Tag Archives: Northern Arizona

Canyon de Chelly

Canyon de Chelly (pronounced d’Shay) located 105 miles northeast of our home for the summer as volunteers for the National Park Service at Petrified Forest National Park was the perfect place for a day trip.  After we visited Hubbell Trading … Continue reading

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Petrified Forest National Park Volunteer Training

Yesterday we completed training at Petrified Forest National Park and will now settle into a regular schedule as volunteers for the National Park Service here.  The last day of training was “program training.”  We accompanied one of the interpretive rangers … Continue reading

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Petrified Forest National Park Volunteer Training

We have completed our first week of training at Petrified Forest National Park and Painted Desert.  Internet access has not been readily available until now so I am back and from now on should be posting regularly.  We have had … Continue reading

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Petrified Forest National Park

We arrived at Petrified Forest National Park midday on Monday.  We are now settled into our RV spot for the summer and will begin a two week training period on Saturday for our volunteer jobs with the National Park Service. … Continue reading

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We arrived in Amarillo

It’s a pleasant drive once you get out of the madness of Dallas and Fort Worth.  Uneventful until we ran into some rain about an hour east of Amarillo.  We checked into our RV Park just before the winds gusted … Continue reading

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