Other Sights from our Trip

Yellowstone National Park is a long way from Albuquerque. Debi charted our course through Colorado to Wyoming, and through part of Utah on the return. The trip was 9 days and covered a little over 2300 miles. It was a lot of fun. Some day I hope to make the trip again, when I don't have to rush home to be at work on Monday.

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A pair of weary travelers departing the Dinosaur National Monument.
 

Dinosaur bones left for tourists to view at the Dinosaur National Monument.  This ancient riverbed is now tilded up at a very steep angle and looks more like a wall than a bed.  Scientist have already extracted the more valuable artifacts for study.  The wall is housed in a special building to protect it from the elements and to make it easier on visitors.
 
 

Another photo op for a ham!
 

Flaming Gorge Reservoir gets it name from the brilliant red sandstone from which the canyon is carved.
 

This is more of what we expected.  Lots of greenery with streams and waterfalls feed by the melting snow.
 

The Grand Teton Mountains in the Grand Teton National Park were created millions of years ago when the seabed fractured along the 40-mile long Teton Fault.  The west side rose to become the mountains, while the east side dropped to become Jackson Hole.  Jackson Hole is named for a relative of President Andrew Jackson.  Snow patchs in the green grass at the base of the mountain look like sand traps on a golf course.
 
 

The narrow gauge, coal powered, steam engine arrives in Silverton, Colorodo in a snow storm on 5 June 1999.

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