Hi All,
Thursday we left Phoenix with all our repairs completed and headed towards Albuquerque. We broke the trip into two days, stopping in Holbrook, AZ to visit Petrified Forest National Park.
The fossilized trees were everywhere, exhibiting beautiful colors in some cases and in others, looking like they were still wood.
This is the biggest surviving petrified tree, called "Old Faithful"
As the logs fossilize, internal stress causes them to crack in a way that looks like they were chain sawed.
The fossilized logs are exposed as these sediment deposits erode.
This scene is from Painted Desert National Monument which is adjacent to the Petrified Forest. Unfortunately the sun had set by the time we got here.
Tomorrow it's on to the balloon festival.
Love,
Sandy & Carl
Sandy & Carl
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
Volunteering across America
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Photographed and sent from Carl's iPhone
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