Personal Narrative: My Trip To The Petrified Forest National Park

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When my parents said that we would be taking a vacation to the Petrified Forest National Park, I am not going to lie, I was bummed. The only reason I went was that we were taking our dog because this was one of the most animal friendly parks. We flew out of O’Hare Airport, and landed at the Regional Airport-Inw. Then, we took a 1 hour car ride to the city of Holbrook where we stayed for the night.

The next day we took a trip to the park, and we started out going around the Discovery Center. I learned that wood can become petrified the same way bones fossilize. The story of the park begins with a river. Over one million years ago, there was a mudslide that forced the logs into the river. After the mudslide, the logs fell to the

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