People pay a lot more to see smaller holes. 🤔

Had a drink every time you said 29.00 dollars. I'm drunk.

When someone asks what you done today, you can proudly say "I attended Ms. Wonderhussy's meteorite class!"

"High Plains Thrifter" my new favourite film LOL 😀

What's really amazing is how close the visitor center is and was almost destroyed by the Meteor 🙃

You saved this frugal guy $29. Thank you.

I’ve been to the Barringer crater, at least six times in the last 50 years. Never paid any attention to how much it cost to get in to see it. It’s the best preserved impact crater in the world, and easily accessible from an interstate highway. In 1971, my first time there, my younger brother, and I hiked all the way to the bottom (they let you do that back then). Didn’t see any “wreckage” of an airplane. The stuff you’re seeing at the bottom, was base of the drilling platform Barringer drilled with 100 years ago. The crater was not proven to be of impact origin until the early 1960s, by geologist Eugene Schumaker. Before that, through the 1950s, the competing thought amongst geologist was it was of volcanic origin. There are many volcanic features in the surrounding area, including San Francisco Peak near Flagstaff, that’s actually a big volcano. The crater you mention in Nevada, is NOT impact origin. I wouldn’t be too concerned with the price to get in. If you have any interest in science, you’re getting to see one of the wonders of the world. It’s well maintained, and keeps the riff raff out. I’ve paid a lot more, to see a lot less in my lifetime.

11:29, yes but if it was converted into a National Park, they would charge $35.00 per entry!

Don't worry Hussy you will make your money back 100 fold from your video. Plus you can deduct that 29 bones off you taxes. Thanks for taking one for the team. We love you

I got to see it as a kid several times in the early-mid 90s. I swear it was only like 3-4$ for kids and 7-10$ for adults back then. I was absolutely floored to hear its now 29$.

Hopefully, this blog will earn you considerably more than $29.00. Good one Sarah.😊

You aren't looking at a hole in the ground, you are looking at the earths past and future. Good work, thanks.

I've been there a few times and the weather is always an issue. Once it was so windy that people were getting blown over, hats went flying, kids were crying - it was something to experience! The science museum is really interesting, but, you know, just down the way is Winslow where you can stand on the corner, see a flat-bed Ford slowing down to take a look at me ... for free!

It was $19 about 20 years ago when I was there. Viva la Capitalism! The impact was so large that large boulders and rocks flew out and into the air, landing nearby making many smaller satellite craters that still exist around the main crater today. There were the remnants of a mining operation in the lowest part of the valley at that time...As I recall, there were some diamonds found in the impact area created from the pressure and the heat of the impact. The diamonds ran out and the tourists began to come...The rest is history! Thanks WH! 😎

This crater was in the movie Star Man !

If it weren't private, there w9uld be dirt bikers and off roaders driving all over it. There would be thousands of beer cans littering it.

It's amazing how close that asteroid came to hitting that visitor center.

I'm glad you stopped. I went past but never stopped so many times. Love Arizona. Thanks so much.

Didn’t realize you were so frugal! But you’re actually in the same tight ass category as my wife! Thanks to her I got to retire early! 😂😂😂

On August 8, 1964, two commercial pilots in a Cessna 150 flew low over the crater. After crossing the rim, they could not maintain level flight. The pilot attempted to circle in the crater to climb over the rim. During the attempted climb out, the aircraft stalled, crashed, and caught fire.

The cloudy skies made it look all the more amazing. It’s beautiful! Glad you stopped and “creaked open your wallet”!! Love that! 😂😂😂😂 Thanks for sharing!

You think $29 is steep, James Turrell charged $6,500 to visit his Roden Crater art installation near Flagstaff!

As a Dane we found out that "we" have a much larger Crater below the Ice on Greenland (Danish Territory! Even if that horrible person tried to buy it!). Also in neighboring Sweden they have found remnants of Craters from ancient times! Finn. Denmark

I stopped there in the 70's and don't remember paying anything. It was a cool place to see.

I stopped there on the way home from visiting friends in southern California in the summer of either 1988 or 1989. The visitor center was closed, as it was early in the morning, so I walked around the entire rim of the crater.

husband speaking age 81 If I wasn't so lazy I would check my old post card collection to find out when I saw this hole. I was on my way home from the Air Force 1967.

The Park Service would be charging $30 as well. Would it be better? I'm doubtful...

Kinda cool how the meteor JUST missed the visitor center . I'm a Vet, so I only have to pay $20 to get in! It could be worse, though; the costs to get into the Grand Canyon are the same and HIGHER! National Park (North and South rims) entrance fees - $30 per vehicle. West Rim entrance package - $46.65 per person. Helicopter tours - South Rim - $199 per person.

The astronaut figure in the bottom is to give you perspective on how big the crater is. That's not a plane crash site, it's the remains of one of his mining attempts. As is the mine opening opposite the welcome center. All that information is available on the signage you walked by

Thank You for taking us along !!! We love you !!!

It's a miracle the meteor missed the visitor center! It landed so close and didn't even damage the building! 😮

Kinda glad we saved our money and skipped that place. With 2 adults and 3 kids, it was gonna be over 150$!!!

Did anyone count how often Wonderhussy said "29 Dollars"? Haha.

Hi WH, if you want to see 100 miles of billboards advertising a business, you should go to So. Dakota and drive I-80 and you will WANT to stop at Wall Drug in Wall, SD. Then continue on I-80 and go to Mitchell, SD and visit the Corn Palace (this is where we bought you sun glasses)

Thank you for making this attraction free on KZfaq

It was about $19 when I stopped there in 2012. It's something everyone should see at least once; ditto for the nearby Petrified Forest NP.

Cost of insurance . Taxes & labor to maintain the place

Back in (1963) when I visited this crater with my family, there were dirt trails to walk on that went to the bottom. Being the middle of Summer with hot temps, I chose to opt out. I was 8 years old anyway. But I still have black and white photos of the visit. Weirdly though, back then there was a gigantic sign in the center on the bottom with a circular target printed on it. Target practice for the Kennedy shooters? Who knows? P.S. As a kid, the most fascinating thing in the museum for me, was the gem stones behind glass illuminated by a black light! I hope it's still there.

We enjoyed our visit to meteor crater. Very interesting.

Wow! It is pretty cool, but thanks for saving me $29 bucks! I guess nowadays one must pick and choose what attractions to see? But then again, I paid over $30 some bucks for a tour of Hoover Dam....so go figure? 🤔 🥴 So it's your choice. Happy trails y'all!! 😆👍

Well, darn. I drove through there last year and didn't stop at this site. I went instead to the OTHER sight-to-see in Winslow, Arizona. Which I HIGHLY recommend. The most famous street corner of rock music. And it has a FABULOUS gift shop nearby ...

Money well spent Sarah, love your take on the subject and your story telling. If I ever get out that way I'll definitely spend the money and see it. Old Kenny ❤

That panoramic shot was gorgeous. Thank you!

Wow! That is pretty incredible!! 😊

What's amazing is how close the meteor came to wiping out the visitor center...

Dramatic Fanatic also complained about the cost but didn’t go. I would probably still pay for it anyway just because it’s there and I can afford it. Thanks.

I used to go up the backside horseback. Cheaper. lol But I could see it out my kitchen window. A ranch owns the crater. The fence is for the bull pasture and horse pasture.

You never cease to entertain

We’re all suckers too we just got you paid. It was worth every advertisement I had to watch. Lol

29.00 is to much any way you slice it, imagine how many more people would stop if it was 19.00 dollars! They would make more money! No way I’m stopping for 29.00 dollars when there’s a lot of Videos on it and I would rather spend the money at the Grand Canyon

I took my son to see the Crater, when he was 14 ... about 29 years ago. At that time, I think the cost was $17 for an adult, and $13 for a person under 16 ... so $30. But I think we went mid week, and including us, there were about 10 people there. Also, they only had I think 2 viewing platforms, not having the highest platform, which gives a much better perspective. As an added thought. I too am frugal, I've oft been told, "I pinch a nickel till the buffalo shits!" .... But you got a little obsessed about paying $29.00. I don't know what the fee to visit the Grand Canyon is ... but it costs you ... and as of 2024, you can't pay cash to do it either. Our Gov'ment, doesn't want cash, credit or debit only!

There is a place in Oregon called Hole-in-the-ground. There is no fee to see it, but it wasn't caused by a meteorite but hot spring explosion (or something like that).

Its worth every dime to see where they filmed parts of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"....Sunset Crater in Arizona....my wife and i visited it why driving from Camp Pendleton in San Diego to Parris Island in SC back in 1986....i still have a Crater Rock

Thank you for sharing.

Dangche! I love it when you teach me new words Wonderhussy! Teach me more!

I love how the wind blows up there. Pretty impressive

There’s a home movie of Elvis Presley and his Memphis bunch standing and walking in the very spot you are, I think it’s on the spa guys channel.

I was there in ‘65. There was a trail around the rim visitors could walk.

Thanks Wonder Hussy! 🙂👍 Very cool!😎

Yay Wednesday!

This is awesome❤❤❤

Thank you for the tour, it's very impressive and yes you were correct in saying " cheap."

I always wanted to see that! Thank you.

Interesting story, worth 29dll! 👍👍

I think you will make more than $29.00 on this particular video. Smart choice, Sara.

You're fantastic Ms Wonderhussy, thankyou for this interesting blog. ✨🌠🌈

Wonderhussy, I’m a big fan of yours and was excited to see you visit the meteor crater. It’s an amazing sight to see. Too bad you spent so much time whining about the $29. It is what it is. The Barringer family or someone invested a lot of dollars in that visitor center and the maintenance of the roads and facilities, etc. I don’t begrudge them making money on their investment. It probably isn’t easy to get people to work out there in the middle of nowhere either. Forget the $29. It’s worth every penny.

Thank you, Sarah Jane now I don’t have to work out $100 for my family. It’s not worth it pretty cool but not worth it.

There is a senior discount too

The comments are hilarious.. thx for the awesome video Sarah Jane

I have Hopi relatives in Winslow so on my visits when we bring newbies we'll stop at the crater, but we'll take the little free tour they give that takes you outside the building along the rim a ways. its a fun and informative little tour. The last time I visited it was only $25 each person, that was barely over a year ago. I also remember as a kid in the late 70's before it was all upgraded with all the new structures you could dig around the rim of the crater and find fossilized aquatic sea snail shells.

The last time I visited the crater it was free and I hiked to the bottom of the crater and was not impressed by the rusty remains. That was over fifty yeas ago.

I must say, it is very fascinating to look at that crater and the striations from the meteor when it hit the earth, must have been one hell of a rock

Looks like lots of fun!

Glad you did this video, I will continue to keep it off of my bucket list. Been by there on I-40 many times and you saved me $29. Thank you. Will start thinking of you as Wonderful Hussy.

Thank you for the entertaining lecture! You're the only one who can make looking at a hole in the ground interesting!😅

Just checked on ms Mitchell. Glad to know she's still among us. Good health Joan.

gee it's so nice looking.....wonder if there's a admission charge? Next time tell us Wonder Hussy! 😆

Besides the cost of the improvements, facilities, safe and secure walkways, building construction, think of the cost of insurance to allow the public on such unique private property. Is $29 making them rich?

Your videos are fantastic.I enjoy them so much! 🤩

i liked that view of that storm coming in.

Oooo yay. You are close to me!! Come see me in new river at Shangrila. Nude ranch. You will love it here

I LOVE your rants… and your research is also very impressive… you are dedicated to displaying as well as pursuing every angle and at an expense that really places YOUR videos at the TOP of all I have seen on you-tube…. I have been to this particular crater, although I don’t remember as much detail as you presented, which is one of the things I really enjoy about YOUR videos…. Thank you Sara…. You rock

We saw it when we helped out daughter move to Flagstaff for school. It is well worth the fee. It's not just a hole in the ground. There is a museum a guided tour and a very nice visitors center. $29 dollars is cheap for that much entertainment and education these days. They have to keep the lights on maintain the center and parking area and pay the employees.

This was very interesting; thanks for sharing..

Yup, been there with my son last year. We were totally underwhelmed.

Love your take on this. I went last year and took a guided tour with an employee. There is more to the story. Like "The rest of the story". I paid my fee and got a history of the place. Sorry that that tour wasn't available when you were there. Some interesting fact is that the family ranches the the area with cattle. Also there is a big "to-do" about how the crater was created when he bought the place and tried to verify his theory on how it was made. 👍👍💗

Wonderhussy video journalism, dig it man! good channel & good content!

I have been there. It's pretty cool, but not worth $29, in my opinion. Great video Sarah!

I went to Meteor Crater in my teens (1960s) but I have no recollection of a ticket cost. I have the feeling that people don't go down to the bottom anymore, but I did. They had a bunch of rocks or cinder blocks down there, and I spelled out "Hi Mom!". Climbing down and up again was not easy. I lost an instamatic camera on the way down. There was an explanation for why they didn't immediately find the meteor. They assumed, round crater, must be in the center, otherwise it would be oval. Later, somebody did some experiments shooting a gun into mud. It turned out no matter how acute the angle of approach it always left a round hole! And sure enough, the meteor wasn't in the crater, it was a significant distance outside it.

An easy way to find little bits of that meteor is to take one of the speakers out of your 4Runner and tie a bit of string to it without damaging it. The meteor was iron, which will stick to the magnet on the speaker. Carefully swing the speaker back and forth as you walk away from the crater and you'll certainly find something that sticks to the magnet. You'd just found a piece of the meteor. Carefully reinstall your speaker and carry on. I agree completely about the Meteor Crater in Nevada. It's almost right across to highway from the Project Faultless nuclear test site which you've been to as well (as have I). So two things can be seen out there in Nevada in close proximity to one another. Great video and keep smiling!

Very nice WH. Thanks.

Another great video I still think you're the greatest

Fee to see the Biltmore estate in North Carolina, $90!

Thank you Sarah for showing us.

$29.00 to me a a bit steep. Thank you for going, now I won't have to pay! I am curious how much it was 10 years ago?

THANKS!

Watching your video is enough for me.

How cool. My wife and I are taking a vacation trip from Oregon to Arizona and New Mexico this coming week. Our plan is to check out the crater. Is it $29 a person or $29 a car?

My experience is, it's a tourist trap. It just pales in comparison to the truly spectacular scenery in Arizona, like Sedona, Saguaro, and the Grand Canyon.