PETRIFIED FOREST NEAR CALISTOGA

THE PETRIFIED FOREST IS IN NAPA COUNTY HIGH IN ELEVATION AND ON THE WAY TO CALISTOGA. THE PETRIFIED REDWOOD TREES DATE 3 MILLION YEARS OLD. THESE TREES WERE BURIED FROM THE ASH THAT CAME FROM AN ACTIVE VOLCANO OF MT. SAINT HELENA MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO. SILICA REPLACED THE WOOD AND TURNED IT INTO QUARTZ AND SOLID STONE. THE PETRIFIED REDWOOD TREES DATE TO 3 MILLION YEARS OLD. THESE TREES WERE BURIED FROM ASH FROM AN ACTIVE VOLCANO OF MOUNT SAINT HELENA MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO. SILICA REPLACED THE WOOD AND TURNED IT INTO QUARTZ AND SOLID STONE. MANY OF THE OAK TREES ARE OVER 400 YEARS OLD HERE. BESIDES PETRIFIED REDWOODS THERE IS PIT PINE TREE. ONE TREE WAS 2000 YEARS OLD WHEN IT FELL. THE FOREST WAS DISCOVERED BY WILLIAM TRAVERSE IN 1857. THE MUSEUM IS FUN TO VISIT. MY FAMILY AS WELL AS MY MOM IN A WHEELCHAIR VISITED THIS NATURAL WONDER OF AN ANCIENT FOREST. IT HAS MANY UNUSUAL FEATURES AND SOME FOLKS HAVE CARVED AN INDIAN HEAD OUT OF LAVA.

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