Petrified Forest, the largest concentration of petrified wood in the world, was amazing.  At one point on our hike my mom said, “this place is a mess!”  Small fragments, stumps and even whole logs were scattered at random around the flat landscape.  It looked a bit like Legos or Lincoln Logs scattered on a bedroom floor.  The wood itself was beautiful, hard as stone and colorful from minerals, but still looking like wood.  You could even still see the rings and grain!

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We also hiked to Agate House, a Native American dwelling made of petrified wood.

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