Painted Desert and Petrified Forest

Here is Bob in front of the Painted Desert Inn. The original façade was made of the petrified wood. It proved to be unstable and was reconstructed by the CCC as you see it here in the adobe style architecture. There was lots to see inside. The architecture inside was awesome.

This area in the Painted Desert was called the Teepees. You can see why.

More of the teepee structures.

 

 

Joe and Sally. The Painted Desert behind us.

Wish I could enlarge this picture. The Pueblo Indians drew pictures on the rocks. There were several areas of the writings and drawings, so called the Newspaper Rocks. Sorry, they can't be seen in my picture, but they are there. Get out your magnifying glass.

Bob took this picture. It shows the desperate plant trying to grow through the very dry earth.

This old car apparently was just left here along the old Route 66. If you look close, you can see the empty telephone poles that lined Route 66 in it's time. It is now part of the Painted Desert.