The Petrified Forest

 The art of the Petrified Forest 

thanks to a phone App.

The real deal.

Petrified Forest National Park

 is in northeastern Arizona, 

and named for the large deposits of petrified wood.

The park covers about 230 square miles.
After the Southwest became part of the U.S,
 explorers continued to look for good 
east-west routes along the the 35th parallel. 
In 1853, a crew led by U.S. Army Lieutenant Ariel Whipple surveyed along a sandy wash
 in the northern part of the Petrified Forest.
 It became a wagon route, 
and then part of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
 and other later railroads. 
In 1926, it became a part of Route 66, 
until it was decommissioned in 1985.

 Amazing "petrified" logs 

scattered all over the park.

 A barren- 

almost "moon like" landscape.

This is what a log looks like close up.

The fallen logs are HUGE.

Dinner later with the "guys"

 laughing over YouTube funnies.
A fun day of exploring in Arizona.