Meteor Crater Re-Opened - RV Park - Winslow Arizona - June 2020

[@KevinfromWickenburgAZ]

In the late 60's, My Aunt & Uncle lived on site and ran the gift shop, they sent postcards with great stories from visitors they met & daily chores they were responsible for.!

[@RicardoRoams]

My parents took me to see Meteor Crater in 1964 when I was 12 years old. I was truly fascinated! 32 years later we made a return visit only this time, I took them. My parents are both gone now but when I travel back east next summer I'm planning on stopping again. Bittersweet memories this time but the crater still fascinates me.

[@skyfacer9626]

At my age I'll never be going back to the US of A again but your excellent 'on the road' videos are a wonderful alternative to actually being there again. Yes, it's only Utube but an excellent way of seeing the South West again . It's much appreciated.

[@pcb922]

Back when I was a kid, my Dad and I hiked down to the bottom of the crater. I remember it like it was yesterday. Dad is 94 now and still kicking!

[@patd4u2]

Boy that was lucky, the meteor just missed the welcome center when it hit.

[@EmilySuzanne]

lol

[@WEHenry]

👀🤣

[@johnthemarine2518]

lmao

[@beach3girl459]

chuckle, chuckle...

[@fallguy6558]

LMAO

[@jaycollier8805]

I was in the McDonald’s drive-through this morning and the young lady behind me leaned on her horn because I was taking too long to place my order. “Take the high road,” I thought to myself. So when I got to the first window I paid for her order along with my own. The cashier must have told her what I'd done, because as we moved up she leaned out her window and waved to me and mouthed "Thank you.", obviously embarrassed that I had repaid her rudeness with a kindness. When I got to the second window I showed them both receipts and took her food too. Now she has to go back to the end of the line start all over. Don't screw with us OLD PEOPLE. lol

[@jaycollier8805]

@ Wake up and smell the roses. How can thousands of readers read it, understand it and know it is a JOKE but ONE IMBECILE reads it, doesn't understand it and asks an IGNORANT QUESTION. Guess where you fit into this picture.

[@captainheinie6355]

We visited the crater before anything was built. It was free and we were able to take it all in as if nothing else had disturbed it. Now you have to pay. Sad, very sad. Wonderful memories .Thank you for all your time and videos.Brings back many happy moments. Greetings from the UK

[@KindCreature1]

'Pat' sure made me laugh out loud with his clever comment! A now dearly departed friend visited there, and got me a coffee cup souvenir. What an amazing place! Thank you Russ.

[@linsweet2257]

that was amazing to watch , Thank you

[@linsweet2257]

Thank you , for all your hard work to edit and get these videos out. Very enjoyable.

[@williamlesh109]

Meteor crater is beyond awesome. I waited over 50 years to see it. The welcome center is incredible. Went there in 2015. The size is unbelievable.

[@m3cog]

Thanks for taking us to the crater! Again! That's a really nice looking campground, remember it from the last time. Be safe out there.

[@rogerdavies6226]

My Mom ran the visitor's center and Dad was a cowboy for the Ranch that owns the crater. The ranch house is on the south side. As you turn off I 40 there is an old building Ninigner (sp) mesuem (hell I can' good today) t or at least was one where we lived. I was big enough to be walking so 3-4 years old. Don't know what they are calling it now, but I knew it as Niniger(sp) Crater. This would have been in the early 50s' When it was time for me to go to school we moved to Flagstaff. Back then all the cowboys carried a broom handle with a magnet wired to the end. When they would come across a burnt spot, they would scrub around to see if there were any meteor fragments on the surface. When Mom worked there only the small front building existed. I played on the hill side that the trail goes up. Me and my dog... Back then they would let people hike down to the bottom. This is also where the astronauts who went to the moon trained, along with a cinder field NE of Flag, where the had built a bunch of small moon like craters This was not mined, these were exploratory shafts trying to locate the meteor

[@BobKeefe]

We’ve been there. It was nice to revisit it from the comfort of our air-conditioned living room 😃

[@shirleyjordan6340]

I sure am enjoying your journey. Safe travels!

[@greggf8606]

Sorry hit it by accident

[@stephenbrown3763]

Nice day!....See what tomorrow brings!! Be safe Russ!!

[@marlastar100]

This is the 1st place I'm going when I start out. Thank you.

[@daviddurflinger3104]

Thanks Russ, you saved me $20.00 went there in 2016, and got to the door and desided that I would use the money on gas , wondered what I missed, now I know.

[@ewildman66]

Thx Russ. I was there in the 90's and it was nice relive those memories through you.

[@stevej8408]

You pushed the button to start the meteor film for us. And I got two ads. Talk about timing, That's to funny.

[@nealhathaway2004]

Be carefull going to Gallup. It was a huge epicenter for Covid 19. They actually shut the town completely down. Around 2000 Navajo died.

[@kellyanneree3252]

Not buying the scamdemic!

[@heidi1409741]

i was there last year august with my boyfriend then .We drove from Oklahoma. That was really am awesome awesome thing to see especially for me as i am from Australia.

[@alphabetsoup7918]

We are from Nova Scotia Canada, stayed here in November 2019, great campground with great staff. The crater is one of those sites that REALLY takes your breath away, awesome. Sadly we had to cut out snowbird trip short thanks to Covid 19, hoping to be able to head southwest again in October/November but right now things don't look good. We will miss the USA if we are not able to travel, wonderful country terrific people.

[@rdebbiejoy5246]

We were hoping you'd go to the Meteorite Site. It's amazing! Thanks for the visit. We're RVers hunkered down in CA. Wish we were traveling too. Safe travels, Russ!😎👍👍🌞

[@Paul_KG]

You did an absolutely fantastic job capturing the feel of going to the Crater. Great video, great narration. I was there back in June with my family and thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@rando6323]

Hello Russ, The Crater is one I plan on seeing sometime in future, thanks for sharing your videos...Awesome! Save Travels👍😎

[@twocampinggurus5555]

Another great place to visit when we hit the road. thanks for sharing.

[@ronb8052]

Another place on my bucket list to take my 5 yr old grandson......he'll have fun with his 'papa."......looking forward to it.

[@thecritterandthebutterfly]

Too bad they didn't at least leave 66 paved. It would make for an interesting journey. The crater was pretty cool. Thanks for showing us around. Safe travels.

[@diggitallindadirt3283]

We went there when there was snow on the rim and it was COLDand windy lots of fun. And I’ve been there in July hot 😀

[@ckelly6500]

Drove cross country in May, it was closed but I drove up to the gate anyway just to get a feel for it’s size looking at the rim from the outside. Impressive. But eerily quiet when your standing out there alone. You could hear a pin drop on a piece of cotton.

[@steveblankenship5474]

Thanks for showing that. I passes that place too many times without stopping

[@timf6916]

We went there, nice. It is NOT a government park. It is privately owned.

[@knife-wieldingspidergod5059]

Which mean one can fly their drones over the crater from a public land.

[@robindalton2650]

@@knife-wieldingspidergod5059 NO

[@colinwalters1768]

Hi Russ. Good view of the crater from up top. Glad you had your walking boots on.Stay safe.

[@jesscarey7666]

Nice work Russ! Enjoying the videos! Be safe out there!👍

[@resin_Hd]

As a side note if and when you go back on the remnants of Rte. 66 opposite the RV park you can barely see some ruins at the top of the image. That is the old Ninninger Meteorite Museum. NN Ninninger was the father of US meteoritics and operated the museum until the Interstate took the traffic away from Rte. 66. Anyway a drone flight over the ruins would be interesting.

[@pattylaverentz22]

Thanks for the tour !!!!!!

[@KIMI-xt4eb]

first time ever saw from drone,,stayed there many times,,kewl!!!!

[@vivahvv]

Thanks for your channel, I really enjoyed it. I used to live about 10 miles east of here at the Turquoise Ranch. Next time you pass through you could go up Hwy 87 and show the Little Painted Desert. There are some amazing views from First and Second Mesa when you get to the Hopi Rez. It is about an hour north of Winslow. Peace.

[@samuelgoldsmith3628]

That place looks too cool for school haha thanks for showing us russ

[@Julie-gr1nf]

Wow!! I am seeing so much and learning a ton of good stuff. Your videos are so nice.. thanks for sharing... Stay safe! Keep on truckin'

[@jackkeys695]

Good Vlog! I went to this place with a friend of mine from Tucson about 6 years ago, but he was too cheap to pay the entrance fee and we never went in. I am glad I finally got ti see it! Thanks!

[@sandratessem9980]

Safe travels

[@tortugalisa4748]

Thank you Russ for being our tour guide to Meteor Crater in 2020! You did a wonderful job. Sure does look so much different from when I was there in 1997.☺

[@gail-sw9xg]

when I was a kid you could hike to the bottom. Tough hike back out, though.

[@douglasolsen1208]

My wife and I stopped there in 2002. It seems to have changed a bit. The crater is still pretty big alright. Thanks!

[@billgreer870]

Lovec to be on that kind of trip. Thanks for sharing. Inspired me to overcome problems at the monent thanks

[@itsthehumidityyall8303]

Fantastic views. Can’t wait to see it for myself.

[@WesternSapphireStar]

Russ here in central Oregon we have a crater or hole in the ground too! You can boondock around it if you dont mind cows visiting your camp lol love this video ty!!

[@JBAZ85201]

I've lived in Arizona since 1994 and I have never been there before. I believe I have only seen it in the movie Star Man with Beau Bridges. One of these days I will go there with my husband. 👍

[@corvettefan91]

Did that a few years ago, stopped at crater then on to Winslow and "stood on the corner" .

[@katcammarata5040]

Thank you l have always wanted to see the crater.

[@ebuff57]

I've been three times, which is great, but the most fun is to view the meteor crater on Google maps where you can actually view the crater from the bottom. You can do this for the Grand Canyon as well, check it out!

[@MySORRELL]

THANKS

[@louisemast1166]

Another great video that's always I always wanted to see meteor crater and I never got there so thank you for the journey and stay safe

[@rvertv]

More to come!

[@exploringnature6319]

There’s a beautiful campground in sedona I think it’s call lynx campground. We love that campground it’s has lots of trees and the spaces of each of the camps are really good. Trees in between.

[@exploringnature6319]

Lynx lake campground

[@Seminolerick]

Looks great... I can't do steps anymore, so I'll not visit in person... thanx for the video of it!

[@Oyares5360]

That was an awesome view of the crater👍. Nice to top it off with a relaxing stay at the nearby RV park. I hope you had a restful sleep. Onward to the next adventure!!🌄

[@CPMarine2200]

Make sure you go to Blakes in New Mexico and get a green chili cheeseburger it’s the best!

[@knife-wieldingspidergod5059]

Good thing the van has a toilet! 😜

[@paulonorato7501]

Thank you.

[@davidbrickey5925]

Wow they left a big hole in the Earth. Thanks for sharing. Be safe out there.👍☕️🍀

[@butchwest820]

Russ, you mentioned Scooby in the video so I have to ask, any thoughts of getting another travel buddy?

[@sarasarah723]

The tours are free, I went there 2012. Pretty cool in person!

[@keeshahdarkfurr8328]

The low rolling hills you drive over getting there are actually the shockwaves in the ground from the impact

[@rhoveen]

That was COOL! Thanks so much!

[@glamper-jan]

That IS pretty cool!! Thx for the adventure!

[@dennysisk6260]

Great job on filming really enjoyed seeing the crater

[@herniedog4641]

Up the down staircase lol love it.

[@romeoalphafoxtrot9517]

That is so cool!

[@fallguy6558]

Been there once... astonishing. I wonder id it gets flooded when it rains

No, they put a large plug in it.

[@augiemattheiss]

Russ: I like your habit of saying "yay" frequently.... so, I stole it... wonder how long before the long haired roommate tells me to stop! ;-) Enjoy your videos, thanks for posting. Really have the urge to go on an RV trip!

[@conniewaters357]

Noticed what look like air conditioner vent coming out of the window. I must have missed that in a previous video. Can you show that again or refer me to the episode that you talked about that? Thanks, we enjoy the videos!

[@andrewkent1729]

Nice job with the videos! Keep up the good work!

[@clsybear]

Great video, thanks

[@gbobenhausen8799]

Last time I was there, there was a 6 ft tall man holding a US Flag at the bottom of the crater. You can not see him unless using glasses. Like you said, place is amazing.

[@pyr8at40]

just found ya....like the style of your vids....show enuff, but not too cluttered.....so i subed

[@rvertv]

thank you welcome aboard

[@pamelaattrux336]

What a cool place

[@pvc2112]

We were there a few days before y'all. Great place.

[@WEHenry]

Can you go all the way to the bottom with a tour? Enjoyed as always Mr Russ 👍🌴🇺🇸

[@nitrofish1974]

That was awesome

[@BullDozerman1000]

Hi Russ 👋 I injoy all of your videos. I also enjoy the knowledge that you give us on the videos, I do have one question on the outside of the Van around the back it looks like bumps that go around what are they the outside near the doors. Okay thank you very much keep up the good 👍👍👌👍

[@TheNorthwestTravelers]

We are going there in July. Thanks for sharing this great video!

[@kimberlyshalaby1134]

🙋‍♀️Hello Russ! This was interesting & kind of left you thinking about what if that meteor had hit any where else, what a change in history it could have made. Thank fully no one hurt when it came hurling to earth. In hopes you can get some rest. Look forward to tomorrow.

[@kellyanneree3252]

Where did the object that hit go??

[@joycebarnett5813]

Russ, I have a question. What can you see on a guided tour that you can't see just going by yourself??????? Thanks for taking me along. There are some places that I may never get to see without your trips. For that I am very grateful. Stay safe and happy adventuring. P.S. that would make a GREAT swimming pool. Haha

[@alphabetsoup7918]

The guide will take you on a tour around the rim of the crater, places you cannot go without a paid guide.

[@pyr8at40]

Great idea.......BUT...arizona doesnt have enuff water to fill it....lol

[@56fordthunderbird]

really enjoyed it

[@dorothysmith4445]

thanks. I felt like I was actually walking around . excellent video for handicap , or not alot of money😁

[@herniedog4641]

We had the best guide on our tour 👀

[@paleog]

This is a private facility and the owners can get kind of nasty if you object to their high prices.

[@fordracer1415]

Been there a definite must see

[@THEBOSS-vn2ky]

So everybody, I want you to reach in your front right pocket pull out a 2020 quarter. take a look at it real Close .

[@steveleslie2170]

Ah, the crater from the movie... Starman.

[@oddopops1327]

Great Video Russ!😊

[@MrRoughknuckles]

pretty cool

[@ftkinsella]

Holy. Rap Russ you are hitting all the spots I need to see.. looking for girls in flatbed Fords on a corner. Cheers!!!

[@robindalton2650]

on 2nd st

[@gregorypeterman6216]

You went up the stairs the wrong way!

[@kentmcconnell8581]

Hello russ. Made the move to quartzsite. Very hot, but i like it. 👨‍💻👽👍

[@stephanielong6879]

Nice respite

[@petepeterson4540]

goodmorning

[@bardmadsen6956]

That was interesting, thanks from a non Rv'r. In the very early 90's I spent the night at the Grand Canyon from 2am till twilight and walking up to the edge was astounding even though it was mostly dark yet clear of its depth and then drove straight to Barringer Crater and it was still early morning. I walked in and the lights were off and not one person around or answered a hello call out, looked closely at the few iron/nickle meteorites then went outside to see it myself. It was very impressive and took a couple pictures with those disposable panographic cameras and left without seeing another person. More people should be aware of the Younger Dryas Impact Theory and realize that our world went through a very chaotic episode just 13,000 years ago.

[@gargar8196]

Thanks for the tour 👍

[@dennysisk6260]

Would have been really cool if you would have been able to take the Drone over the crater