Today was a big day for National Parks.
We actually broke camp by 9.30 and went to Smiths to stock up (as we are heading out into the wilderness less or more) which took longer than it should have (as usual).
Then we headed off for Petroglyphs National Monument. The helpful ranger told us which hike I could probably manage, so we set off to see old pictures carved into rocks. It was fairly interesting. Tyler was not impressed. I enjoyed it and my hike.
As we headed off for Sedona we found out the the roads for Petrified Forest National Park closed at 5 and you were supposed to be heading out of the park, which was unexpected, as we had presumed only the park office closed at 5. As Google Maps was putting us in there about 4.45, this made us wish we had not spent as much time at Petroglyphs.
Happily as we spend toward the Arizona boarder, the time changed and we gained a critical hour so that we arrived at the park at 3.50 and not 4.50. That actually gave us enough time to see most of the park. For once we got a break. It did manage to rain around us some more...
We arrived, the children got their National Parks Passports stamped, we got our park stickers and headed off. The Painted Desert was super cool. The light was playing on the formations as the clouds blew over. We stopped at lots of the overlooks, each one a whole new view.
Even with time crunch we managed to see most of the key petrified sites. The logs were really cool, and the kids were impressed with how they looked like trees, and were made of quartz.
We pretty much closed down the park and headed to Flagstaff where we are staying at a county park, Fort Tuthill, which is a large park. The campground is in the woods and looks really cool (at least in the dark when we arrived).
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