The Accretionary Wedge for January, Pondering the Future of the Earth, is up at Clastic Detritus. Go read it so you know what's in store for the next 1 million plus years!I'm a little confused about which number this is: either #15 or #16. It looks like it's going down as #15, though I put #16 on my entry, and can't change that now because it's already been linked to. Not a big deal, though - we're talking millions of years; what's a little number like 15 or 16?
The sign in the photo above is at the Rabbit Creek exit, Exit 2, on I-70 in western Colorado, not far from the Colorado-Utah border. The sign points to a 1.5 mile interpretive trail loop, the Trail Through Time, where you can hike to an old dinosaur quarry (that would be a quarry dug for dinos not by dinos!). Stop by when you get a chance! I was in a hurry to get to Fisher Towers, so passed it by this time.
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SF ... yeah, there is an issue w/ the numbering ... we have two that never happened, so I wasn't sure to keep the number, but then I messed up by being inconsistent. Whoops!
I think calling this one #15 works out well, and the next one can be #16. Also, #12 on field camp was never published, but there were a couple submissions for it, including mine. So, that just means we skipped #12, and the December one that was to be #15 will end up being #17 in March.
Whew! I think that about covers it!
The Trail Through goes to the east of the Mygatt-Moore quarry. If you stay on the trail you can see some Diplodocus tail vertebra, some Camarasurus bits and various other in situ fossils. It is really a nice trail. We go out there once a year with the BLM to do improvements and such. It is also a great place to see collard lizards in the summer all over.
ReBecca, thanks for adding some info about the Trail Through Time. I didn't have time to stop (and it was very, very cold!). Next time I drive through, it will be on my list!
Cool! You should if you ever have the time. It is a nice trail and fin to see things in a nice hard sandstone. Legend has it that like 20 years ago Michael Douglas and a hoard of like minded people were heading to some anit-nuke rally in Washington D.C. and they camped on the other side of the interstate from the trail. In the morning several of the bones were missing.......just saying .....;)
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