Day 9 - Vernal to Rawlins

24 May 2004

Highlights:

  • Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum
  • Dinosaur National Monument

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    Front entrance of the museum - Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)Front entrance of the museum
    Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)

    Stegosaurus skeleton - Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)Stegosaurus skeleton
    Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)

    Velociraptor (?) skeleton - Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)Velociraptor (?) skeleton
    Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)

    Eocene mammal skeleton - Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)Eocene mammal skeleton
    Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)

    Velociraptor (?) model - Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)Velociraptor (?) model
    Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)

    Lobby of the museum - Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)Lobby of the museum
    Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)

    Stegosaurus model - Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)Stegosaurus model
    Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)

    Woolly Mammoth model - Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)Woolly Mammoth model
    Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)

    Velociraptor (?) model - Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)Velociraptor (?) model
    Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)

    Triceratops model - Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)Triceratops model
    Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)

    Tyrannosaurus model - Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)Tyrannosaurus model
    Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)

    Diplodocus model - Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)Diplodocus model
    Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)

    Dinosaur garden - Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)Dinosaur garden
    Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)

    Baby dinosaurs - Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)Baby dinosaurs
    Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)

    Some other big dinosaur - Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)Some other big dinosaur
    Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum (Utah, USA)

    Dinosaur National Monument sign - Dinosaur National Monument (Utah, USA)Dinosaur National Monument sign
    Dinosaur National Monument (Utah, USA)

    Dinosaur National Monument entrance - Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)Dinosaur National Monument entrance
    Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)

    Stegosaurus model - Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)Stegosaurus model
    Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)

    Dinosaur fossil wall - Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)Dinosaur fossil wall
    Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)

    This place was fantastic. It was a riverbed where a stack of dinosaurs died, and instead of archaeologists digging it all up, they left it all in tact. They built a building around it and a visitor's centre.

    Dinosaur fossil wall - Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)Dinosaur fossil wall
    Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)

    Dinosaur fossil wall - Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)Dinosaur fossil wall
    Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)

    Dinosaur fossil wall - Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)Dinosaur fossil wall
    Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)

    Dinosaur fossil wall - Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)Dinosaur fossil wall
    Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)

    Dinosaur fossil wall - Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)Dinosaur fossil wall
    Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)

    Mum and Dad next to a femur - Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)Mum and Dad next to a femur
    Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)

    Dinosaur fossil wall - Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)Dinosaur fossil wall
    Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)

    Dinosaur femurs - Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)Dinosaur femurs
    Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)

    Theropod skeleton - Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)Theropod skeleton
    Dinosaur National Monument Museum (Utah, USA)

    Eroded tilted geology by the Green River - Dinosaur National Monument Drive (Utah, USA)Eroded tilted geology by the Green River
    Dinosaur National Monument Drive (Utah, USA)

    Green River - Dinosaur National Monument Drive (Utah, USA)Green River
    Dinosaur National Monument Drive (Utah, USA)

    Petroglyphs - Dinosaur National Monument Drive (Utah, USA)Petroglyphs
    Dinosaur National Monument Drive (Utah, USA)

    Petroglyphs - Dinosaur National Monument Drive (Utah, USA)Petroglyphs
    Dinosaur National Monument Drive (Utah, USA)

    Petroglyphs - Dinosaur National Monument Drive (Utah, USA)Petroglyphs
    Dinosaur National Monument Drive (Utah, USA)

    Petroglyphs - Dinosaur National Monument Drive (Utah, USA)Petroglyphs
    Dinosaur National Monument Drive (Utah, USA)

    Josie Morris Cabin - Dinosaur National Monument (Utah, USA)Josie Morris Cabin
    Dinosaur National Monument (Utah, USA)

    Josie Morris Cabin - Dinosaur National Monument (Utah, USA)Josie Morris Cabin
    Dinosaur National Monument (Utah, USA)

    Dragonfly - Dinosaur National Monument (Utah, USA)Dragonfly
    Dinosaur National Monument (Utah, USA)

    Patches of snow - Route 191 North (Utah, USA)Patches of snow
    Route 191 North (Utah, USA)

    Typical National Park dunny, with snow! - Flaming Gorge (Utah, USA)Typical National Park dunny, with snow!
    Flaming Gorge (Utah, USA)

    US national park toilets are remarkably good for earth toilets. Mostly always clean and with toilet paper. Occasionally they smelt bad but not often. We frequented many many public toilets in America. This is typical of a national park toilet, although looking lovely with fresh snow around it.

    Flaming Gorge - Flaming Gorge (Utah, USA)Flaming Gorge
    Flaming Gorge (Utah, USA)

    Flaming Gorge - Flaming Gorge (Utah, USA)Flaming Gorge
    Flaming Gorge (Utah, USA)

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