Day 3

Today we took our time getting going. Our plans were to visit a couple of lesser known spots. We fueled the car up, got a coffee from Starbucks and we were off. We drove north out of Moab. Stopping just outside the entrance to Arches. There is a huge sand dune there the kids played in. It happens to be right on a fault and a good place for hunting rocks, so we did that as well. We found a lot of cool rocks and one little fossil. Then we continued north to a little dirt road. Down that road we were able to view dinosaur fossils sticking out of the side of the hill. They were left there for people to view them in their natural setting. It was so cool! Then we drove a bit farther north and up another dirt road. Here we hiked up a million year old, dried up, river bed. After looking and looking we finally found million year old dinosaur foot prints. They were captured in the mud and are still there for us to see. After that we ate lunch by the Colorado River and then took the most amazing hike up Negro Canyon. It was about 4.5 miles and amazing. We had the best hike. Utah keeps surprising me every day.

Today I am thankful for Ryan's love of dinosaurs. His love lead us to some amazing things today!