Painted Desert

We have arrived! And we are pan cooking our steak (yay...) since we have had it for two days and no one has charcoal grills. So if you ever go to Storrie Lake or the Painted Desert, bring something you can cook on a propane stove.

After we eat our grey steak, we're going over to the Painted Desert Inn to say hello (so they know our faces) and see if they have water so we can stock up for the night. And then we are off on our mile hike to a camping spot. We aren't allowed to return to our car tonight so we'll be packed full of stuff to bring.
The park itself is really pretty, especially on the painted desert side. After driving 20 miles you come across the petrified wood which is also pretty neat. Some pieces have totally become rock, others haven't even begun the process. Our goal tomorrow is to hunt down a park ranger and hear the whole story of how the wood came to be.