Petrified Forest and Meteor Crater

Tuesday we drove out to Petrified Forest (lots of old Triassic trees) and Meteor Crater, the first confirmed meteorite impact on earth.

Jason has a whole folder of squirrel photos!

Doesn't look like a fossil does it?

Collared Lizard

All the brown stuff is petrified wood!

Lovely colours... Meghan, I got you some for jewelry making!

Serena checking out the Agate House, a Pueblo (reconstruction) made entirely of petrified wood!

Painted Desert

Petroglyphs

Meteor Crater is big...

Really Big

Monument Valley... HiHo Silver AWAY!

On the Utah/Arizona Border is Monument Valley of Wild West Fame! This is where the Lone Ranger and many John Wayne Films were shot (directed by John Ford).

Our master phototographer

The Mittens (Left and Right) and the road down into the Valley

The Totem pole

The Window

Looky what I'm going to make!

Monument Valley... HiHo Silver AWAY!

On the Utah/Arizona Border is Monument Valley of Wild West Fame! This is where the Lone Ranger and many John Wayne Films were shot (directed by John Ford).

The Window

Goosenecks

Our Last day in Utah we visited Goosenecks State park, where the rapid uplift of the plateau combined with river downcutting has led to some spectacular (and textbook) meanders.

Natural Bridges National Monument

On a rainy day we stopped off at Natural Bridges

Cliff Dwellings

Horse Collar Ruins

Cliff Dwellings

Driving

From Torrey down to Arizona... the Colorado river (Grand Canyon maker) and other things