Today we drove through the Petrified Forest and the Painted Desert. There was a lot of driving. Sooooooo I finished reading books 2 and 3 of Harry Potter in the last 2 days. Lame, I know. But when I think Petrified after reading HP, I'm thinking some magical, crazy weird place. But its a bunch of lies. Why do they even call it that? PETRIFIED FOREST my butt. Where is the forest? Nowhere. There's a bunch of sand and pebbles and grass. For miles. Then finally we find the petrified logs. Okay, I will admit they were cool for the first 2.7 minutes. Then you realized that you're really ridiculously hot in the middle of the desert without water. FUN!(If you're a camel or an idiot)
Oh, then on the other hand, there's the Painted Desert surrounding the 'forest'. Maybe Van Gogh's Starry Night is great, and Rembrandt is fantastic, but God deserves a ton more credit for this piece of art. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. Yeah, its still freaking hot out, but even driving by it is very refreshing to realize these beautiful mountains in the midst of desert.
Well now we're at a really nice RV park near the Grand Canyon, and headed out there tomorrow morning. So ta ta for now! -Emily
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