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Petrified Forest National Park - Day 3, AZ
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| Hiking | 12.25 Miles |
765 AEG |
| | Hiking | 12.25 Miles | | | |
| 765 ft AEG | | | | |
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| partners | | packed up camp after coffee and breakfast
the hike out was much easier without ten pounds of water
drove to the visitor's center to get permits for devil's playground
nice writeup on haz for this off the beaten path hike by @kingleonidas
the hike starts a few miles west of kachina point
i had the official track and bruce had another track
both tracks got us to a gate and then a short drop into devil's playground
at that point it's best to just roam around and see hoodoos, rock formations, petrified wood and colorful buttes
maybe keep track of the exit 
we enjoyed exploring for awhile then hiked out
back to the park, next up was the historic blue forest trail, which is another off the beaten path hike
starting from the teepee pullout, the trail goes up an old roadbed to blue mesa road
we went up a side canyon and not all the way to the road
thought this was more scenic than blue mesa trail, and would like to do it correctly on another visit
one more stop at the rainbow forest visitor center to hike agate house and long logs
bruce added on the giant logs loop, which i just did a few weeks ago
really enjoyed the off the grid trails, and there are a few more to do on another trip
thanks for john and bruce for a great trip
we got to practice backpacking
nice to get on top of pilot rock
devil's playground is a must-do
we headed back to the valley and made it past the bullet fire right before they closed the beeline 
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