vehicle Inspection Area. We had to stop at the gate, but we were not inspected!! We were good….and respected the law and did not pick up any of the smaller pieces.
We drove the 70 miles back to TheHowserHouse still sitting there waiting for us to return. The Park has many more rv’s this evening…….it is such a wonderful place to park an rv……..would certainly recommend it to any and all to stop here for a night.
We had just finished dinner when someone knocked on our door. He introduced himself and asked if we liked our Cedar Creek. Of course…..a rather lengthy discussion and a tour of TheHowserHouse occurred …..and I encouraged him to purchase one. He and his wife sold their house and are full timing in a travel trailer……and he wanted to get more room in an rv. Interesting conversation……..
And so…….we are set to leave Arizona in the morning after being in the state since February 5th, with the exception of 5 nights in Las Vegas. We head to Santa Fe, NM for a few days to visit some of the art galleries/museums and enjoy the ambience of this city that I have never yet seen. As we look at the calendar we feel it will be the first week in April before we return to our stick and brick……..
Even tho it was a bit rainy today…….the trip through these two National Parks was very enjoyable and educational. I have always wanted to see the Petrified Forest….and so, I can check this off of my “to see” list.
As always……..
Life is GREAT…..and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Day 79: Meteor Crater Natural Park, AZ
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!!!!!
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!!!!!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)