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Jul 20, 2009 - Dinosaur, CO
On the border of Colorado and Utah is two towns that exist because of old bones, Dinosaur, Colorado and Vernal, Utah. ... We did find an interesting church name, Dinosaur Baptist Church. ... Off on the drive across Utah in the morning as we look for campgrounds and chaplain opportunities.On the border of Colorado and Utah is two towns that exist because of old bones, Dinosaur, Colorado and Vernal, Utah. ... We did find an interesting church name, Dinosaur Baptist Church. ... Off on the drive across Utah in the morning as we look for campgrounds and chaplain opportunities....
Jump to full entryMay 13, 2006 - Dinisaur National Monument
May 13, 2006 Today, we traveled to Dinosaur National Monument in Utah and Colorado. ... We turned onto a road that read Dinosaur National Monument and drove the length of the road expecting to find a visitor's center and museum. ... We left Dinosaur National Monument, got back on the highway heading to Vernal, UT. ... Dave reset his GPS and looked for the Dinosaur museum. ... We found a sign that read Dinosaur National Monument and turned onto that road. ...
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Aug 24, 2005 - Day 19 - Dinosaur National Monument
I took I-84 to Ogden then got on US 40 to go across the state to Dinosaur National Monument. ... Dinosaur National Monument is an eroded river valley where a huge number of dinosaur skeletons were discovered between 1909 and 1924. ... I asked why there were no T-Rex's and was told a) they were more in North Dakota and b) they were 50,000,000 years after the dinosaurs in this exhibit. ...
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Jul 7, 2005 - Black Canyon to Dinosaur National Monument
7/7/05 Black Canyon to Dinosaur National Monument We take Colorado 139 across Douglas Pass on the advice of the Grimes. ... Later, in the campground at Dinosaur, other campers were complaining about that road. ... Sure glad that we have a good diesel.7/7/05 Black Canyon to Dinosaur National Monument We take Colorado 139 across Douglas Pass on the advice of the Grimes. ... Later, in the campground at Dinosaur, other campers were complaining about that road. ... Sure glad that we have a good diesel....
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Jul 31, 2004 - Adventures in Dinoland!
A little further up, we rolled into the sleepy town of Dinosaur, home to Ranger Pete and the lovely Lorna. ... com for a taste of mild humor and brilliant entrepreneurmanship! Showers, food, laundry, free camping, laughing at and with Pete; what more can one ask for? The "Ranger" had to work (rafting the Green and Yampa, pulling Tamarisk from the shores; work unh?), so Tina and I went into Dinosaur N. ... Apparently, an archeologist just found them poking up out of the ground! You grow up immersed in Dinosaurs as kid, but you don't really comprehend their existence until you see their bones lying right were they died a million years ago! Kind of blows the mind! Makes you think that maybe our stay on this planet might not be so permanent! Well, that night we caught a movie with Pete & Lorna, and closed the evening with ice cream at the gas station (small town). ...
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