Visit To Meteor Crater

Above, the crater. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

After spending the first night at the Grand Canyon/Williams KOA, I headed off for the second leg of the trip.

While headed to Albuquerque, New Mexico, I stopped off at Meteor Crater near Winslow, Arizona. It is the world's best preserved meteor crater. It is said to have came in from the east 50,000 years ago to hit what is now the state of Arizona.

I was the first to arrive (the facility opened at 8:00). Besides the crater, the visitors center has a film about the meteor strike, a gift shop, a rock shop, a Subway restaurant and an Apollo test capsule (I have seen it before in the 1960s at North American Rockwell in Downey, California).

After spending about an hour and a half at Meteor Crater, I headed off for the drive to Albuquerque.

More photos:

Above, the visitor center. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, the crater. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, the largest metor fragment found. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, the Apollo test capsule. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Above, The Beast had the RV parking lot all to itself. Photo by Armand Vaquer.