The rainbow of colors is created by trace metals dissolved in the silica that replace the wood fibers of this rock called Petrified Wood, fossil wood about 200 million years old.  We hiked through this “Petrified Forest” of fossil wood in Escalante Petrified Forest State Park recently.  We are enjoying our travels and hope your week is blessed.

Hearing what they thought was the crack of thunder just minutes before rocks began to rain from above.  Visitors had been resting just below Landscape Arch minutes before tons of rock fell from the worlds widest natural arch.  Thankfully they moved in time and no one was hurt on that September day in 1991.

Here, Sherry rests after we hiked up to see this one-of-a-kind geologic wonder in Arches National Park in Utah.  The Navajo Sandstone of this area is sculpted by wind, rain and variations of the weather, year after year.  I wonder how long it will be before it disappears forever?

An ancient castle arch and crumbling battlements greet us as we come upon this site within Bryce Canyon National Park, here in Utah a few days ago.  Perhaps my imagination runs away with me or I am still in Renaissance mode.  Either way, we have been blessed by the plethora of geologic wonders over the past few days.