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Train ride--Yahoo! On Mother's Day our friends Kat and Woody joined us on the Verde Valley Train to get yet another view of this area of Arizona, settled by a Copper baron. The campground has filled with pickleball players on the move from their winter locations. After 7 months in the redrock area of Arizona, we say our goodbye and hit the road again.
Where I-17 meets I-40 we stopped over in the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest. The painted desert is beautiful and not commercialized like the Grand Canyon. The layered reds, purples and grays must have inspired the Hopi Indian artists from this area. And the ancient Petrfied Forest, created during the Mesozoic period of tectonic movements of the earth's crust, was nothing like we imagined it would be. Side by side, they hold a quiet mystique.
So now we will explore Alburquerque, New Mexico for a couple of weeks. We've never been there. And Princess, as a 'Carolina dog, is quite excited too!
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