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hello bloggineers we are at best western
pony soldiers inn and suites and we're
going to show you the fun things you can
do around here we just drove 90 minutes
east of flagstaff and we're going to
check out petrified forest national park
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now we're going to
add a stamp in our passport
just past the entrance station we get
our first view of tapani point this is
probably what they call the painted
desert i think there's multiple
locations some are this reddish color
some are the bluish color
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we're going on the petrified forest
scenic drive which is 26 miles one way
and then we'll just exit the park from
there so we don't have to drive there
and back
so now we're headed towards the painted
desert inn which is a little museum
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here's another vista point where you can
get panoramic views of the painted
desert and i like how it's it's like big
red mounds of whatever that is rock
and there's white stuff on top
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all right so on the map there are 12
points of interest and this is the third
and i i forgot the exact name but it's
basically all these random overlooks
we're hiking on a 0.3 mile loop trail to
the village on the rio puerco
and it's a prehistoric settlement built
on shaped sandstone blocks
so this is the pueblo the ruins of the
pueblo i guess it's in the middle of
this loop trail on the side rock there's
a petroglyph or native american graffiti
and there's also one
over there it's like a circle where
on the black craft
this is the ruins it doesn't look too
impressive now but many many years ago
i'm sure this was a great little
many years ago i'm sure this was a great
civilization
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this is newspaper rock down there
there's 650 petroglyphs some are over 2
000 years old but more interestingly
there's our shadows
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this is the first of the petrified wood
we see
it's kind of a reddish log but uh it
clearly looks old
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now we're gonna hike the blue mesa trail
on all trails this was ranked number one
and the sign claims that the heart of
the petrified forest
oh and it's only a one mile loop so it
should take 30 minutes
with stop and go get set
go
i think this is the start of the steep
section
and once we go down the only way back is
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we have entered the blue badlands
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that over there is a lonely piece of
petrified wood i wonder how these pieces
of
petrified wood just ended up there it's
not like there's a forest nearby
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and that is the blue mesa trail it was
easy going down and
hard coming up even though it was just a
mile because some parts of the upward
trail were almost vertical otherwise it
was a pretty cool trail we got it's
basically whatever you see behind us but
you're getting closer to it and it looks
cooler from down there and we saw a few
petrified logs
i'm in an exhausted part of the day this
is agate bridge
and i think it's a bridge that's a
petrified log
here it is the sign says that water
created the bridge and will destroy it
and also the bridge is 110 feet long
this is jasper forest and i think
when i pictured petrified national park
i didn't picture badlands i pictured
more of this however uh the logs are a
little like shorter than i thought and
also you don't get to go as close but
there's many probably thousands all
around next is crystal forest and this
is a 0.75 mile loop we may or may not do
the whole thing basically it's the
petrified logs with quartz crystals
making them glimmer and also a reminder
that collecting the petrified wood is
prohibited
and for some reason we see many people
here who just cannot respect nature
we're tired and we're short on time and
right at the start of the trail we
basically already see it
this looks pretty cool and there seems
like something that could be in my rock
collection
uh we're just not gonna hike the trail
here it is
we are now at the rainbow forest museum
and visitor center and we're gonna turn
into junior ranger program
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and that is petrified forest national
park from when we left flagstaff at 7 30
this morning it is now 2 30 so this park
takes a while to drive through i love
how organized the map is because
everything is basically along the same
road so you can make one stop get off
real quick and then keep going down all
12
uh and yeah we pretty much saw
everything in a day this is definitely
one of the more unique national parks
because you won't find these types of
logs or all those bad land stuff
with all those colors anywhere else on
to the next stop i'm standing on the
corner in winslow arizona such a fine
sight to see this is the statue of the
eagles because of their famous song take
it easy so the song because brother
wants me to sing it goes i'm standing on
the corner in winslow arizona
such a fine sight to see and something
take it easy
sounds so bad okay we are at meteor
crater discovery center and space museum
which is just 40 minutes away from best
western pony soldiers in en suite
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so i think there's a movie a guided tour
option
and a ride
first we're going to watch the mystery
of the meteor crater and it's about
scientists who try to figure out what
caused the crater
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now we're going to write collision you
can help save the earth this is a 40
ride that takes you on a mission to
divert an asteroid to save fear
and welcome aboard commander perseus any
last minute
prepare for takeoff
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themselves
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we're gonna check out the museum right
before the tour
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so you do have an option for a guided
tour but since it's the end of the day
we just decided to go out ourselves to
look at the crater
we're currently climbing up this hill
we're at the highest point possible
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this crater is the size of 20 football
fields it was created by an asteroid i
think it was like over 50 000 years ago
it's a mile in diameter and two times
the size of a bikini crater from death
valley which we got to hike down
we're at the second lowest observation
deck this time we're actually in the
crater and there are many telescopes
that point to different parts of the
crater for points of view the time of
day is really nice because
the sunset is all around and you can see
that the sun is just dipping below the
crater
something called magic galley all right
now let's go to the lowest deck
this is the closest you can get to the
bottom of the crater and in my opinion
it's also the best view since work kind
of in the middle in terms of elevation
and that is our experience at meteor
crater discovery center and space museum
my favorite thing is the 4d one and my
favorite part was looking at the crater
itself because i love naturey things and
that critter it would it's huge my tip
if you come here is to give yourself
plenty of time so which means don't come
here right when it's closing like we did
uh it takes maybe two hours to get
through the whole thing possibly more
and you it's not just going there
looking at the crater there's so many
more things to do that's it see you in
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