Day: July 10, 2012

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Gallup, NM Winslow Meteor Crater.

So this morning we got up bright and early and High Tailed it out of Santa Fe. 

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We stopped in Albuquerque at the ballon museum

This was a cool place. I had no idea about most of the history of Ballooning. The museum has many of the capsules that have completed or attempted round the world fights.

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There’s a lot to it and even the construction of the Balloons is a lot more involved than I ever would have imagined.

Later in keeping with the spirit of being offbeat we stopped at a cultural center in Gallup, NM.

This cultural center has a museum of Native American artifacts on the second floor the ground floor has a working train station and a great little cafe. Where we had lunch.

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There is a bronze statue honoring the Navajo Code Talkers from World War II. 

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In addition, there are examples of sand paintings and beautiful examples of Kachina dolls with great explanations about the meanings / symbology of the various Kachinas.

We finished the day at Meteor Crater in Winslow Arizona.

Again not really on the usual tourist stop but I’d been there many years ago and it was interesting. All my original photos were lost in the fire. So It was nice to get back and take more photos. The funny thing is that years ago I’d been there in the rain, and just after we began wandering around the exhibits it began pouring. 

Seems my luck is still great! If I didn’t have bad luck I wouldn’t have any at all.

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Here are a couple of photos from the museum and the crater.

Tomorrow, It’s the Grand Canyon and then home.

I’m looking forward to the Canyon although I wanted to see the North rim, that was canceled due to fire and the 4th of July crowds. 

I could have gotten to Zion and the North Rim but it was a long detour, and I didn’t have the time.

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Hopefully there will be some good photos to share tomorrow.