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Route 66 Day 12: Petrified Forest

Ryan Grayson
On day 12 we went to the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest National Park, in Northeastern Arizona. Like every park we visited, the Petrified Forest ended up being better than we imagined. The best feature was the lack of crowds.

After viewing the Painted Desert from the rim and looking at numerous petroglyphs, we hiked alone from the top of Blue Mesa on a winding trail while looking for pieces of petrified wood scattered near the trail. This ended up being one of our favorite national park stops.

03-15-12: Liv in the Petrified Forest 03-15-12: Car in Arizona Desert 03-15-12: Petrified Forest National Park 03-15-12: Petrified Forest Petroglyphs 03-15-12: Liv at the Petrified Forest 03-15-12: Petrified Forest
03-15-12: Liv at the Petrified Forest National Park 03-15-12: Liv in the Petrified Forest 03-15-12: Liv at the Petrified Forest National Park 03-15-12: Petrified Wood 03-15-12: Me in the Petrified Forest 03-15-12: Petrified Wood
03-15-12: Petrified Forest 03-15-12: Liv Hiking in the Petrified Forest 03-15-12: Me Being an Idiot in the Petrified Forest 03-15-12: Petrified Wood 03-15-12: End of Our Petrified Forest Hike
  
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