About an hour east of Sedona on I-40 is one of the “Natural Wonders” of the USA, Meteor Crater. I was tempted to just drive past, but having seen the 1984 John Carpenter’s film, “Starman,” with Jeff Bridges, we had to stop. One of the guides did confirm that the movie’s last scenes were shot here with National Guardsman and Jeff Bridges.

The road leading to Meteor Crater is in far better condition than I-40. Our Interstate system needs work.

The facility is first class. The museum is quite extensive. We have seen sink holes in Florida, volcanic craters in Hawaii, but never a meteor impact crater. The museum went into a lot of detail about Impact Craters and Meteors in general. A tribute was given to our astronauts too. A few of them actually trained here in the early 1970’s to prepare themselves on walking on the moon.

It was cold though. Kathie just hates being cold, and it was blustery and cold at Meteor Crater. She did brave the elements on making a trip outside to see the crater. This place could hold “20 NFL” football stadiums. It was huge.

A must see film was part of the tour. I noticed that our guide was actually pictured in the film. I called him “Jose.” Well, I put my foot in my mouth, because his name is “Eduardo.” He made fun of it and I immediately loved his sense of humor.

Eduardo Pablo. There are people you may meet that will impress you. He is one. I could tell he has the passion for this place and tells a great story. He was going to make an hour tour outside. Due to the weather, we decided not to participate.

Heading back to I-40, we noticed an “Adobe” styled gas station.  Also, way in the desert was ruins of “a castle” of sorts.  I would love to find the history of that place.  I might just write Eduardo for the scoop.