Sunday, July 13, 2008
Amanda and I took a quick afternoon trip today up Coal Canyon and to a nice overlook in the Book Cliffs over Palisade. Here’s a few pictures.
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
Amanda and I took a quick afternoon trip today up Coal Canyon and to a nice overlook in the Book Cliffs over Palisade. Here’s a few pictures.
Leave a CommentSaturday, June 28, 2008
Today Amanda and I went up on the Uncompahgre Plateau to do a little exploring. Last year I had driven across the plateau on it’s main road (Divide Road), so this time we started checking out some of the 4WD roads on the northeast corner of the plateau.
Leave a CommentFriday, June 6, 2008
After work today, Amanda and I headed out for a short hike, since it has been a whole week since we last did any hiking. Went over to Riggs Hill, which is only a few miles from our house. This hill was named after Elmer Riggs from the Chicago Field Museum and was the site of the very first dinosaur excavation in Western Colorado. Here he found the first fossils of the Brachiosaurus in 1900. There is now a cast of some bones along the trail where this discovery was made.
Leave a CommentWednesday, May 28, 2008
Amanda wanted to head back up to try and find the Mica Mine that we couldn’t find on Monday. Lucky for us, we did find it today. We had taken a wrong turn on Monday which led us up and out of the canyon.
Leave a CommentSunday, May 4, 2008
This afternoon, Amanda and I went for a short hike near home and did part of the Gunnison River Bluffs Trail. This trail follows along the Gunnison River and intersects with the Old Spanish Trail. Here’s a few pictures from our hike.
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