[Rockhounds] Dinosaur National Monument

[John Siebel]

Thanks for the pics Glenn. I especially like the "Hi! My name is Allosaurus 
Jimmadsensi." I can just imagine this monster at a cocktail party trying to 
pick up babes.

Re: Snowed in - I just got an email from a friend in Virginia who is 
laughing about their "Deadly Winter Storm" with all of 2" of snow. We're at 
14" and counting here in north Idaho. You don't really get cabin fever until 
it hits the 6 foot mark in January! Then there's that last flurry in 
May...<sigh>. Gonna be a long winter.

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn Wimpee" <pawpawtiger at hotmail.com>


For you folks, especially Kreigh and J.R. who are already snowed in and 
experiencing cabin fever, here is a link to a few pics Jeanette took in 
August 2004 at Dinosaur National Monument near Vernal, Utah.

http://pawpawtiger.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!156E2AA3FBAB93F3!1011/

I was blown away and awestruck. The "wall" has been enclosed in an air 
conditioned building built around it right where God put it. The matrix is 
nearly vertical now and once was a stream bed. Almost complete dino fossils 
are being preserved there so that common ordinary people can walk right up 
to it and make first hand observations. (Visually, not physically, and they 
ask that you not touch the fossils which would eventually cause damage.) It 
is noted that there is now no scientific purpose to be served by excavating 
these since so many similar specimens have been collected already.

BTW the National Geographic Channel is already showing clips of the recently 
discovered dino "mummy" on other paleo and related shows.

Also speaking of snow, there was snow on Mauna Kea when we were there in May 
of 2001.

Glenn