Day 3 – Pictures

What a day!    On Day 3, Monday, we visited the Petrified Forest National Park and Meteor Crater putting about 260 miles on the odometer (including the walking at the park).   We had Walnut Creek National Monument on the todo list but they were closed by the time we got there (missed it by 30 minutes).   We ended up spending the vast majority of the day at the Petrified Forest.  And wow, what a place for this Indiana boy.

Our day started with a breakfast for Sarah (which is really hard to find) at the Flying Star Cafe. 

Sarah had the Vegacado which is described as

Breakfast casserole with scrambled tofu, green chile, onions, red peppers, black beans, organic brown rice.  Smothered in your choice of chile & melted cheddar jack cheese.   Of course she left out the cheese to make it diet compatible

With full belly, we head out towards Flagstaff.

You just don’t get this view in Indiana

Here we are entering Arizona where that daylight savings time junk is summarily rejected like it should be

Here are a couple of Petrified Forest Park pictures (that in no way do justice to the visuals of standing on the rim of the canyon):

I found this charming and touching.   There was this really nice guy out looking at the park with his dog.  Kind of a guy and his pal kinda thing:

This guy blew on a motorcycle, in motorcycle overalls, and we think was from Quebec:

Later in the day, as we were leaving Meteor Crater we saw him driving in.  He was on the same tour we were

Sarah is really on me to leave for breakfast.  On tap today is the Sunset Crater, Wupatki National Monument, the Grand Canyon and our helicopter tour.