Yesterday evening we arrived in Vernal, Utah. When we drove into town looking for a campground we were greeted by a big Pink Dinosaur. You can't see this, but her eyes even moved! The people of Vernal sit at the threshold of Dinosaur National Park, and the town is full of dinosaurs! It has proven to be a nice little town full of friendly people and a great place to be for a few days!
An outstanding thing about Vernal is the flowers throughout town. It is a small downtown with one fairly long main street. Along the main street huge pots of pink, white and purple petunias are planted. They are everywhere in abundance.
Although we got here with a fully loaded vehicle, we found we needed a few more things and did in fact pack more in. Now we have stuff on top of as well as in the back of the car.
Today was an awesome day. We woke up to 40 degrees and dew on the ground. We cooked a nutricious and delicious breakfast, brushed our teeth and headed up the road to the Bob Hatch river rafting company. We got suited up with life vests, boarded a bus and headed to the Green River for a day of rafting. Along the way we stopped to view the Fremont indian petroglyphs and learned a little about that.
Then we took to the river and spent the rest of the day floating and fighting rapids. Ok, the rapids were not to hard to fight, but it was great fun! We got wet, so you know that is the sign of a great day rafting.
The scenery was amazing. A canyon wall of 1500 feet on one side thousands of years old. It was a day of great beauty. We made some new friends too!
Tomorrow is a new day. Norm says he is going to teach me to dry fly fish. I hope he is a patient man!
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