Day 5- Petrified Forest and Painted Desert

Day 5: Petrified Forest and Painted Desert


Hi family and friends! After a freezing night, we woke up and immediately get on the bus to leave New Mexico Military Institute!!


We drove for a very long time and were slumped (asleep) pretty much the whole ride


While driving down the road, we picked up a hitchhiker- our friend Grant Deaton who will rejoin us as we hike the Grand Canyon!!


We arrived around 12:00 PM at the Painted Desert! It was so different than everything we’ve seen before; it was “painted” with so many colors!








Claire Thompson gave a research presentation on The Petrified Forrest


Matthew Barker presented research on The River Walk of San Antonio


Logan Webb told us all about the State of Texas


Aly Noble shared her research on San Antonio


Blaine Kimrey explained the history of the Alamo


We then stopped in the Petrified Forrest to take pictures of everyone on a huge petrified tree!!


The Happy Group!!


The Grumpy Group!


The Sleepy Group!!


The Sneezy Group!


The Bashful Group!!


The Dopey Group!

On the way out of the Petrified Forrest, we had to kiss a petrified tree for luck!!































We arrived at the Grand Canyon around 8:00 pm, barely missing the sunset. A lot of participants were excited that they were able to hang their Eno hammocks at our campsite! We got everything ready to hike the Grand Canyon in the morning and went to bed immediately to get up at 3:30 AM to hike!!