Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Painted Desert

Petrified Forest is a fairly big park.  A couple of days ago we visited the south portion where we saw most of the petrified wood.  This time we visited the north portion which includes the painted desert.  Wonderful views!

From two of the stops you can see petroglyphs. After being in the area for awhile it seems that every time a rock has desert varnish (a natural coating), someone is going to put a petrogylph on it.  But this one was fun.  I'm not sure I want to meet this bird in a dark alley.  Eating a man?

It’s always fun to meet people while traveling.  At this park you drive a long road through the park and stop at various overlooks or trails.  At each stop we saw two brothers who were going the same way.  Got to talk to them a bit and found out that one brother just finished his Ph.D. in biochemistry while the other brother was working on his dentistry degree. Their parents were both medical doctors and one brother was married to a doctorate with a doctorate mother-in-law.  He said, with a smile, instead of “Congratulations” from his family on his earning his Ph.D. it was “What took you so long?”  Funny!

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