Meteor Crater Photos

This is an unusually clear view of the crater. One can see the second level overlook, and the center of the crater, which can be seen looking through telescopes. The Center of the site is actually an exploratory drill site that engineers caused as a result of searching for the meteorite, which of course was never found, because it was burnt or destroyed before it hit the ground. The Crater was formed by the impact of the explosion of the crater before it actually hit, or so it was told to us.



Izzy sitting on the ledge overlooking the crater. Felix took this photo


Girl tourist sitting on the ledge of Meteor Crater, this is looking towards the right of the Crater and one can still see the center where the exploratory drilling was done by Beringer and the engineers.

An interesting note that the Beringer family still OWNS Meteor Crater.
The analogy,, and it hard to believe is like Luray Caverns is privately owned too. I think it is amazing that family/corporation can own a natural landmark based on the old "day" laws of mining claims.. there must be some legal term for that. anyway
I put of the National Geographic page also,, because it is a world natural phenomena.

Happy Week

Wheelchair worth 4K ripped off

PLOVER, Wis. - Jason Dorshorst thought somebody ripped off his $4,000 wheelchair in broad daylight while he washed his pickup truck. It turns out that a good Samaritan took it to keep it from being stolen.

Dorshorst, 26, of Plover, washed his vehicle Monday at Speedy Clean Car Wash. He left the custom-made wheelchair outside the business so it wouldn't get wet during the six-minute cleaning.

It vanished in that short time.

"My first thought was, 'Why would somebody ever do that?'" said Dorshorst, who was injured in a 2003 motorcycle accident and needs a wheelchair to complete day-to-day tasks. "I've never heard of anyone's wheelchair disappearing."

He added, "It's pretty low for somebody to do that."

But Plover Policeman Brent Thauer said Wednesday the chair wasn't stolen.

A woman who arrived at the car wash while Dorshorst was inside saw the chair and assumed it was lost or abandoned, he said. Her father works with disabled people, and she grabbed the chair hoping he could find the rightful owner, Thauer said.

The father saw news reports of the alleged theft, realized what happened and contacted police, Thauer said.

"It's good to know there are people around who do the right thing," the officer said.

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Information from: Stevens Point Journal, http://www.stevenspointjournal.com

Alexandria Update

I am going to post some Mother's day picture tonight, however, I want to give an update of the WW Bridge, world wide coverage on the Discovery channel and also Phase two opened up on May 15th, full coverage in the Mount Vernon Gazette, by Chuck Hagee, but until then.. here is what I have now.
and I will do full schedule of upcoming events in the local area as well, since it is tourist season, political season near the LA,, or Lower Alexandria, (thank God that is Lower Alexandria..LOL)
enjoy and I have lot more to come.
izzy