Painted Desert in Arizona

The Petrified National Park is actually two parks in one, according to the website.  The other part is the Painted Desert.   As the name suggests, the desert has beautiful colors. From on-line source, "The Painted Desert is composed of stratified layers of siltstore, mudstone, and shale of the Triassic Chinle Formation, which erode easily.  These fine grained roch layers contain abundant iron and manganese compounds, which provide the pigments for the various colors of the region.  The depositis of iron, hematite, and aluminum mix with oxygen to create orange, red and pink colored stone."

Needless to say that when Albert and his sisters visited the Petrified Forest, they also visited the Painted Desert.

A lone Studebaker is parked next to Route 66.  A reminder of the old time where Route 66 was the original highway of the country.   In addition, Studebaker that was manufactured in South Bend, Indiana has a sentimental feel for Albert as Albert and Betty were married and lived in South Bend, Indiana for several years when attending the University of Notre Dame.