We finally got to sleep in, sort of, today, given that we didn't have a long way to drive. It was nice, because it's getting hot and gave us more time at our ultimate destination. Nine years ago, Jeff and I drove through Petrified Forest National Park very, very quickly. It was technically after closing time, so we basically got to drive the road and look at scenery, but couldn't stop at any of the pull-offs for fear of the National Park Service ranger coming after us. It has been on my to-do list for a return for a while, and do it we did. We came in from I-40, so saw beautiful vistas of the painted desert. We saw a few animals, ravens, etcetera. Liam took many pictures of them, not so much of the
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