Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Petrified Forest NP & Painted Desert





The Petrified Forest National Park was a surprise. The variety of things to see was terrific. We took a ranger tour of ancestral pueblan ruins and also one of the Painted Desert Inn. The tour of the Inn was our favorite. It was renovated by the CCC in the 30s and a famous Hopi artist painted several murals that are still lovely today.


The scenic drive had great vistas of the painted desert and then further south there were trails to colorful petried wood areas. Then we hiked the Blue Mesa which was a surprising mix of blue and lavendar layers in the Mesa.

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