Our introduction to the town of Vernal was this giant pink dinosaur...

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...and Main Street lined with flags and colorful pots of flowers.

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Dinosaurs greeted us everywhere. This one welcomed us to Dinosaur National Monument home to one of the world's largest concentrations of fossilized dinosaur bones. Unfortunately at this time, the fossil pit has been deemed unstable so we weren't able to visit it.

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Native Americans used this alcove for occasional or special activities. The alcove was sheltered from the elements and faces due south catching the sun and reflecting its heat.

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In the Swelter Shelter we found many wonderful petroglyphs. The interesting thing about these were that they contained color (red and blue) something we had never seen before. We've seen pictographs with color, but never petroglyphs.

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We think this mountain got its name because it looked like it was cut in half by the river.

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This rock formation is called Elephant Foot because that's exactly what it looks like!

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This area is rich in petroglyphs. The creators of these ancient rock designs were the Rembrandts and Michelangelo's of the Fremont Culture 800-years ago.

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We dubbed this the Mount Rushmore of Dinosaur because the formation on top of this mountain looks just like Benjamin Franklin!

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We had our lunch in a shaded picnic grove next to Josie Bassett Morris' Homesite. It was a wonderful place for lunch but was unfortunately overrun with biting bugs. Needless to say, we ate and ran but not before getting bit!

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