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Photos - Dinosaur & Other Places 2023 |
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In mid-June 2023 I made my second visit to Dinosaur National Monument, accompanied by various family members. Since there are so many photos, they are on this separate page, while the written report appears here. Read about my 2014 trip here, and see the photos from that much longer journey here. Report non-working links here. The text version DOES include the usual extra large thumbnails, which open a full size picture when you click on them. There are virtually no duplicates below. |
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| Getting
There, Quarry and Cub Creek Road
Jones Hole Fishing, Sound of Silence
Trail, and Utah Field House Museum
Flaming Gorge Reservoir Upshaw's Southwest Adventures Harpers Corner Road Links to More Photos |
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| Getting There, Quarry and Cub Creek Road | ||||||||
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| This is Jack's very
first time to step outside of California |
At the Zion Canyon Overlook Trail | Dick and great
grandson Colton near the exit from Zion |
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| Teri and two loves - grandson and sandstone | The Upshaw's managed
a quick side trip to Bryce Canyon National Park |
Everyone made it to the national monument | ||||||
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| BACK: Dick, Hayley,
Mikie, Jack, Brittany; FRONT Teri, Colton and Johnny |
Jack and Brittany on the quarry shuttle | Display inside the quarry exhibit | ||||||
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| A few of the approximately 1500 bones left in place after discovery in 1909 | ||||||||
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| Jack is amazed and
delighted by a real apatosaurus skull |
Johnny on the Fossil Discovery Trail | The whole gang at the Split Mountain picnic area | ||||||
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| Along the Cub Creek Road | Hayley and Mikie at the lizard petroglyphs | Somewhere in Zion | ||||||
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| Mikie and Colton on the Petroglyph Trail | There are a number of lizards in this photo | Dick, Hayley, Mikie
and Jack at the Josie Morris Cabin |
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| Jones Hole Fishing, Sound of Silence Trail, and Utah Field House Museum | ||||||||
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| Silliness on the Sound of Silence Trail | Jack triumphantly climbs the side of the wash | Fun in the ditch | ||||||
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| Evening primrose | This blooming bush
appeared at the place where we turned back |
These delightful flowers appeared throughout the monument | ||||||
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| Dry grass seeds always intrigue me | Wind and water
created this interesting niche in the rock |
An old geezer we saw on the trail | ||||||
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| Jack is famous for his lizard push-ups | Ready to start the long hike to the fishing hole | Even without fish,
it was a place of great beauty |
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| Both Upshaw's caught (and released) trout | Who could resist a place with this name? | Three Upshaw's at rest | ||||||
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| Jack takes over photographer duties | He caught me focused intently on my phone | Inside the museum in
2014 (other interior photos) |
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| Flaming Gorge Reservoir | ||||||||
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| Approaching Flaming Gorge Reservoir | A graceful bridge over a branch of the lake | Johnny on the bridge | ||||||
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| Flaming Gorge Reservoir | Jack and Colton
carry the paddle board to the lake |
Colton and Hayley | ||||||
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| The Notorious Upshaw Brothers | Brittany and Colton | Jack & Brittany coming in for a landing | ||||||
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| Flowers and cliffs above the lake | The ubiquitous daisy-likes | Layered rock is common in the Colorado Plateau | ||||||
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| A Vernal Utah sunset | ||||||||
| Upshaw's Southwest Adventures | ||||||||
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| Heading for the Old West | The burros are always ready for a handout | Things are getting
tense on the streets of Oatman |
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| Colton & Jack
with Double Arch in the background |
Turret Arch | Johnny and Jack at Zion | ||||||
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| The final stop - the Grand Canyon | Upshaw Brothers at the Canyon | Jack did his lizard
pushups all over the southwest |
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| Harpers Corner Road | ||||||||
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| Teri and Mikie at a vista point | Dick and Mikie enjoying a handy bench by the trail | Range fence reinforced with a wood pallet | ||||||
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| Another unknown | A delicate lavender colored lupine | Easter daisy | ||||||
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| Probably a columbine | The canyons of the Green and Yampa Rivers | Mikie and Hayley, back in California | ||||||
