New York – Las Vegas 2014

Day 8: Sedona and Petrified Forest

Time for a busy day. Skyping with the family at home, a little breakfast and we were ready to go.

First stop, Sedona. This is a very beautifull village in a magnificent decor. Outside the center there were a lot of large, very large houses. Not all poor people here.. We searched for one of the houses on the internet, but it looks like nobody knows who’s it is. We found the names of Madonna, Johnny Depp, Nick Cage, …

Sedona Church Of The Holy Cross

The main reason for our visit to Sedona is The Church of the Holy Cross. This is a little church that is built inside the red rocks. We lit a candle and continued our trip to Meteor Crater.

We arrived at the Barringer Crater after 1.5 hours. About 50.000 years ago a meteor crashed into the earth here and left a enormous crater. The crater was beautiful in pictures taken from the air, but it’s not that impressive when you’re standing next to it. It’s hard to get a feeling of how large it actually is. On our way back to the interstate we picked up another geocache.

Next on the list was Petrified Forest National Park. This is a beautiful park, filled with petrified trees. It was a little to hot for a hike in the open space, but we took some nice pictures. Route 66 used to pass through the park, but the only remaining remnants of the Mother Road are the wooden electricity poles.

Petrified Forest National Park

We were coming closer the our hotel in Window Rock. Last stop was Gallup. This is the Indian Capital of the United States. We thought we could by some nice Indian necklaces, but when we arrived at 5pm all the shops were already closed. We were in New Mexico and they are in another timezone. It’s 6pm here! We stopped at a gas station and drove to the hotel, Quality Inn Window Rock.

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Window Rock felt a little like Kayenta 2 years ago. We didn’t feel safe here. On the nearby parking lot a police man was yelling at some young trouble makers.

We had 2 options for dinner: Pizza Hut or Taco Bell. We already had pizza yesterday, so Taco Bell, here we come! This was our first time in Taco Bell, and honestly, probably also the last time. We really didn’t like it.

The hotel was OK. The rooms were small, but very clean. And there was a free breakfast!

We went to bed early, because tomorrow we will have a long trip of 450 km.

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