Sunday - October 30, 2011

We left Flagstaff this morning driving to Albuquerque in New Mexico. Interesting how the terrain changes as you leave the Arizona desert. The mountains disappear for a while, but then rise again but without the tops. It seems as if someone has taken a knife and cut the tops off - they are all flat, but still pretty. Took a side road to see the Petrified Forest National Park but once we got off the road found out it was 18 miles away, so we decided to stop at a local retailer of petrified wood. Apparently the whole area has petrified wood under the soil. The retailer petrified wood rights from a landowner. They then dig for the wood much the same as for minerals, recover it and cut and polish it up for sale. Some of the stumps are very beautiful and the grain really stands out. Brenda wanted to bring one of the stumps home.

We then moved on to Amarillo, New Mexico where we stopped for the night. Found another 3D diner - Standard Diner and went to diner. I had chicken fried tuna (a 3D tested meal) which was unique and delicious. Brenda had soup and calamari, a little more pedestrian.



Red Soil - Sandstone










Petrified Wood