Had a great night and got this morning nice and early. Had eggs & bacon and then watched the sun come up....kind of cold with temperatures in the mid 30's. Now I am glad I pack my cold weather clothes.
Took off for Albuquerque and everything was going fine...Then I saw a sign for the Petrified Forest National Park. Well, I started thinking that I might make a detour. Got to the park gate which was right off the interstate, and went to the visitor center, where I learned that it was 56 mile round trip to see the park. I thought that since I don't have any camping reservations...... why not??? So I took it and it would have cost $20 to get into the park but I have my 'old person' passport and got in for free. I drove through the park stopping just about every time I could. Turns out this is also part of the Painted Desert. I will just let the pictures speak for themselves since it was fantastic. These are only some of the pictures I took:
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| Petraglif - drawn by the ancients |
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| All the dots are petrified logs |
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| The petrified logs are the reddish color on the right |
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| Petrified logs |
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| petrified logs |
It took about 2 1/2 hours and it was noon, so I had lunch and started to figure out where to go next. I was going to stay at the AFB in Albuquerque but felt that since I didn't have any reservations I would be taking a chance of getting there too late. Decided to look for another spot along the way. Found one called the Dancing Eagle RV campground which had some good reviews and was about the right distance. Drove there and turns out it is attached to a Casino and is just 3 rows of sites and the whole place was just rock. Decided to look for another one and found 'Enchanted Trails RV Park & Trading Post'. It sounded good so set off for it. I don't know where it gets it's name.....but it was just OK....and the trading post is worthless. Oh well, it is just for the night. Found out the temp is suppose to get down to 22 in the morning.....decided to just not hook up the water but use the water in my camper. Overall......it was a great day and Jesus showed me some more of his handiwork.
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