Our journey continued on Monday, April 9. Our first big stop was Petrified Forest NP in eastern Arizona. Before going into the park we visited a rock shop that basically had a parking lot full of petrified wood. They had more of the stuff than I had ever seen. It was really cool.
In the park our amazement continued. There was petrified wood everywhere. We did a short hike called Giant Logs (where the biggest logs are found). Every piece was very beautiful and full of color. Magnus didn’t much like the wind that was blowing but he liked the wood.
Here we are on Old Faithful, the biggest log in the park:
And some samplings of petrified wood:
And a Magnus for scale(1 Magnus=a large bag of apples): 
The next hike we did was called Blue Mesa. So called for the bluish hue of the dirt.
Here the layers have not fully eroded yet to release all the wood, so there are places where the wood collects as it falls out of and off of the cliffs:
Magnus found two small wood fragments that he carried for a while.
We think this looks like another planet.
There were also some neat petroglyphs. What do you think the bird in the picture on the right is doing?
Elina looks so happy: 
The Painted Desert: 
On our way to the hotel we stopped by Canyon de Chelly NM on the Navajo Reservation and saw the White House Ruins. We got there just as the sun was shading them on the cliff far below. Can you see the ruins in the wide shot?
That concludes Monday and part 2 of our trip. Magnus was mostly good, though he didn’t care much for the getting in an out of the car. He did love the hiking parts.
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