Continuing on from my last post....we headed up to the Grand Canyon via Oak Creek highway (?). It is a really pretty between Sedona and Flagstaff. We stopped at a look out and Sophie bought some native american jewelry.
After that we pulled into Flagstaff and went to the
Lowell Museum. This is a fairly old observatory and is a National Historic Landmark.
The Lowell is the observatory where on February 18, 1930, Clyde W. Tombaugh, an assistant discovered Pluto. For over seven decades, Pluto was considered a planet, until a few years ago when it was deemed not to be a planet.
After having some lunch in Flagstaff we continued on with our drive up to the little town of Tusayan which is about 7 miles away from the south rim of the Grand Canyon.
More later....
2 comments:
Can I just be honest? It's hard for me to say Pluto is not a planet. I will probably always think of it as a planet :)
I agree Mary Jo! I think of it as a planet too.
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