The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
explored Lacey Point, Whipple Point, Nizhoni Point and Chinle Point
in the Painted Desert

September 5, 2012

map of the Painted Desert
panorama at Lacey Point in the Painted Desert
big sign about the Painted Desert
The Painted Desert as seen from Lacey Point
The Painted Desert as seen from Lacey Point
The Painted Desert as seen from Lacey Point
The Painted Desert as seen from Lacey Point
The Painted Desert as seen from Lacey Point
The Painted Desert as seen from Lacey Point

Below: The view at Whipple Point is the same view as at Lacey Point, except from a different angle and distance.

The Petrified Desert as seen from Whipple Point
The Petrified Desert as seen from Whipple Point
The Petrified Desert as seen from Whipple Point
The Petrified Desert as seen from Whipple Point
The Petrified Desert as seen from Whipple Point

Below: Nizhoni Point

big sign about Nizhoni Point

Below: Geologic Record: The upper black layer is basalt that flowed from a volcano that erupted here. Below the lava, an inconformity indicates missing layers, or a gap in the geologic record.

the Painted Desert as seen from Nizhoni Point
the Painted Desert as seen from Nizhoni Point
Panorama of the Painted Desert as seen from Nizhoni Point
the Painted Desert as seen from Nizhoni Point
the Painted Desert as seen from Nizhoni Point
the Painted Desert as seen from Nizhoni Point

Below: The Painted Desert as seen from Chinle Point

panorama of The Painted Desert as seen from Chinde Point
The Painted Desert as seen from Chinde Point
The Painted Desert as seen from Chinde Point
panorama of The Painted Desert as seen from Chinde Point

Please continue on to page 2 in the Painted Desert, Kachina, Tawa and Tiponi Points