We decided to take a little road trip to go see the newly reopened Dinosaur National Monument. What great fun we had! Lots of movies, snacks, and I spy as we drove!
They built a huge building around this excavated wall that contains so hundreds (thousands?) of fossils. Apparently a huge flood must have happened and made the bones all pile up like a log jam. Now at this location there are so many fossils, even with so many that have been removed since it was found a long time ago.
Look how tall my boys are getting!
To get to the quarry site, they shuttle you from the Visitor's Center. You can walk the two miles back and see a few other fossils as you go. They recommend you have plenty of sunscreen and water to take with you. Boy, were they right! I think it was around 11 when we walked back, and it was so hot! Any little bit of shade we could find was nice to rest for a second.
These stairs lead off of the main path to show you where you can see a bone just sitting in the side of this rock wall.
A little shade!! Austin's face shows how hot he is.
Austin was so excited that he got to buy this!
Before heading home we stopped at the museum they have in Vernal.
No comments:
Post a Comment