Vernal, UT

Flaming Gorge Natl Recreation Area

After a few days at Hill AFB visiting the towns of Ogden, Eden, and Willard Bay State Park, we've moved over to Vernal, UT for the weekend.  This puts us pretty much in between Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area and Dinosaur National Monument.  I selected this area just to go see Flaming Gorge. Overtime, I became aware of how close we'd be to Dinosaur Natl Monument.  What I didn't expect were the state parks that are nearby.  So we need more than a weekend.  We'll have to come back.

First up was an early morning trip to Red Canyon Lodge to watch hummingbird banding,  After that, we walked the Red Canyon Trail up to the visitor center.  From there we made it to the dam for a picnic lunch and shared a picnic table with a couple from Wyoming.  After a return and quick break at the trailer, we drove over to the Dinosaur Natl Monument's Quarry Visitor Center just to find out what's there and any hikes we'd like to do.  That pretty much took the rest of the day.

So, lots of pictures, yesterday.  First up:  How to catch a hummingbird, followed by Flaming Gorge and, finally Dinosaur Natl Monument.