Petrified Forest, Painted Desert and Canyon De Chelly
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TWO DAYS AND NIGHTS
Petrified Forest is a surprising place. A landscape where deep time lies fully on display, Petrified Forest National Park blends colorful badlands, vast grasslands, and one of the world’s largest and most vivid collections of petrified wood. Spanning more than 200 million years of geologic history and offering far more than the world-renowned petrified logs.
The Painted Desert gained its name from the dramatic colors seen in the mostly barren formations, such as buttes, mesas, hoodoos, and towers. The Painted Desert badlands are composed of a byproduct of volcanic ash called bentonite, which includes clay.
There is a 1932 Studebaker rusting away where Route 66 once ran through Petrified Forest National Park. This is the only national park that preserves a section of the famed Mother Road.
Located in northeastern Arizona, Canyon De Chelly National Monument is home to cliff dwellings built into canyon walls and farmlands sprawled below. For more than 5,000 years, the people of the Navajo Nation have lived in Canyon de Chelly (pronounced "shay") and adjoining Canyon del Muerto, both part of Canyon de Chelly National Monument.
South Rim Drive. It heads 16 miles along Canyon de Chelly to seven overlooks, including Spider Rock, an 800-foot spire rising from the canyon floor.
The 15-mile North Rim Drive hugs the edge of Canyon del Muerto and features overlooks of the Antelope House cliff dwellings and Massacre Cave, where Spanish soldiers killed 115 Navajo in 1805.
We will be staying at the Best Western Canyon de Chelly. Depending on the type of room, rates are about $140 per night (this including room rate, taxes, and fees).
Canyon de Chelly is about 7 to 8 hours with stops for lunch, gas, comfort, and sightseeing. We will be sharing the cost of a rental van and gas. The cost to be determined based on current gas prices on September 18.
DUE DATE: September 19th
Payment: Zelle
Minimum number for this event is 6.