Friday July 27, 2007 The Petrified Forest
Before we visited Safari West at the beginning of last week, we made two other stops. First to one of the three "Old Faithful" geysers in the world (more on that on Monday) and then to the Petrified Forest near Callistoga.
Here's how their web page describes it:
"Step back in Time, over 3 million years, and follow the trail of majestic petrified redwood giants arrayed before you in a fascinating grove in beautiful California wine country."
There certainly are several large rock-like trees to see scattered along the trail, and they apparently are finding more all the time. I don't remember the one that looks like it's disappearing into a mine shaft from the last time Lynea and I visited (about ten years ago).
But as Duncan pointed out, "why is it called the Petrified Forest? It's only a few trees." And he's got a point. Most of the surrounding visible trees aren't petrified at all. In fact, they aren't even the least bit frightened. I tried to explain that the petrified trees were there own forest three million years ago, but I'm not sure he grasped it.
There is a gift shop you can visit at the end of the tour. I found the prices a tad inflated as we found we could buy some of the same type of rock souvenirs at Safari West for a fraction of the price.
It was entertaining for about fifteen minutes, but I think we'll probably wait another ten years or more before we go back again.
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