Rocks, Wood, and More Scrub

Alright so the reason that I didn't blog for Tuesday of this week was because we did absolutely nothing, saw absolutely nothing, and heard absolutely nothing worth telling you. Except.......... SCRUB! -.- That's right, since we're back in New Mexico/ Arizona, it scrub again, as far as the eye can see.

WEDNESDAY of this week was a little more interesting. We went to the Petrified Forest National Park and saw some dead trees! It was actually much cooler than that sounds. Supposedly, 200 million years ago, Arizona was a jungle. O.o Crazy, I know. Anyways, all of the trees fell into a river and were buried deep beneath the river bed for millions of years. The minerals (quartz and semi-precious stones) seeped into the logs and displaced all the wood. Basically, the trees got buried and turned into colorful stone. It was really cool! The trees are huge in some places and they are just lying on the ground everywhere. Let me take this chance to mention that we did NOT pick up any petrified wood. The minimum fine was $325. I don't really think a peice of rock/wood is worth $325+, do you? Thursday we will be going to the Grand Canyon. Ironic really. We boat near it constantly, have driven over it several times, and are in the vicinity often but have never actually gone TO the Grand Canyon for the purpose of going THERE. Better now than never I suppose...

p.s. I'll see you all soon! We will be back this Sunday! Technically, we could get back Saturday if we drove 500 miles but we're 99.9% sure that we'll just get back Sunday evening. Yay!!!