Apr 10

Petrified Forest National Park

Posted by Greta on Sunday Apr 10, 2011 Under Travels

On Tuesday, April 5th, my family went to Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. There were hardly any real wood trees there- all the trees were petrified, meaning they had turned to stone! The logs looked just like they were still made of wood, with the same texture of the bark and everything! The logs had beautiful colors-black, brown, pink, orange, red, purple, yellow, and even grey. There was a little hike we did where we walked through hundreds of petrified wood logs. Here are Stella and Ellie doing their Junior Ranger packets by one of the logs:

Stella and Ellie working hard!

At the visitor center, there was a place where kids could dig up fossils in a big tray. I buried the fossils so my sisters could dig them up. Here is a picture of them digging:

Dig dig dig! 😀

After the visitor center, we went on a mile hike into the Blue Mesa, still part of Petrified Forest. It was a fabulous day to hike; warm and windy. We took lots of pictures, and here is one of me with the blue mesas behind me:

There I am with the mesas in the background. Beautiful, huh?

We saw even more petrified wood on our hike, and here we are in front of another log:

Doesn't the rock look just like wood!?

Petrified Forest National Park was amazing. I really loved it!!! 😀

6 Responses to “Petrified Forest National Park”

  1. Grand Daddy Andy Says:
    April 11th, 2011 at 1:18 pm

    Refering to your caption for the picture of you in front of the blue mesas, are you saying the scenery is beautiful or do you mean you are beautiful ! ( or maybe both? )

  2. Greta Says:
    April 20th, 2011 at 10:57 am

    We are all beautiful, including the scenery! It’s amazing..

  3. brynn Says:
    April 11th, 2011 at 7:18 pm

    that sounds really cool!! were the petrified wood REALLY brown, pink, orange, red, purple, yellow, and even grey??????were there BLUE MESAS?????cuz if you didnt mess up thats REALLY cool. Are those packets hard?????

  4. Stella Says:
    April 20th, 2011 at 10:43 am

    Hi Brynnie! This time the junior ranger packets weren’t very hard. But, even when they are easy, we learn a lot about the places we visit. All the colors are real, and they ARE really cool. The mesas really were blue, too.

  5. brynn Says:
    April 11th, 2011 at 7:39 pm

    by the way i was wondering if you got my e-letter?????????

  6. Tricia Says:
    April 12th, 2011 at 10:53 am

    wow. the wood looks like it is living and breathing. Hard to believe it is dead

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