I-70
We left Dale’s house on Thursday afternoon and headed towards Jensen Uyah where Dinosaur National Monument is located. We drove I-70 through the Rockies and before we came to Loveland Pass and the Eisenhower Tunnels we encountered heavy snow and slow going. We were grateful for our 4 wheel drive Tacoma which made the trip less anxiety prone. It was a beautiful drive and we saw skierson te slopes at both Loveland and Vail and the drive through Glenwood canyon was breathtaking in it’s gray scale beauty. The picture above is our dinner break upon leaving I-70 for CO-13.
Dinosaur National Monument
We arrived at the Split Rock campsite around 11pm and set u in the dark and awoke to the beauty of the land surrounding the campground.
After breakfast we headed to the visitor center to get our Jr. Ranger Badges and to take the Dinosaur Quarry Tour.
STEGASAURUS!
The quarry is enclosed in a glass walled building covering a slab of rock that contains over 400 bones of 7 different dinosaur species.
The girls were excited to touch a real dinosaur bone
Dinosaur National Monument
Desert Voices Trail
To earn our badges one of the requirements was to hike a trail so we chose the desert Voices Trail near the campground.
It was a beautiful hike through the red/orange/brownish landscape.
Back at the visitor center we claimed our badges from ranger Tiffany!
