The Jackrabbit Trading Post defies time. Dad bought a $0.25 postcard. How does some place that charges so little on a road that so few people now travel stay afloat? That is something none of us had the heart to ask the proprietor. The main draw here is, of course, the giant jackrabbit ...
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| The famous Route 66 Jackrabbit |
... and the distinctive sign that has been immortalized and commemorated many times.
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| Jackrabbit Trading Post sign |
We stopped in Winslow, where we did not stand on any corners. Annie got a dress at Alice's Attic.
We stopped at the abandoned Meteor City Trading Post. Cool pictures like the one below were taken. Some zombies-in-training were also picture-taking, so we cut short our perusal.
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| The ruins of the Meteor City Trading Post |
On the way to
Meteor Crater, Child fell asleep. Mom watched over her as Dad nerded out. This turned out to be for the best. Grand Canyon-style cliffs had to be negotiated to get to the lookout posts, which would have been climbed all over by Child and might possibly have led to a heart attack for Mom. The crater is amazing and the view around from atop its rim as much so. Still a bit pricey though.
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The main floor of Meteor Crater.
Click and magnify just to the right of the white in the middle to see a 6' astronaut cutout. |
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| Roughly 1/2 of Meteor Crater, because that's all you can do without a wide-angle lens for something this big. |
For the night-cap, we nerded out more at
Lowell Observatory. Mom and Child each had their first Saturn and Wild Duck star cluster sightings. We also saw the scopes that
Clyde Tombaugh used to observe and discover Pluto.
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| Pluto Discovery telescope, used by Clyde Tombaugh in initial observations of Pluto. |
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| Clark Telescope. Used for follow-up confirmation of Pluto. |
On to Kingman, a journey that put on a spectacular show of lightning, one we were not able to photograph, unfortunately.
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