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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Friday, 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.
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Wednesday, 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.
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Memorial Day | Monday, May 26, 2008
Went out and did a little local exploring for a few hours today. I headed up through Fruita and into Coal Gulch and took that up onto Ross Ridge. I initially passed the turnoff for Coal Gulch and had to turn around, but I did find a side trail I am going to have to research and head back to checkout.
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Sunday, 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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