Holbrook, Arizona home of the Petrified Forest

Well here we are in Holbrook, Arizona, humm town sounds familiar, I have Holbrooks in my family line, my Grandmother on my Fathers side was a Holbrook, now to do more research to find out where this Holbrook fits in our line. That is work for when I get back, I don't carry all my genealogy books with me....


But of course this VW Garage caught our eyes for sure, we use to have a red VW Bug, check out this camper conversion.


Anyone for a stretch lemo??

A welcoming sign seems all towns have them.

Love the buildings, very colorful for sure!

But this one had customers in it for breakfast, and we were hungry.

On the parking lot side the building was painted with the Route 66 showing the towns it went to.

We are on Route 66 in Holbrook, Az.

Check out our breakfast burito, oh,it was so good, didn't think we would finish it but we did, can't leave good food behind. We were all set for lunch too!

Paul with Gremlin at the common with a water well, you see them everywhere in the fields.

Love the murals painted around the town.

Now off to the Petrified Forest.

It was amazing to see the colors in the wood, almost like a marble running thru the log.

They estimate the wood is around 225 Million years old...

Rainbow colors on this piece, it all depends on the type of wood and the minerals in the soil at the time it was buried in the sandstone.

This was a polished sample in the visitor center, just beautiful.

It was not just the wood that was petrified, animals, plants, trees etc.

It was just amazing to see the size of the logs.

Of course Gremlin had to touch the Logs too!

All colors of the rainbow!

You cannot touch or take any of the petrified trees in the National Park but if they are on your land you can use them or sell them. Nice Post hugh?

This bench was made out of sandstone, polished, look at the design the sandstone made, it was so smooth to the touch.

This is a coffee table look at the shine and the interesting colors in this piece.

How about this chair?

This is a wall I saw while we were going thru the town, just amazing.

You could stay in these Teepees, love the old Chevy, we see lots of really old cars everywhere, no rust here, no snow or salt either!!

Sedona, Arizona

This town is Sedona, a tourist town, full of quaint shops, and a lovely main street. This is the Art Center.




Lots of Outdoor cafe's



Something for everyone for sure...

The only problem right now is the road construction, but when it is done they will have wonderful walking paths all the way into town.

I just love the adobe homes in the area, so cool!

The Grand Canyon, Arizona, the South Rim

We left our campground about 30 miles from the canyon early in the a.m. wanted to see the colors in the canyon change from hour to hour.

The Grand Canyon is 278 miles Long and 18 miles wide at it widest point.

Of course Gremlin had to get his walk in also...

It is also over 1 mile deep in the canyon.

The shadows and color change right before your eyes, depending on the time of day.

It is just an amazing sight!

Hard to imagine how it was formed and how long it took.

You can see the Colorado River flowing in the center of this picture.

I was facinated on the color and types of forms from peaks to valleys.

You can see the bend in the Colorado River in this picture.

A closer shot of the Colorado River.

This explains about the v-shape of the gorge and the Tonto platform and how it was formed.

This rapid is almost a mile in length, its name is Hance Rapid. In 1869 Major John Wesley Powell used ropes to move his boats along the shore instead of going thru this set of rapids. Check out the story.

This is the Hance Rapid!

As I was standing on the side looking at the Gorge, I saw this rock about 4 feet tall, started to examine it. The stone to me looked like it was made of marble.

I was amazed to see a Geode at the bottom of it, sparkling in the light.

Another view of the rapid when the sun was higher in the sky.

I love dead trees, their forms are magical to me and to get the Grand Canyon in the background is a plus for sure!

A Golden Eagle passed over while we were there, wish we could fly too...

Just another view, so many to like.

In 1898 there was a hotel close to where we were on the South Rim called the Grand View. At that time it took a 12 hour stagecoach ride from Flagstaff and then a mule ride to reach the hotel, read the poster and enjoy the pictures, how lucky we are today with autos and paved roads.

Hard to pick out what pictures to post, all are different and unusual.

Down in the center of the canyon there is one village today of Havasupai Indians, and you can get to the village by hiking down or by mule or horseback only.

No fences here, snow and ice make for slippery footing this time of the year.

See the hiking trail down one side of this cliff?? We met a few couples where going down, wish we could have come along too. Maybe next year?

Another view of the trail.