A Snapshot and The Scoop: White Petrified Wood

I've seen my fair share of petrified wood, and in every case the rock is incredibly colorful. On our trip to North Dakota this June, Jared, his grandma, one of his aunts, and I checked out Fort Stevenson State Park where we came across bone-white petrified wood. I've never seen it so white before! I went inside to ask the girl behind the museum counter about it, why it is white, but she had no idea. Unless maybe it was fake, but I doubt it. Now I need to find out what makes colorful petrified wood and what makes white petrified wood!

Leave me a comment below if you know what the difference it! I would love to learn!

A Snapshot and The Scoop: Fort Stevenson State Park

Our trip up north this past June took Jared and I to visit family in North Dakota, where we also slipped in a visit to the local state park, Fort Stevenson. Located on the shore of Lake Sakakawea, Fort Stevenson is a gateway onto the lake but also holds its own as a historical park. The fort was used in the early days of trapping and exploring the wild west, and was a stop along the way to gold mines in Montana and Idaho, but today only a replica of the main building remains. It was still neat to learn about the history of the area and how things used to be for those who settled nearby. Its always fun to go to parks like this, to see how things had been.

Leave me a comment below and tell me if you think historical parks like this are neat, or are they boring?