About 30 miles east of Flagstaff Arizona is a huge meteor crater. Around 50,000 years ago a meteor 150 feet across hit the earth. It hit with such force that it vaporized and left a crater 700 feet deep and over 4000 feet across.
The land out there is barren. You can see nothing for miles and miles.
When I heard that they wanted $15 to look at a hole in the ground I almost passed this up. I’m glad I didn’t. I am still not sure it’s worth $15 each but it was defiantly interesting to see. I wasn’t aware that meteors were metal. This meteor was iron-nickel. Another interesting fact I found out was that the shooting stars we see are no larger than the tip of a ballpoint pen. It’s the gasses we see in the night.
After the crater we stopped in Flagstaff to take the wives out for Mother’s day dinner. Flagstaff is a college town and an interesting place. There is quite a collection of unique shops.
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