Two Beers and a Pretzel

With a break in the weather on Sunday, I drove to my Sister’s place in Tennessee.  Then Monday I left for L.A.  I made it to Albuquerque before I was to tired to go on.  Then on Tuesday I amended one of the missing landmarks from my Route 66 trip and stopped by Petrified Forest National Park.

First you hit the badlands of the painted desert

Some of the wood was not completely petrified.  The cell walls have turned to rock, but the inside did not absorb any other silica compounds, so it still looks like wood, but it’s really rock.

Versus wood that is totally petrified.

I also got a better picture from Winslow, AZ.

Going farther West, I saw a great sunset in Arizona.

I made it to Asa’s place in Burbank around 10:30PM and unpacked my sitar.  It’s going to be an interesting month…  I’m probably going to work by taking head-shots for actors and actresses – since it’s the new pilot season, and they all need updated shots.