My name is Marion Vermazen. I am a traveler, hiker, reader, Sun alumnus, computer geek, YouTuber, Spanish and French language student, knitter, weaver and genealogist.
Today we drove the rest of the way across Nebraska into Iowa.. we are staying with Duke’s sister, Jo Ann and her husband Brian. We have had a great time catching up and we’ve also managed to get in a few hands of cards.
This morning we left Loveland and headed north into Wyoming. We stopped for a bit at Fort Laramie at the confluence of the North Platte and the Laramie River.
We are definitely on the plains now. We drove through Nebraskas Sand Hill country. It was beautiful and quite green. Tonight we are at the Arrow Hotel in Broken Bow, Nebraska.
We had a fantastic dinner at the Kinkaider Brewing Company just outside of town. We sat outside. The temperature was perfect and we had a nice view of the lush corn field and green hills in the distance.
Today we had a wonderful time exploring Loveland and the surrounding area.
We went for a walk across Pinewood dam. You can see in this fascinating video the dam they are buiding nearby. It has an asphalt core.
We stopped to take a break and sit overlooking another beautiful reservoir.
We enjoyed talking and catching up.
Sunday morning we spent exploring some of Dinosaur National Monument. Duke was here in the mid seventies and remembers taking the road to Echo Canyon on the Green River. So we drove the dirt road down to the same spot today. It was an amazing spot and he did a great job demonstrating the echo.
For lunch we had leftover pizza from dinner the night before. Then we drove the length of the park on more dirt roads. It is an absolutely beautiful park. And we didn’t see any other people on the road. It took us a few hours to get back to pavement. But we thoroughly enjoyed the drive.
From Dinosaur National Monument we drove to Loveland to see our friends Rick and Elaine. We went out to dinner at a great local restaurant, Henry’s. As we got there it started to rain. There was lots of thunder and lightning and it rained hard. The rain gauge back at the house said we got 1.6 inches of rain.
Today we drove across Utah, with a few stretch stops, to Dinosaur National Monument. We parked the car and checked out the Quarry Visitor Center, then took the tram up to the Quarry Exhibit Hall. The Exhibit hall is built right over one of the rock faces with hundreds of fossils still in the rock.
Next we took the Fossil Discovery Trail back down to the visitor center.
From Dinosaur National Monument we continue on about an hour to the small town of Rangely, Colorado where we are tonight.
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