Nothing like a vacation to the Petrified Forest in Arizona to put a little balance back in one's life.
We went deer hunting . . . found three.
Famous newspaper rock. Click it to get a closeup and find all the news fit to print.
Some rocks erode less easily than others and create overhangs.
A furry friend for Jackson, Alex, Kayla and Annie to see.
Once giant trees, covered by sediment and later replaced by silica, now rest in the Petrified Forest. Here, Susie stands near the roots of a fallen giant.
The colors can be quite amazing.
Buried in sediment for millennia with its wood replaced by multicolored minerals, a petrified tree, ultimately unearthed by the forces of erosion, lies just as it had been laid down anciently.
More amazing colors.
It's against the law for people to take any petrified wood out of the forest . . . a good thing for us, as otherwise we wouldn't have seen much, if any.
Large segments of logs on a hill.
The agate bridge, a petrified tree spanning a ravine, lies near a lone and dreary tree overlooking the great expanse of grassy valley below.
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These photos give just a sampling of what we saw.
