Our Epic Northwestern Journey – Part 2 – Utah, The Prehistoric Version

After leaving Grand Junction and Colorado Monument Park, our next stop and state was Utah.

On average, we drove between 5-6 hours per day, stopping along the way for whatever came up that sparked our interests, as well as for personal reasons.

Southern Utah and Western Colorado are geographically very similar. Both are beautiful in their own right, only I think Colorado is more colorful, making it prettier to me. A good number of my geographical photos were taken from the car as were were driving, so I apologize if they are grainy and/or slightly out of focus. There is only so much you can do from a car traveling roughly 80 mph. 🙂

We stopped at a lot of museums and historical interpretative centers, where we learned a lot about things we had only heard of before. Layton, Utah was going to be our final stop for the day. Before arriving in Layton, however, we stopped at the Prehistoric Museum in Price, not long after entering Utah. It was filled with dinosaur remains and displays, and was very interesting. I am only going to present a small sampling of the photos I took, to give you a brief overview, (and not to bore you completely) and hopefully spark your interests to go there when doing your own traveling.

There were also a lot of Native American exhibits and displays as well. Before learning from the displays, I always thought the Wooly Mammoth was extinct long before the arrival of man. But I was wrong. I learn new things everyday. 🙂 Wooly Mammoths and Native Americans lived side by side. The Wooly Mammoths were vital to the survival of many Native American tribes.

Alien influences perhaps? Ancient Native drawings.

Outside the museum was a beautiful tribute to the different branches of the military, as well to the coal miners lost to the mines. There were also so many gorgeous irises. In fact, we saw so many gorgeous irises, of all colors, and sizes everywhere we went. Needless to say, I took a lot of photos of irises. My mother would have loved all the beautiful irises.

I hope you are enjoying this so far. I have oh so much more fun adventures and photos to share. We are just getting started. 🙂

Have a great day and make everyday great. Stay safe, stay well, and always keep alive the thirst for knowledge and for growth. ‘Til next time.