Meteor Crater

This morning we visited Winslow. This towns biggest claim to
fame is it's mention in an Eagles song...

Standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona.

Winslow is not letting this go to waste; they have dedicated a
corner of the high street to the song.

You haven't travelled Route 66 unless you've stood on a corner
in Winslow, Arizona!



















We got back on the road and found oursleves at Meteor Crater.

The Meteor Crater is privately owned and operated.
Meteor Crater Enterprises or something ridiculous like that.

They charge $15 per person for the priviledge of visiting
'their' crater; the one that was created approximately
27 zillion years ago. It's an outrage! We considered getting
back in the RV and driving off to make a stand, but nobody
would have noticed anyway. We pledged to write damning
remarks in the guestbook, and grudgingly paid our $27
(we got a $3 AAA discount - score).

So the crater was pretty awesome in the end. The museum
section was boring. But the crater was cool. I dared myself
to ask our guide if she had been there when it was created,
but I lost my nerve. She did look a bit prehistoric.

They trained astronauts in there, to get them used to the
terrain of the moon! They sat them on mules and sent them
into the hole. And one of them ripped his space suit, which
would have been fatal if he'd actually been on the moon.

We went on a guided hike around the rim, and in the distance
we could see mini twisters working their way across the desert!













After stopping for tea in Flagstaff, we found ourselves in the
teeny town of Seligman, Arizona. We are staying at a Koa
campsite tonight. Koa costs about $35 a night. It's kind of
like a treat. Our version of a 5 star hotel. Plus, this town may
be the best place I have ever been to in my life.

More on that tomorrow - we are off out tonight!