We spent a fantastic day hiking through the Petrified Forest National Park and Painted Desert. Toured the Rainbow Forest Museum and Painted Desert Inn.
Our favorite hikes were the Blue Mesa andRead more
We spent a fantastic day hiking through the Petrified Forest National Park and Painted Desert. Toured the Rainbow Forest Museum and Painted Desert Inn.
Our favorite hikes were the Blue Mesa andRead more
A few of the flowers located in the park.
We returned to the Petrified Forest National Park to continue our tour of the park. We stopped in Crystal Forest. It's named for the crystals that formed in the petrified wood on the site.
One of the petrified logs fell over a small river. Over the years the water has eroded that ground underneath causing the log to become a bridge.
We then hiked through a "forest" of blue mesas.
Newspaper Rock holds petroglyphs from the puebloans, who lived in the area. Some are nearly 2,000 years old.
At Puerco Pueblo, we saw the remains of Puebloan homes that were occupied between 1250-1380.
When Route 66 was still in its heyday it traveled through the park. An old Studebaker now marks the route's location.
At the north end of the park is the Painted Desert Inn. Murals inside the inn were painted as part of a WPA project in the 30s.
You might also know this place by the following names:
Dry Creek Tanks