Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K

Today we started at the crack of noon on our way to Holbrook, unremarkable except for the Wigwam Motel, which was our destination.

To properly fuel, we went to the Circle K that was in the movie Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.
"Sixty-nine, dudes!"

I regret nothing

After a healthy breakfast, which included what Frankie swears is the best apple turnover they've ever had (strange things afoot indeed), we hit the road. 

We had a coffee stop at the Worlds Largest Kokopeli
Thank fertility gods for Starbucks

About an hour along, we were drawn in by the now defunct Twin Arrow trading post.
You know by now I can't resist big things.

Now home to graffiti and rot, it's still a fun but creepy place to explore.



The highlight of the day for me was the meteor crater in Arizona. Ever since I was a child I wanted to see it, but somehow it never worked out. 

Took half a century, but I finally made it.

I'm glad I did - it was amazing. A relatively small rock slams into the earth hard enough to create this huge hole, the surrounding hills, and change the composition of the soil, the surrounding area, invert the sedimentary layers - it's pretty cool. 




As Frankie put it "A rock flew into the earth so hard that it created a new ecosystem, it made a fucking mountain range, and a massive divot over 700 feet deep and almost a mile across. When it hit the earth, it was so hot that it turned sand into glass, and hit with so much force that it turned rocks into diamonds. The boulders surrounding it literally boiled. It changed the fucking molecular structure of the earth it touched, and scarred it so heavily that even now, 50 thousand years later, the plants do not grow around the center ring. If you do not think that is the tightest shit then get the fuck out."

Bill Nye better watch his back. 

Unfortunately, by the time we reached the Jackrabbit Trading Post, it was closed, but we still got to poke around. 


We rode the rabbit. Not a euphemism. 




Finally we made it to Holbrook, where we are spending the night in a teepee

For the record, teepees have terrible wi-fi.

Tomorrow, on to Albuquerque, a place I am only familiar with through Bugs Bunny cartoons. 

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