After we left Page, AZ, we made a stop in Flagstaff to pick up some important roof ornaments for our rig. Yep, solar! I'm sure you'll here more about that later :). We spent the night boondocking near Holbrook, AZ at the Crystal Forest Museum. They have a big parking lot and allow RV's to park free overnight. Since it was a mile from the Petrified Forest entrance AND we have the free 4th grader pass, we figured we should at least check it out. We were so glad we did! I had no idea it was so awesome and we loved every bit of it.
I'm not going to talk about petrified wood and how it's formed, but please do check out this link from
Answers in Genesis that explains it well. One of the big things that intrigued us was the fact that this desert used to be a lush rainforest. However, before the flood and before the earth was broken into continents, Arizona was located near the equator, which would have resulted in a tropical climate. I don't understand it all, so that's why I'm not even trying to explain it :).
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| Emily loves purple! |
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| Ethan loved making dinosaur tracks in the sand! |
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| Super cool kaleidoscope. |
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| Eleventh Junior Ranger Badges! |
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| So much petrified wood just laying around! |
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| Makayla couldn't get over how it looked like wood but was rock. None of us could! |
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| Amazing to see such huge logs laying around! |
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| "Don't climb on the logs, kids," |
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| This one was 10 feet in diameter! |
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| Desert Beauty! |
When polished, it results in gorgeous rocks in a myriad of different colors. The colors depend on what minerals soaked into the tree. Definitely make to time to check petrified wood out sometime. It's found in every state so a quick Google search should find a good place near you!
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