Colorways by Vicki Welsh

We had a lovely little side trip to the Petrified Forest Monday and Tuesday. I have too many photos below. But first, the makes.

When we got home I finished the last bear! I wanted to lay them all out for a group photo but I don’t have a space big enough except for the bedroom floor. Unfortunately, the carpet is so dirty that I don’t want to put the blocks on it. They will get their class photo when I get home next week.

Once he was done, I cut out and sewed all of the tree trunks and made the first tree blocks. I promise that it’s prettier in person.  The lighting in this condo is dark so it’s difficult to get good photos.  I’ll get some more tree blocks done before I pack up. It shouldn’t take too long to finish this quilt after I get home.

For the 10 hours of driving this week I took yarn to make some chemo hats. I got 2 completed and 1 more started. It doesn’t take me 5 hours to make one hat. I was distracted by a lot of great scenery. I’ll do more of these on the ride home, switching up with the wheelchair blanket.

Now, for the roadtrip.

We started on AZ-77 and AZ-60 from Tucson to the Petrified Forest.  We drove through the mining town of Hayden. Apparently their smelter chimney is the tallest free-standing feature in Arizona. Then we drove through Fort Apache and across the Salt River. The whole drive was really beautiful.

The next stop was Petrified Forest National Monument and National Park. I was not prepared for the vastness of it. I had not done any research and, in my mind, it was going to be one stop to see some petrified trees. Instead, we were treated to a 26 mile drive with about a dozen stops and a wide variety of landscape vistas. It also wasn’t crowded at all and there were a couple of crows at one stop that were expecting to be fed. One came within 2 feet of me. They enjoyed some peanuts.

The last few stops are where the petried wood is. It’s scattered everywhere and you can see lots of areas where it’s poking out of the soil as erosion reveals them.

We spent Monday night in Flagstaff so that we could drive route 89A to Sedona again.  These photos were taken in Slide Rock State Park. 89A has to be one of the most beautiful drives in the state. If you ever get the opportunity,  don’t miss it.

The whole trip was great. Arizona is a beautiful state with so much to see. But, I’ve been here in July and I don’t think I could live here for the summer months.

Our adventure for today is a sunset horseback ride.