Back in 2021, we visited Grand Canyon National Park and this year we were traveling by and decided to stop again. On our first day, we just headed to the main village in the park and checked out all the buildings. We hit up the historic Kolb Studio, Hopi House, Verkamps Visitor Center, Lookout […]
Winslow is a city located in Navajo County, Arizona with around 10,000 residents. The city was founded in 1800 or 1882 and incorporated in 1900. Route 66 originally passed through the city and Winslow achieved national fame in 1972 when the Eagles recorded the song “Take It Easy”. Below are some cheap and free […]
Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona wasn’t always a national park. It was originally established as a national monument on December 8, 1906, by Theodore Roosevelt. It was later designated as a national park on December 9, 1962. The park receives over 800,000 visitors each year The park boundary encloses 221,390 acres and over […]
The goal this year while traveling is to hit up as many national parks as possible. We have been out for a little over two months now and visited six different national parks. Only two of them have been new to us though. In February we visited Hot Springs National Park and a couple […]
The Painted Desert Inn is a historic building located within the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 10, 1975. The Painted Desert Inn became a National Historic Landmark in 1987. The building was originally constructed out of petrified wood in the 1920s […]
Rainbow Forest Museum is a geological museum located in Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. It also serves as one of the visitor centers for the park. Rainbow Forest Museum’s Blue Mesa Room takes you back in time including paleontological exhibits complete with skeleton displays of prehistoric animals. One of the museum’s main attractions […]
The Blue Mesa Trail is a popular hiking trail located in Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. The paved and gravel 1-mile loop trail takes you through a landscape of beautiful and vibrant blue, gray, and purple badlands. Along the way, you will also stumble across colorful petrified wood dotting the landscape that […]
The Puerco Pueblo Trail is a mostly paved 0.3 mile loop trail located in the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. It is the largest known archeological site within the park. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 12, 1976. Walk among the partially excavated ruins of a 100+ […]
The Crystal Forest Trail is an easy 0.75 mile loop trail perfect for the entire family located in the Petrified National Forest of Arizona. During the hike, you get to travel through a dense collection of petrified wood containing beautiful quartz and amethyst crystals. Throughout the hike, you get panoramic views of the Crystal […]
The Agate House is a small partially reconstructed pueblo that can be found in the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. This eight room home is thought to have been occupied by a single family for a short time almost 700 years ago between 1050 and 1300. The ruins of Agate House were excavated […]
