Petrified National Forest – Crystal Forest

Next on our list was Crystal Forest.  This place used to be the home of many petrified logs in a variety of colours.  But the best looking ones were hauled away by the first visitors before the whole region became protected…so we only got to see the specimens deemed not worth taking (or too heavy).

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Still it was cool to see a few up close.

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