Welcome Center, Painted Desert

Mark has a look at the polished section of a petrified log at the welcome center for the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest Parks. August 4, 1982.

Painted Desert, Tiponi Point

This was our first view of the colorful humps and hills of Painted Desert from Tiponi Point, the first turnout past the welcome center. The lush green of the desert vegetation surprised me. August 4, 1982.

Painted Desert, Tiponi Point Brenda by a typical piece of desert vegetation alongside the trail at Tiponi Point. August 4, 1982.

Painted Desert, Tiponi Point

This was our first view of the colorful humps and hills of Painted Desert from Tiponi Point, the first turnout past the welcome center. The lush green of the desert vegetation surprised me. August 4, 1982.

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