Blogs from Grand Junction, Colorado, United States, North America

In 1900 Elmer Riggs, from what is now known as the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago (in Riggs' day it was the Field Columbian Museum), discovered the bones of a 70 foot long, 30 ton Apatosaurus at Dinosaur Hill. He returned in 1901 with a crew and removed what turned out to be a major part of this dinosaur. Riggs transported the skeleton to Chicago where it has been on exhibit since 1908. In 1991 and 1992 local paleontologists with mining crews reentered and expanded the mine on the southeastern side of Dinosaur Hill. They found tools used by Riggs' crew and four Apatosaurus bones (three tail chevrons and a rib segment). Location: Highway 340, South of I-70 (Fruita) The one mile scenic hiking trail goes past the location of the Apatosaurus collected in ... read more

Hej derhjemme! Det er kun en uge siden jeg sidst opdaterede bloggen, men Colorado har simpelthen givet os så meget at fortælle om! Inden Colorado slog vi dog lige et smut forbi Mount Rushmore, klippen hvor ansigterne af de fire tidligere amerikanske præsidenter er hugget ud: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt og Abraham Lincoln. Godt skåret i rigtigt flotte omgivelser, men ikke helt så stor som jeg havde regnet med. Derefter gik turen til Denver, som vi havde lagt store planer for! 3 dage i træk stod på oplevelser, udfordringer og hygge i og omkring The Mile-High City. Første dag: Rafting! Det havde hele tiden været planen, at vi skulle ud og rafte på et tidspunkt, og med Rocky Mountains og Colorado River liggende omme i baghaven(ikke helt), var det oplagt at gøre det i ... read more

Early start today, we need to have our cases outside the room by 06:00!! And are to meet the rest of the group in reception at 07:00 We get up at 05:00 and finish off our packing, get the cases outside the room and go down for breakfast at 06:00. The hotel has put on a special buffet breakfast for us for $18:00 After breakfast we head to reception to find that the train has been delayed by an hour, so we wait around catching up on the newspapers. We eventually get onto the coach and are taken to the “makeshift” railway station where we have another short wait; we stand outdoors to get some of the early morning sunshine. We board the train at around 09:30 and leave around 10:00. Just after leaving and getting ... read more

After visiting the canyons, arches and curves of the Colorado River near Moab, Utah, we traveled east to Grand Junction Colorado to visit two dear relatives; Livie and Henry are living siblings of my deceased mother; rip 1971. Henry hosted us to a delightful dinner at his favorite restaurant, and Livie hosted us to a delicious lunch in her and husband Don’s home. It was such a pleasure to reunite with these folk; aunt and uncles on my mom’s side of the family. We told stories, maybe some fibs, and had a darn good, grinning time. I grinned and laughed until my cheeks hurt. Nan, Shad and I found some time to drive up to the Colorado National Monument. That narrow, curvy road was a little scary when driving on the outside lane, near the drop ... read more