Pictures From the Petrified Forest

We have been busy since arriving here in Quartzsite. I finally took some time to post the pictures that we took during our trip through the Petrified Forest National Park on the way here. There are a variety of land-forms in the park. We followed the main road through the park to the other end and then stopped at several spots on the way back.

This is an old lodge built as a private business along the old Route 66 before the park was created. It was sold to the park and restored to its present condition.

There were many scenic overlooks along the way.

Here are some of the large chunks of petrified trees. There were many of them along the road.

We spent some time hiking up a dry wash.

A smaller sample of petrified wood.

This is a petrified log bridge. They built a concrete support under it to keep it from collapsing.

The formation in the bottom of the gully looked like a Virgin Mary Statue to us from this angle.

The dark part of the rock in the center of the picture is covered with petroglyphs,

There are more of them on this rock.

A close up view of the rock above.

Some native dwellings that are being excavated and studied.

More petroglyphs.

As we were leaving the park, the sun was setting, giving us some great views of the painted desert.