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Kay’s Photo Journal - December 2025

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Puerco River East, PFNP, AZ
12/9/2025 Puerco River East, PFNP, AZ - Arizona weather is sunny and sunshine for at least the next couple of weeks, while northern US states are under the snow. National Parks are open for business again, having been closed for a while due to a government budget cut. Today, I enjoyed finding petroglyphs in the Puerco River area of Petrified Forest National Park.


Puerco Pueblo, PFNP, AZ
12/11/2025 Puerco Pueblo, PFNP, AZ - The blue sky with no clouds, the temperature is just right for hiking, today's weather is one of the advantages in Arizona. I’ve hiked around the Puerco Pueblo area, which is famous for seeing the petroglyphs. I was hoping to find some new petroglyphs, and luckily, I found many petroglyphs that I had never seen before.


Dry Wash (II), PFNP, AZ
12/13/2025 Dry Wash (II), PFNP, AZ - Started at Agate Bridge, hiked about 3.5 miles, there is a small stacked up rocks, each rock/boulder has petroglyph(s) even flat rocks on the ground. I got a jackpot today, how lucky am I.


Christmas Parade, Holbrook, AZ
12/13/2025 Christmas Parade, Holbrook, AZ - After sunset, the main street and side roads were closed, and the parade began. The audiences are packed on both sides of the street, waiting 1-2 hrs. I never see so many people in this passing town. All parade vehicles are decorated with lights. There are all kinds of vehicles, other than passenger cars, including pickup trucks, tow trucks, semi-trucks, and construction trucks. Overall, everyone enjoyed it.

Puerco Ridge, AZ

12/15/2025 Puerco Ridge, AZ - Just outside of the Petrified Forest National Park, and south of the Black Knoll. I’m looking for one perticular petroglyph that by the red top mounts and father back is white rock area. Around here, there are red top mounts, unfortunately no white rock back ground. Weather is extremely nice in December, enjoyed hiking.

Crystal Forest South, PFNP, AZ

12/17/2025 Crystal Forest South, PFNP, AZ - Contenue to find the one perticular petroglyph. In this area, there are many mounts but no white rock rock back ground. However I found at the higher side of mountain, rounding rocks like sphere and sliced it disk shape, some of are perfectly circle.

Crystal Forest East, PFNP, AZ

12/19/2025 Crystal Forest East, PFNP, AZ - Contenue to find the one perticular petroglyph. This area has many white rocks, but no red top mounts. There are many petrified woods all over, I never see petroglyphs on the petrified woods, I want to see it some time.


Billings Gap West, PFNP, AZ
12/20/2025 Billings Gap West, PFNP, AZ - In this area, I found some petroglyhs here and there, but not many petroglyphs in one area. The area is too big for me to finish in one day, will continue to explore in this area the near future.

Shinking Ship Butte, PFNP, AZ

12/22/2025 Shinking Ship Butte, PFNP, AZ - Now-a-days, the temperature is the record high every day in AZ, today is not an exception. During hiking I was too hot, reduced hiking speed to adjust it. I’ve hiked around the Shinking Ship Butte area. There are many small washes, in one of the washes I found a small petroglyphs panel.


Martha’s Butte Area (I), PFNP, AZ<
12/24/2025 Martha’s Butte Area (I), PFNP, AZ - Getting harder every day to hike around, because short distance hikes were done, and desired hiking distance is getting longer and farther, where I’m getting older and weaker. Anyway, I’ve hiked the outer loop of Marther’s Butte. I was hoping to find many petroglyphs, unfortunately, only a few that include stopped by to I’ve been before.


Martha’s Butte Area (II), PFNP, AZ
12/28/2025 Martha’s Butte Area (II), PFNP, AZ - Continue to hike around the Martha’s Butte area. Stopped by Sun-Man Panel that I called, other than that I didn’t find any petroglyphs. However, I enjoyed new finding washes/canyons and rock formations.