Day 16, Wednesday, 09/23/15

We got an early start today (for us) to visit Dinosaur National Monument before a long drive to Moab. We watched a short film in the Visitor Center that depicted the history of the fossil finds in the area. (Look up Earl Douglass if you want to read all about his work here.)

And then we made the short drive over to the Quarry Exhibit Hall, located over the world-famous Carnegie Dinosaur Quarry, where you can view a wall of approximately 1,500 dinosaur bones. Even though we couldn’t always make out the fossils in the wall with the aid of the accompanying sign, it was still very cool. They have lots of educational exhibits and there are places where you get to touch some of the fossils!

On the road again, we crossed into Colorado for a few hours, then back into Utah, and headed for Moab, home of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks.

We drove a brief stretch on I-70 (we almost entirely avoided the Interstates, in favor of more scenic roads), and encountered our first-ever 80 MPH speed limit sign!