Petrified Forest National Park, AZ

Our drive through Arizona took us through the Petrified Forest National Park. These 200 million years + old pieces of trees have been “petrified” due to having been uprooted, perhaps by a flood, and then covered in silt and volcanic ash. As water crept through the wood, decaying organic material was replaced with multicolored silica - …

Southwest Road Trip

I was reminiscing today about mine and Tim’s first big vacation together - a week-long road trip through the American Southwest, starting in Austin, Texas and ending with the Grand Canyon in Arizona. What an amazing adventure this trip was, both for our relationship and for setting the stage for the travels to come. Over …