George Johnson Museum

 The George Johnston Museum and Heritage Park is one of Teslin’s must-see attractions, named in honor of the respected Tlingit elder, trapper, fur trader, entrepreneur, and photographer George Johnston. Through a period of rapid change during the first half of the twentieth century, the story of the Inland Tlingit people was preserved through Johnston’s remarkable work and vision.

Trapper's cabin

Tools of the trade

Living small

How many ways can you do wash

George's office

George had the fist car in Teslin YT delivered by barge 

across the lake because there were no roads to Teslin.

Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden

 Amy and I thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden in Federal Way, WA. This beautiful nonprofit botanical garden spans 22–24 acres and specializes in rhododendrons from around the world. Winding paths led us through stunning displays of blooms, towering trees, and peaceful woodland gardens. It was a wonderful place to spend the day.

High Desert Museum

 High Desert Museum brings regional wildlife, history, culture, art, and the natural world together to share the wonder of the High Desert region. Visitors can enjoy close-up views of rescued animals in natural habitats, including playful river otters and porcupines. During the summer, birds of prey soar just overhead in live demonstrations. The museum weaves together history, culture, art, and natural history to give visitors a deeper understanding of the High Desert and its people.

1904 Ranch house

Old fashion fun

Amy checking out the leather works

A beautiful vest

WOW just stunning 

Play area for burning off a little energy

A live Bobcat

What a historic Native American camp would look like

Trapper's camp

A 1941 Ford Mosaic by Laurel Porcari  2017

How long did it take to glue all the tiles on?

Painted Desert

The Painted Desert, located within Petrified Forest National Park in northeastern Arizona, is a striking landscape of colorful, layered mesas and hills. Spanning about 346 square miles, the park features semi-desert shrub steppe alongside vividly eroded badlands. It is especially renowned for its fossils—most notably petrified wood from fallen trees that lived during the Late Triassic Epoch, around 225 million years ago.

Puerco Pueblo

The earliest known human inhabitants of Petrified Forest National Park arrived around 13,000 years ago during the Clovis culture period. These early peoples are considered the ancestors of many modern Native Americans.  By about 2,500 years ago, Ancestral Puebloans began farming corn and living in subterranean pit houses in the region. Around 1,000 years ago, their communities evolved to include above-ground masonry homes known as pueblos, marking a significant development in architecture and social organization.

Blue Mesa 

This colorful landscape was formed between about 225 and 223 million years ago, during the Late Triassic Period.  Back then, this area was a low-lying floodplain crossed by rivers flowing from distant highlands. 

A nice 1 mile hike through Blue Mesa is a great way to 

experience those colorful badlands up close.

Crystal Forest

One of the largest concentrations of petrified logs in the park 

Rainbow Forest 

The Rainbow Forest  museum features a nice collection of fossils along with clear, instructive displays that help bring the park’s ancient past to life. 

Phytosaurs Are the most commonly found vertebrate fossil

in the Petrified Forest.

A Metoposaur's, an amphibian, body part

Royal fern leaf

Therapsids were large reptiles that possessed many 

mammalian characteristics. They were herbivores.

Rauiisuchids ranked as the top terrestrial predator

of the late Triassic.

Behind the museum is an impressive collection of some of the 

largest petrified logs in the park.