Wednesday April 25th:
Drove over to the Petrified Forest NP and Painted Desert NP today. Both parks are absolutely wonderful and I would love for those of you who haven't been here to come on down. All of this area was a large swampy area with forests of hugh trees and many river tributaries all connecting to a hugh river which riveled the Mississippi or Amazon rivers (according to park history). Trees would fall over into the river and be carried down and deposited in the mud. The mud would cut off oxygen allowing the trees to fossilize rather than decay. Here is a picture Carolyn took of one hugh stone tree laying on the ground.
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