We saw lots of prehistoric rock carvings when we
visited Newspaper Rock. Thousands of years
ago, this is how Indians tribes communicated
with other tribes. The carvings are called
“Petroglyphs” and told many stories. Cindi and
Jim are in one picture and Cindi and dad are in
the other. We visited the Petrified Forest and
learned that millions of years ago, when
dinosaurs were roaming the earth, wood
scattered across the mile-high desert of north-east Arizona became petrified…they turned into
stone.
The Continental Divide forms a ridge of the Rocky Mountains that separates rivers
flowing in an easterly direction from those flowing in a westerly direction. Rain or snow that
drains on the east side of the Continental Divide flows toward the Atlantic Ocean while
precipitation on the west side drains and flows toward the Pacific Ocean. (However, some rivers
empty into the desert and don't end up in the oceans.) The Continental Divide runs from
north-western Canada along the crest of the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico.
Our trip from Concord, CA to Indianapolis, Indiana 1976
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