America Needs JESUS, Now More Then Ever.
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My blog software really wants to correct that sentence.
Today Jackie was tired, and we got off to a slow start, so we did not make many stops. However, we paid $52 to see a meteor crater, made about 50,000 years ago according to the brochure. It's very impressive, 500 feet deep and almost a mile wide. I knew before we got there that it would not be worth the price of admission due to the cheesy tourist-trap signage as we approached, but I wanted to see it, and actually it was pretty cool. Still, $27, or $25 for a senior, is clearly excessive. It's one of those things where they have guided "tours" (more of a talk - you don't get to explore the crater), have built a big building and theater and an immersive experience for kids, and your money pays for all that plus a profit margin, when really you just want to see the hole in the ground.
We also stopped in Winslow, Arizo
na, to stand on a corner and take a picture of me with what I assume is an Eagle. The corner is on Route 66, so in addition to a substantial tribute to the Eagles - much more than that statue - there is a big Route 66 sign in the middle of the intersection.
There was a large contingent of bikers there, and we spoke to a couple of them, one from New Zealand and one from Australia. They were on a guided tour of the US, and part of their trip goes along Route 66. Jackie said she thought they had come from Milwaukee, and they were going to end the tour in Los Angeles, weather permitting.
From Winslow we drove straight to Albuquerque, and from here we hope to get to Carlsbad Caverns tomorrow.
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