Remains of original museum.
Our guide, Miss Kim.
We headed further west today. We are just beyond Flagstaff. We stopped at the Meteor Crater on the way. It isn't the largest crater but it is the best preserved. We did a guided tour/hike. It was an hour long and a mile hike. Very windy at times, hold on to your hat! Pretty interesting to see a crater that was part of the demise of dinosaurs. The history of trying to prove it was caused by impact rather than volcanic activity was long and the original guy, Barringer, didn't live long enough to see it proved but did have his theory become more acceptable. His family still own the crater which is surrounded by a working cattle ranch.
We crossed the Arizona Divide elevation 7335. We then started down so figure it is the highest point/ridge. We then started seeing more and more pine trees and less dirt devils.
Another random piece of trivia, 150 trains a DAY go through Arizona. Of course we have heard the wonderful sound of the train whistles through the night ;-)
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