[marktwain]

It is a place well worth stopping at. The winds on the crater rim can be quite strong. Hold onto your hats!

[rlmorel]

I liked Meteor Crater, my wife rolled her eyes at me a little and jokes that I dragged us out there to see "The Hole in The Ground"...:)

Good on 'em with open carry...

[cripplecreek]

It was fun to talk to someone of the same mindset who grew up thousands of miles away, in a different culture.

That's why I get so irritated with those who constantly pimp a north south divide. The similarities between conservative minded people in different geographical regions are far greater than the minor differences.

[AppyPappy]

I worked at an amusement park that had cowboys and Indians, that kind of thing. I stopped man a one day who was open-carrying and told him he might want to conceal it or put it in the car. I had played a cowboy and it was not uncommon for kids to pull your pistol from your holster.

He took it back to the car.

[Eagles6]

Cool.

[rlmorel]

Hey...you kind of look like Mark Twain...

But not as much as me...:)

[semaj]

A refreshing account of civil and polite discourse. This is what a civilized society looks like..

[GingisK]

No one asked about my openly carried Glock 17.

Why not a Glock 19 or a Kimber .45ACP? ;-D

[thefactor]

I saw a list yesterday of the 50 States ranked by gun laws. Arizona was #1, so this doesn’t surprise me.

[llmc1]

We took a trip around the southwest which included some spots like the Grand Canyon and Carlsbad Caverns. Meteor Crater stood out for me, though. Can’t say exactly why. It just felt good to be there.

[crz]

In AZ, you very often see folks with firearms on them at stores.
Nobody thinks anything of it, except those who have criminal intent.

[JoeFromSidney]

It is a place well worth stopping at. The winds on the crater rim can be quite strong. Hold onto your hats!

We were coming back from California when I saw signs for Meteor Crater. I'd never seen it, although my wife had. We took the side trip to the Crater. The wind that day was a measured 35 mph. I was on the catwalk along the Crater, hanging on for dear life while taking pictures.

Well worth the trip. See it if you can.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

A few notes:

Meteor Crater has one of the nicest gift shops with cool stuff I’ve ever seen.

Within an hours drive from there, a bunch of stuff to see:

Walnut Creek Canyon, also East of Flagstaff. Cliff face caves with adobe dwellings and a walking path right next to them. A federal visitors building on the rim above the cliffs. Lots of stairs.

Sunset Crater, near Flagstaff. A volcanic crater covered in dark red, pumice like ash that is a superb insulator, so during the day, the crater is like an oven, but when the sun is below the rim, the temperature drops like a rock.

Lowell Observatory, on the northwest side of Flagstaff. Named after the discoverer of Pluto. Good daytime tour and the telescope is still in use. Flagstaff has just amazing night skies.

South of Flagstaff are Oak Creek Canyon, with is very lush and beautiful, and leads to Sedona and its red rock mountains. Further South is Montezuma’s Castle national monument, with big, 3 story adobe dwellings in a big cleft in a cliff face. Lots of small and entertaining critters about at ground level.