We ended up being in Wyoming -- Glendo and then Rawlins for 4 days waiting for rain to let up. While we were in Rawlins we took a drive and saw the Devil's Gate. Its where the Oregon, Mormon and California wagon trails come together. The Devil's Gate was just a rock formation that could be seen for miles and was a good landmark. We then drove down past the Flaming Gorge to the dam and across it and then up, up and up to 8500 ft as we traveled to Vernal, UT. We saw some beautiful fall colors up that high but then we had to travel down hill to Vernal. The road had 10 switchbacks over several miles with an 8% grade -- downhill. We are not only pulling the 5th wheel but also have the boat hooked on behind the 5th wheel so we were glad that the truck has exhaust brakes, the 5th wheel has hydraulic brakes and the boat has electric brakes to slow us down.
We got to Vernal and stayed there several days so we could enjoy Dinosaur National Monument. The Utah side of the monument has a quarry site that is open to visitors. There they have preserved a wall of dinosaur bones just as they were discovered. They think the dinosaurs gathered by the last water during a drought and got caught in a flash flood and were covered in the mud and died. There were 10 different kinds of dinosaurs preserved in the wall of mud. We also checked out the Dinosaur Museum in Vernal where they had several dinosaurs on display that were found in the area including the stegosaurus in the photo.
We are now in Moab, UT enjoying Arches and Canyonlands National Parks.
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