Left Kingman about 8am and started up, and up, and up. Just west of Flagstaff we crossed the divide at over 7200 feet and headed down. Recent storms left miles of snow dusted ground. Got to RV park in Sun Valley (the OTHER Sun Valley :) ) about noon. After setting up we unhooked the GV and headed to The Painted Desert/Petrified Forest NP.
This view from the first overlook, Tiponi Point.
This local shared the view with us.
More views from Timponi Point.
Painted Desert Inn National Historic Landmark
Painted Desert Inn as it originally was.
More pictures will be available when I get friendly with Picassa.
Leaving The Painted Desert we moved on toward The Petrified Forest.
First site was an archeological partial exposure of Puerco Pueblo.
Nearby are some petroglyphs. I thought this one looked like Calvin.
On to the trees. First stop Agate Bridge.
It is difficult to see in lower picture but at one time the unsupported portion of the tree was more than twice the length of the now supported part in top picture . The rest of the tree has been filled under with earth to protect the tree from breaking. Pretty neat to see an intact tree so long. Everything else we saw was broken into shorter pieces.
Wildlife!
Representative photo of petrified log. We saw LOTS.
Archeological recreation/reconstruction of of a ruin calleed Agate House.
This is interior of larger building taken by reaching through dark hole in lowerpicture - only opening to building.
Again, more pictures on web when I figure out how to do it comfortably.
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