Lone Star Travelers Blog

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.  So that means this whole week is “off” and playtime.  The RV area consists of 6 spots.  4 others are currently occupied but 2 are about to leave.  A cold front has approached Northern Arizona with high winds and gusts of up to 50 mph ahead of the front so we really haven’t explored the park yet.  Our training consists of two weeks of four (8-hour) days orienting to the park with 3 consecutive days off together.  After that we will be on the sked 4 days on/3 days off but only one of us needs to go to work.  I say whoever DOESN’T work needs to have dinner ready at 6PM.  I think that means Bob may work most of the shifts??  Maybe. 

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 up to 40-50 miles per hour.  Not unusual for the Texas Panhandle at this time of year.  We will be on the road tomorrow morning for day 2 in this road trip on the way to our volunteer jobs with Petrified Forest National Park and Painted Desert in Northern Arizona.  No pictures tonight due to the stormy weather.

Tomorrow is the day we leave for our summer volunteer position with the National Park Service at Petrified Forest National Park in Northern Arizona.  The first leg of the trip is 359 miles from home in Dallas Texas to Amarillo Texas.  We are headed for the Overnite RV Park right outside Amarillo.  This is the best park ever if you travel with your dogs.  You may request a campsite with a dog corral that is just for your use.  There is no extra charge just call and ask them to reserve a site with the dog pen.  For a roadside RV park this is a pleasant and fairly quiet place to spend the night.  I will try to get some pictures tomorrow night of that wide open West Texas sky.

Visit our Antelope Canyon Photo Gallery 

There are many slot canyons in Northern Arizona and Utah.  One of the most famous slot canyons known worldwide is Antelope Canyon 3 miles north east of Page Arizona located on the LeChee Chapter of Navajo Nation Land.  Created by water and wind over millions of years the twisting narrow sandstone corridors open into chambers of ethereal beauty.  Many Navajo people believe entering Antelope Canyon is a spiritual experience as entering a  sacred place of worship and leave with the wondrous feelings of the beauty of Mother Nature. (more…)

Visit our Cedar Breaks National Monument Photo Gallery 

Cedar Breaks is described as a miniature Bryce Canyon and it does not disappoint.  Located in Southern Utah just west of Bryce Canyon it sits on top of the Colorado Plateau at over 10,000 feet.  The amphitheater extends three miles and drops off 2,000 feet. (more…)