Petrified Forest Butte

 The Petrified Forest and the Painted Desert National Parks are separated from one another by interstate 40, near the town of Holbrook Arizona.  Painted Desert is on the North side of the interstate and Petrified Forest is on the south side. Despite the parks being geographically side by side they present vastly different landscapes.  The Petrified Forest has many photogenic buttes such as this one.   

Clouds at Tucson Mountain Park

 The route to Saguaro National Monument from Tucson takes you up a windy mountain road. Along this road are a number of pullouts that make up the Tucson Mountain Parks. This is the view to the north west at one of those pull outs.  

Butte & Cloud from the Painted Desert

We are still catching up on posts from our spring journey through the south west. Here is a butte and a companion cloud from somewhere along the road through the Painted Desert National Park. We hadn't planned to stop here on our journey, but the spectacular view from the interstate changed our minds.