[meteorite-list] Kick ass Arizona Vacation

From: Bob Evans <bobe5531_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Jul 17 11:58:52 2005
Message-ID: <01e401c58ae8$4ff502b0$418aa543_at_yourae066c3a9b>

Hello List,
I just got back from my vacation to Sedona , AZ.
Arizona is a incredibly diverse state well worth a visit especially for a
meteorite collector.
We seen the Grand Canyon, Lava fields and Volcanoes near Flagstaff, ancient
Indian ruins, and Sedona.

I got to the meteor crater for the first time and I recommend that itself
for any collector. Absolutely awesome. I managed to do some hunting about
one mile from the crater on Friday. I came up with a simple method to keep
my butt out of jail ........ and it worked.
I found 8 meteorite fragments in less than 10 minutes of searching. The
stuff is everywhere. Most of it is heavily oxidized but hell any meteorite
find is cool to me.
I tried to make it to Holbrook but the heat was too much for my kids. They
didn't like the idea of sitting in the air-conditioned car while I hunted.
My initial plan was to make it to Franconia also.
I did do some random checks for meteorites on my way from Sedona back to
Phoenix. I didn't find anything unfortunately.
Im surprised that more list members that reside in Arizona don't hunt the
deserts there. I know allot of the land is protected but there is plenty of
areas to look. When I went to the ruins near Flagstaff the terrain seemed
very suitable for hunting all the way to the painted desert. If I only had
more time and I didn't have the family with I would have hunted much more.

Here's some photos of the Crater and some of the Canyon Diablo that I found:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/spacerox2001/album?.dir=6473&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/spacerox2001/my_photos

I'd like to thank the list members who made recommendations to me a few
months back.
Arizona was great and I will be back there to look for more meteorites.

Bob Evans
Received on Sun 17 Jul 2005 11:58:02 AM PDT