On our way to our summer destination we stopped in Holbrook, Arizona. This is the closest town to the Petrified National Forest. We have been to the park in the past so we chose not to go again. We did take the time to go to the store in town (actually it is on your way out of town headed south) and take a look at some of the beautiful petrified wood they have for sale. The top picture shows what look like cut logs. This is all petrified wood. The logs actually break that way looking like someone cut them. They also had this beautiful waterfall running over colorful pieces of petrified wood. The store was loaded with wood of all colors, shapes and sizes. Some of it was sliced into slabs and made into tables - gorgeous and expensive. The bigger tables were selling for $35,000 and that didn't include the chairs.
We are now settled in to our summer campground by Show Low, Arizona for the second summer. It is cooler than most of Arizona because we are at 6700 feet in elevation. It is very dry here and the fire danger is very high. Everyone is praying the monsoons will come in a few weeks.
