So today we started out in Flagstaff, Arizona. Now as you know, Arizona is a hot, dry, desert region. Yeah! Right! We woke to a Flagstaff covered on snow. Wet, cold and windy. We had planned to go to the site of the great meteor crater not far from here. Should we drive in this weather? It’s about forty miles. Let’s chance it!

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Before we go, we have to visit the giant lumberjack, (Do we really? Well so the lumberjack fan said, and she’s driving). So off to the Flagstaff University campus for a brief, snowy encounter. Quickly back into the car and get moving. As we drive along, the snow gets ever lighter, until suddenly, half an hour out of Flagstaff ….. Presto! The clouds clear, the sun comes out, the road is dry.

We pass Bedrock and sure enough, there’s Fred Flintstone waving to all the passers by.

The crater is fascinating. 50,000 years old. The museum is interactive, engaging and informative. The guided crater tour is cancelled because of the weather, (oh, oh. It’s on the way). But we can go out on the rim by ourselves. We do. The snowstorm comes. We nearly get blown halfway across Arizona. Who’d have thought that Arizona gets weather like this. But already, they are on their third reception building at this site. The previous two were blown away by storms!!

Not only is it a wonderful look back at meteor activity, but this is also a site used by NASA, for training astronauts for moon landings and the likes.

We leave and move on to Winslow. Just have to. It’s a Route 66 must do stop. We even stand on the corner. Yep. Here’s tonight’s stop.