Flames and Dinosaurs

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Iffy phone service and no internet. I''m technologically-challenged! Sitting in a Superwalmart now and YES!!!!! INTERNET! We are trying to get South before the snow. First stop was Flaming Gorge National Park located both in Wyoming and Utah. We camped on the lake and had a million dollar view. Sandy and Bruce put their kayaks in and saw another view....water so clear they saw the canyon walls beneath them. The antelope are migrating too. We kept some distance as the bucks started dividing up the herd of cows.

We continued down switch-back roads with 9-12% grades through canyon walls flaming red. Arrived at Dinosaur National quarry in Colorado. We camped along the Green River. Here I again faced my fear of heights. We climbed on ancient ledges. I touched a dinosaur leg fossil nearly 3 million years old! We saw etchings on the quarry walls made by Fremont people over 1,000 years ago. We felt pretty insignificant in this time-capsuled place.

A day hike to an old pioneer woman’s cabin brought us to a place where Butch Cassidy visited...she had been married 5 times so I don’t know when she had time for him! Lots of Europeans vacationing. Speaks to the value of our US dollar. Next stop, Moab, Utah.

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