We took a drive to Kanab, UT. On the way we stopped at the Big Water Visitor Center for the Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument. I went on a dinosaur hunt! While I didn't find any real dinosaurs, I did meet someone who has. This man has actually discovered a new species of dinosaur! They are currently naming a type of Therizinosaur after him - the Nothronychus Graffami. (It is the smaller one right behind my head in the picture.) Pretty cool, huh? He says that they find an average of one dinosaur a week here and that it will take at least a hundred years to discover them all. Wow! I hope I can really go on a dinosaur dig sometime!
We also stopped in old Paria. This is us at an old movie set there. (Actually, it is the recreation of an old movie set.) This is the site where lots of Westerns were filmed. The most recent movie made here was The Outlaw Josie Wales.
You can tell by our cowboy hats that we would fit right into the old west!
We drove to Page, AZ too! Page is the home of the Glen Canyon Dam.
I had fun looking down into the Colorado river gorge and seeing this huge example of water power in action!
This is us at the Coral Pink Sand Dunes state park. We climbed all the way to the top of the big dune. We really felt like we were in the desert. We tried to slide down it on our bottoms, but just ended up with sand in our pants. (Next time we will bring a sled!)
Just a couple of hours after we were at the sand dunes, we were back in Bryce Canyon. This is me at the top of Rainbow Pointe. The snow sure felt different than the sand!
Wow! What a whirlwind vacation we had! I can't wait to explore more of this place!
1 comment:
Hey Punky...you really did have an adventure didn't you? I'm sooo jealous...I have never seen a dinosaur..How lucky you are. I must say that we don't have snow here yet so that part is o.k. You and Mom and Dad sure know how to have fun...You'll have to show me some of this cool stuff when I come to visit...love you bunches..Grandma W
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