Road towards the Meteor we wouldnt see

Petrified National Forest and Albuquerque

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July 16th 2009
We drove straight through the rest of Arizona, though our route brought us to the National Petrified Forest. Given we had bought the "America the Beautiful Pass," an 80 dollar one year pass that gets you into all the National Parks and Forests, we wanted to get the bang for our buck. We drove in and did the top loop, luckily coming in towards the top and hitting the sites our book described as th ... read more

North America » United States

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more