Sept. 17th

This week has been all about animals; alive and dead.

First, Dinosaur National Monument.  A definite trip for children to see real prehistoric dinosaur bones.

Stegosauras
We rode the tram to the museum, needed tickets before you arrived.
Allosauras Skull
Apatosaurus vertebra
ribs, spine and neck
Stegosauras carpal and metacarpals
Camarasaurus Skull

Then, we walked the trail back to the visitor center.

We saw clam fossils and dinosaur bones left in the rocks.

Clam fossils
The white arrow points to dinosaur fossil
Petroglyph

Onto Harpers Point a part of the Dinosaur National Monument, however, in Colorado.

There actually is a town named Dinosaur, Colorado.

Polluted air is the reason for the haziness

We hiked the 2 mile trail to the point where we could see the Green River and Yampa River meet.

Yampa River
Green River
Pinyon tree (pine nuts)
Juniper
Free range Cows
Female mule deer with twin babies
Free range Horses and colts

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