Painted Desert Inn Painted Desert Inn Painted Desert Inn is a lodge complex in Petrified Forest National Park, in Navajo County, eastern Arizona. It is located off of Interstate 40 and historic U.S. Route 66, overlooking the Painted Desert. The inn's lodge building and adobe guest cabins−"casitas" were designed in the Pueblo Revival style, by National Park Service architect Lyle E. Bennett and others from the Park Service Branch of Plans and Design. Construction was carried out by Civilian Conservation Corps builders and artisans over 1937–1940. A portion of the main lodge building was remodeled from the 1920s inn on the site, known
German submarine U-124 (1940) in command. The core of the crew came from Schulz’s previous command, U-64, which had been sunk during the Norwegian campaign, the survivors had been rescued by Wehrmacht mountain troops and their badge, the Edelweiss, was painted on U-124’s conning town in appreciation. He was relieved on 8 September 1941 by "Korvettenkapitän" Johann Mohr. He remained in command until the boat's loss in 1943. German Type IXB submarines were slightly larger than the original German Type IX submarines, later designated IXA. "U-124" had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. The U-boat had a total length of