Day 5 Painted Desert & Petrified National Forest

Well!!!!  After yesterday's amazing day I fully expected a letdown for today's adventures...  It was not to be...  Today was fantastic!  We started the morning by going back to the north rim of Canyon de Chelly to look at the Mummy Caves where we missed yesterday because of the weather.  The ruins there were fabulous (the scenery wasn't too shabby either).  Then it was off to the Petrified National Forest & the Painted Desert.  What can I say?  The natural surroundings here are simply magnificent!  I couldn't get enough of the Painted Desert.  I could have posted another 200 photos which are all beautiful....  The Petrified Forest was amazing as well.  We took a couple of the trails and saw an amazing amount of petrified wood...  Too bad people steal so much of it....  It was another fabulous day!!!  Tomorrow we are off to Sedona and perhaps an unscheduled stop at Walnut Canyon on the way....