Painted Desert

Many trains passed our motel during the night. Gwen said that she grew up near the tracks in Thomasville, so she slept well. Ray didn't have many trains in Ellerbe where he grew up - he didn't sleep so well. After a good breakfast at McDonalds, we headed west on I40 into Arizona. We toured the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forest. The Painted Desert reflected many different colors of rocks and vegetation for miles around.