Meteor Crater

We drove about 80 miles from Cameron to a little east of Winslow Saturday. We arrived at Meteor Crater RV Park about 11am after lots of fun huffing & puffing up and down the mountains getting here. Before we left Cameron we said our good bye's to Dave, Trish & Bill; they are headed south to the Sedona area for a good long break & rest. I tried to take Tank but Trish would have none of it. We have been with them for 2 months since meeting up in Casa Grande before the B&B II rally.

Clayton & Pat pulled in just as we were finishing setting up. After we all had a short rest we drove 5 miles to the Meteor Crater to check it out. It is a very windy day. We had Subway at the crater's visitor center, a first (and probably last) experience for Pat & Clayton. The crater was interesting, there was a very good short movie and the museum was very professional. We didn't take the crater rim walk due to the wind but did scamper up some of the viewing areas.

We are in the middle of nowhere as you can see in one of the pictures. The crater was made 50,ooo years ago when an asteroid traveling 26,000 miles an hour hit and created the crater which is 3/4 mile across and 700 feet deep. The asteroid was 150 feet across & weighted several hundred thousand tons. Now, how do they know all this? I found this all to be very interesting.

Cameron, AZ & the Grand Canyon

Thursday we traveled to Cameron, AZ through the Utah mountains. here's a picture of our RV then Dave & Trish's and Bills. Clayton & Pat are in the row behind us. We are in the desert across from the Cameron Trading Post; this is as close to the grand Canyon as we can get. This is one of the bridges we crossed getting here. We had a good supper at the Trading Post this evening. Trish has been under the weather since our dining out a couple days ago and is slowly getting better.

We spent Friday with Clayton & Pat at the Grand Canyon. We did bump into Dave, Trish &Bill there too. We started at 10am and returned home about 9pm. We passed all the Navajo jewelry & pottery places without stopping, and there are LOTS of these cobbled together wooden displays along the way. We took the parks bus along the canyon rim and stopped at many of the vantage points & had a nice lunch in one of the restaurants in the park. It was busy but I can't imagine how crowded it will be in the summer.

We spent Friday at the Grand Canyon.

A little rest in Hurricane before leaving Utah

Here's a pic of Clayton's motorhome at the St George CG. We got together with a few more HitchHiker friends in the area for lunch one afternoon. We also went with Clayton & Pat to the Hurricane Museum to see the 107 year old fruit cake. The first 2 layers were eaten a century ago, it must have been pretty bad as the top 2 layers have never been eaten. Out time in Utah is coming to an end.

Zion NP then R&R time

Sunday we went with Clayton & Pat to Zion National Park. It was only 25 miles from the CG & a pretty ride. We took the park bus through the park & got off for a couple of the short hikes to see some of the attractions. After the bus ride through the canyon we drove the public road through the rest of the park and it's mile long tunnel. We stopped for a late lunch then turned around. On the way back Clayton spotted the one animal Judy has been looking for the last 2 years....long horn sheep and two of them posed for a picture. Now she will have to seek out a new animal to look for.

Monday was pretty much an R&R day except for a tire on Clayton's motorhome. One front tire had a sidewall bubble so he put the spare tire on and we drove into St George to a Goodyear dealer for a new tire. After that we relaxed, Dave & Trish were gone all day, they drove to Bryce Canyon to explore. Pat & Judy made a great pork roast with taters, carrots & onions for supper. At dusk Patches snuck out the door and it took us several minutes to herd her back into the fifth wheel.