HOW Day 4
Vernal, UT to Flaming Gorge, UT
As we knew today’s ride would be short, 100 miles, we woke up later than usual and went for a good breakfast at Abby’s Cafe. 5 stars.
We then made our way back to the Dinosaur National Monument as we wanted to see the Quarry.
“When you first enter the monument's Quarry Exhibit Hall and look at the 1,500 displayed fossils, you can’t help but ask yourself: Did paleontologists really discover the bones like this or artfully place them here for effect? The answer is the bones are just as nature arranged them more than 150 million years ago, deposited by an ancient stream.”
It was spectacular !
We then made out way back to Vernal, UT where we started the say’s route which took us Crouse Canyon.
“Departing from Diamond Mountain Plateau on the Jones Hole Scenic Backway, this graded dirt route travels north across Diamond Mountain, down Crouse Canyon, and into Browns Park. Flanked by daunting vertical cliffs with pinyon and juniper-covered side hills, the road through Crouse Canyon is breathtaking. It is not hard to travel back in time and imagine the desperate outlaws who used this frontier trail in and out of the sanctity of Browns Park.”
On the way we saw mule deer on the road. They easily jumped a 6 foot fence and turned around on the other side to see us pass.
We crossed the Green River on a swinging bridge where we stopped, shot the breeze and took many photos.
We then went back west and crossed the Flaming Gorge Canyon and arrived at our destination fir the night.
I went around the reservoir and dam wall looking fir some good photos.
Hope you enjoy them.
Make Life a Ride !
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