Petrified Forest National Park

Roadtripping Through the Land of Enchantment | Bon Appétit

"This interaction stuck with me as I drove through the Petrified National Forest in Arizona, past rainbow rock mountains and colorful chunks of petrified wood that have probably been there since prehistoric times. I stopped along the way to walk, and there were times when my only company were mars-like red and blue mountain formations. I hiked through the Blue Mesa, a section of stunning cool-toned hills that looked like another planet. I felt so lucky to be able to see them. Nature moves and nothing stays forever—one day these mountains would be gone, and I would be gone." - ByLaura Murray