We have been here at the Koa Campground since Fri. for the holiday weekend. Today the 26th, we venture out to the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest. Never realized something so beautiful existed. All the mountains were different colors of pink and rose and browns and blacks, with sagebrush and evergreens all around. The photos I am posting are the desert, an adobe building which has been there since the early 1900's, and also of the petrified forest. This area had been excavated many years ago for fossils, it seems many dinosaurs were uncovered here. This whole landscape had originally been under water. It is said that the air up here is the most pure. The altitude takes a few days to get used to. We are now on Mountain time, 3 hours earlier than Florida. The sun rises at 5am and doesn't set till after 8pm. It is 95 degrees during the day and we have the ac on, and at night temp drops to 50 and the heat goes on. We will be here till tues. morn and then on our way to the grand canyon. Enjoy the pics.
You and Joel look like you are really enjoying yourselves. Great photos!
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