Well, I called the Grand Canyon to make reservations before we made the 80 mile detour to see it and found out that all 6 Grand Canyon hotels were fully booked - not only that, but apparently you have to make reservations months in advance. Bummer. So we skipped it and continued on with 66.
Breakfast at Joe & Aggie's in Holbrook - this is a truly family run restaurant and the food was excellent. I could seriously get used to Mexican food for breakfast.
Another excitedly awaited stop - Ryan loves this rabbit and the sign is great. This is the Jackrabbit Trading Post. Basically a souvenir shop, and actually a lot smaller than we expected. We bought a bunch of Jackrabbit stuff though.
And I rode the Jackrabbit - if you ever see pictures of cowboys on Jackrabbits, this is where that comes from.
We visited the Meteor Crater (where else but in Meteor City, AZ). This is a lifesize replica of an Apollo life pod. This is the part of the rocket that breaks off and the astronauts actually ride in to reenter the earth's atmosphere.
Unfortunately, the wind was completely out of control this day - sustained 75 miles per hour and more - so they closed the guided rim walk tour of the crater. The crater was formed about 50,000 years ago when a 150 lb. meteor hit the earth. The crater is about a mile wide and as deep as a 60 story building.
Check out this wind! I was almost knocked over at one point walking around the corner of the observation building, I've never felt wind like this before.
So, we went through the museum and learned a bunch about the different types of meteors and what happens when they hit the earth and other planets. My first question when I heard about this place was where is the meteor? Wouldn't it be sitting right in the middle of the hole still? Well, they answered that question and more - very interesting. This picture is us with the largest piece of meteor rock. It looks like metal up close.
For the first time so far, we actually saw a street sign directing us to LA. Yikes - we're not ready to be done yet!
We visited the Meteor Crater (where else but in Meteor City, AZ). This is a lifesize replica of an Apollo life pod. This is the part of the rocket that breaks off and the astronauts actually ride in to reenter the earth's atmosphere.
Unfortunately, the wind was completely out of control this day - sustained 75 miles per hour and more - so they closed the guided rim walk tour of the crater. The crater was formed about 50,000 years ago when a 150 lb. meteor hit the earth. The crater is about a mile wide and as deep as a 60 story building.
Check out this wind! I was almost knocked over at one point walking around the corner of the observation building, I've never felt wind like this before.
So, we went through the museum and learned a bunch about the different types of meteors and what happens when they hit the earth and other planets. My first question when I heard about this place was where is the meteor? Wouldn't it be sitting right in the middle of the hole still? Well, they answered that question and more - very interesting. This picture is us with the largest piece of meteor rock. It looks like metal up close.
For the first time so far, we actually saw a street sign directing us to LA. Yikes - we're not ready to be done yet!
Williams was a nice little town - the busiest small town we've been to actually. I think it's because it's a stopping off point for Grand Canyon visitors (60 miles from the rim) and there is a train that leaves from there to the GC as well. Our camera batteries died as we entered town, so no documentation of our room or anything. We had some pretty decent pizza and walked around for a bit.
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