Petrified Forest National Park

We visited another national park: the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona:

Petrified Forest National Park

The park consists of two sections joined by a narrow portion; in the north are painted hills, and the south has petrified trees. Click the map to go to the NPS map page:

Map

The northern visitor center was being renovated, so they had a temporary one set up:

Visitor center

Jenn peeking over a stand, with clocks showing Arizona time (which doesn’t observe Daylight Savings time), Navajo Nation time, New Mexico time, and California time:

Jenn and clocks

Jenn bought and stamped a National Parks passport as another keepsake of our park visits. Though later decided to switch to a larger one:

Stamping passport

A cafe and gift store:

Cafe

More clocks and other decorations:

Clocks etc

Clocks

Gift store

As mentioned, the north part of the park has desert painted hills:

Painted hills

Painted hills

Jenn and David

Info sign

Painted hills

Painted hills

Painted hills

Painted hills

Painted hills

Painted hills

The Painted Desert Inn used to have food and accommodations back in the 1920s, but is now a museum:

Painted Desert Inn

Painted Desert Inn

Painted Desert Inn

Painted Desert Inn

Painted Desert Inn

Painted Desert Inn

Painted Desert Inn

Painted Desert Inn

Painted Desert Inn

Painted Desert Inn

Painted Desert Inn

Painted Desert Inn

Painted Desert Inn

More painted hills:

Painted hills

Painted hills

Painted hills

Painted hills

Painted hills

Painted hills

Where a discontinued part of the famous Route 66 crosses the park, there is a rusted 1932 Studebaker (the only national park that includes part of Route 66):

Route 66

Route 66

Route 66

Route 66

Rocks:

Rocks

Rocks

Petroglyphs:

Petroglyphs

Petroglyphs

More painted hills:

Painted hills

Painted hills

Painted hills

Painted hills

Rocks

Painted hills

Painted hills

A petrified log:

Petrified log

Painted hills

Painted hills

Painted hills

Rocks

Rocks

An interesting trailer in a parking lot:

Interesting trailer

A random structure; nothing inside, so kinda just a fancy arch:

Random structure

A petrified log bridging a canyon, supported by old concrete:

Petrified log

Painted hills:

Painted hills

Painted hills

Petrified logs:

Petrified logs

Petrified logs

Petrified logs

An amusing sign:

Sign

Sign

Sign

Petrified logs:

Petrified logs

Petrified log

Petrified log

Petrified log

Petrified log

Petrified log

Petrified log

Petrified logs

Info

Petrified logs

The southern visitor center and museum:

Visitor center

Visitor center

Visitor center

Visitor center

Visitor center

Visitor center

Visitor center

Petrified logs behind the visitor center:

Petrified logs

Petrified logs

Petrified logs

Petrified logs

Petrified logs

Petrified logs

Petrified logs

Petrified logs

Petrified logs

Having visited the Grand Canyon and Petrified Forest National Parks, we added a couple more stickers to our coach:

Coach stickers