Petrified Forest National Park

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: