Yesterday we drove down to Scottsdale and went to the South-West Goodguys Nationals, where Daryl got his fix again... Some really cool cars there and a few projects that made his fingers itch.
We left camp today, pleased to move on and decided on an north-east route - we had been debating where to go as the weather is playing a big factor and we have acclimatised to 80-100 F, so now we are feeling the cold. There is still snow on the ground in places and the further south we go the warmer it is but Daryl really wants to see the Petrified Forest and I was hoping to head across to Santa Fe, both north of here. That one will be a day by day decision.
We headed off and after travelling miles up, we needed petrol so head down the opposite way to the nearest town, Strawberry...which turned out not to have any gas stations in sight, so on to Pine a little further down the steep incline. Once filled we decided to keep going that way rather than return back up the mountain.
We travelled along the rim road at high altitute where snow was on the side of the road, felt like on top of the world in places. Very scenic route and we made it through to the Petrified Forest by about 3pm, stopping at the gift store before entering and purchasing our own little piece of wood turned to stone - it is quite beautiful but the logs of table size are about $9000US.
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| Trees turned to stone...wicked. |
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| Crystal Forest |
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| The Tepees |
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| Lacey Point |
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| The Painted Desert |
As the sun goes down across Arizona, we cross the border into New Mexico.
