After experiencing the Great Outdoors and fabulous weather at the Grand Canyon earlier this week, we were forced indoors today due to a very impressive snow storm.  We drove to Flagtaff and visited the Museum of Northern Arizona and the Riordan Mansion in the morning.  The museum features the art, geology and anthropology of the Colorado Plateau region and has one of the finest museum gift shops we've ever seen (and we've visited a lot of museum gift shops). The Riordan Mansion was built in 1904 for a prominent Flagstaff family and is a remarkable example of Arts and Crafts architecture with some great furniture by Gustav Stickley and other well known A&C craftsman.


After our tour of the mansion, we immediately headed east to avoid being snowed in.  The snow turned to slush as we descended 2000 feet and stopped just as we entered the parking lot at the Great Meteor Crater, the world's best preserved meteor impact site.  It's on a flat plane in the middle of nowhere and you can't see it until you practically fall into it - it's as deep as a 60 story building and a mile across.


Made a brief stop in Winslow to pay homage to The Eagles and visit Mary Colter's La Posada Hotel - see photos below.

Here are a few photos:

garden detail at La Posada in Winslow, AZ.

Standin' on the corrner in Winslow Arizona we were such a fine sight to see

Marty and I are taking a break in our trip due to Marty's family emergency.  We will resume in a few days.