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We visited another national park: the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona:
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:
The northern visitor center was being renovated, so they had a temporary one set up:
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 bought and stamped a National Parks passport as another keepsake of our park visits. Though later decided to switch to a larger one:
A cafe and gift store:
More clocks and other decorations:
As mentioned, the north part of the park has desert painted hills:
The Painted Desert Inn used to have food and accommodations back in the 1920s, but is now a museum:
More 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):
Rocks:
Petroglyphs:
More painted hills:
A petrified log:
An interesting trailer in a parking lot:
A random structure; nothing inside, so kinda just a fancy arch:
A petrified log bridging a canyon, supported by old concrete:
Painted hills:
Petrified logs:
An amusing sign:
Petrified logs:
The southern visitor center and museum:
Petrified logs behind the visitor center:
Having visited the Grand Canyon and Petrified Forest National Parks, we added a couple more stickers to our coach:
