After seeing the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, I thought seeing Washington’s petrified forest would be neat. Well, there’s no comparison. In Arizona you see log after log that has fallen down. Pieces of the wood (now rock) are all around you. The bad part of this is that people will take pieces. Washington’s forest is only 14 or so logs sticking out of a hill. They don’t want anyone stealing what they have so they enclosed them in small cages at different points on a trail. It is neat, however, how even the splinters of wood are preserved by the petrification process.
The unique part of this place is that there are different types of wood. Plus, the wood was preserved in lava instead of swamp silt. I’m not sure how it didn’t just burn up, but instead it’s preserved in the hills in this area.
Outside the park is a small shop selling pieces. Similar to Arizona, it seems that more of the wood is outside the park than inside and it’s for sale. I like where they have dinosaurs to bring in visitors. There are no dinosaur fossils here, but it’s advertising!
Outside the park is a small shop selling pieces. Similar to Arizona, it seems that more of the wood is outside the park than inside and it’s for sale. I like where they have dinosaurs to bring in visitors. There are no dinosaur fossils here, but it’s advertising!
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