Today was our longest day so far. We drove a little over 650 miles beginning in Williams, AZ near the Grand Canyon and ending in Roswell. We spent a couple of hours along the way at the Petrified Forest National Park. It was one of those experiences that really makes you think. The area in Arizona, just west of the border with New Mexico, was, 225 million years ago, just above the equator and what is now desert was once lush forest and vast flood plains. What is left are some very unique land forms and tons of petrified wood.
These are two of the pieces of petrified wood we found in the "forest." Evidently they have a lot of theft every year. We even saw a person stopped by the park rangers having their car searched. There were three ranger vehicles there! They take this stuff very seriously.
These are two of the different land forms we found in the park. There were so many of them. There was a different one around every corner almost.
Some of the petrified logs were as big or almost as big as we were!
Tomorrow we trompse through the Carlsbad Caverns, and hopefully arrive at our hotel with some time to relax in the evening.
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