Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Petrified Forest National Park, AZ


Petrified log & agate bridge













Spent the day at the Petrified Forest. It is a 28 mile drive through the park. Wasn't the best day for walking, we had 35mph gusts. The Painted Desert was wasted on Owen since he is color blind. He said it looked like broken pavement. The colors were wonderful but all just tints which he can't see. There was also lots of red and green again the two colors he can't see. We had a raven that followed us for most of the day. There are many scenic turnouts and at every one the raven was there. I started calling him Dougie, he would let us get pretty close without flying off. Right at the end we had a thunder storm. It teemed rain for about 10 minutes and then the sun was out again. Many pictures so it will be hard to pick just ten or so. We do have a picture of a lizard. It is just below the tuft of grass and blends in with the ground but is visible if you look for it.

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