50 years ago, (yes I know I’m dating myself) my parents, brother and I traveled across the country to California from Oklahoma. We stopped here. I don’t remember much about it but I have always wanted to go back. I finally made it! It was an amazing day of a beautiful place. I love National Parks!
Tom used his Lifetime National Park Senior Pass for the first time on our trip, maybe even the first time ever. With all the cutbacks at the National Parks many of them have not had anyone at the gate and some of the monuments are free. The Park Ranger told us we had a golden ticket. It’s $80 once you turn 62 years old and lasts your lifetime.
The beginning of the park has the Painted Desert. I took pictures of a lovely couple and so he offered to take a picture of me. I think he took 6 or 7. He was so excited to be there. Here’s a few of them.
We journeyed on into the park and Tom kept saying, “where is the petrified wood.” We stopped at the 1932 Studebaker. It sits near old Route 66. The road was removed but you can see in the background the power poles. They left those and that is where the road was.
There were more views of the painted desert and it was as amazing as I remember.
Newspaper Rock was interesting but you can’t get real close. I’m sure someone did something to it at one point. There were viewing scopes there and could see them really well. It’s harder to make things out in the pictures.
We finally made it it to the petrified wood and we were not disappointed.
It is an amazing place and if you ever get to Holbrook Arizona I highly recommend taking some time to visit this amazing place. Our adventures continue, I hope your days are filled with adventures as well.
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