Today was our second long day in the car, through Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. In the morning we drove along the beautiful Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, reached Jensen around lunch time, and went to the Dinosaur National Monument nearby.

We stayed there for over 2 hours, the time to explore the fantastic outcrop exposing bones of all kinds of dinosaur species (stegausaurus, diplodocus…). The kids went for their 3rd Junior Ranger badge – the official goal now is 5, and Tim wants a ranger jacket with pockets to hang all his badges on. This park was a nice surprise. We had seen it as just an opportunity for a break, but it was the best dinosaur related museum I have ever seen.

We then drove 4 hours across Colorado, passing by the Bookcliffs west of Grand Junction, an area where both Séverine and I have done some field work.

Arrived quite late (19:00) at Moab. Nice hotel with a big slide at the swimming pool, a room full of old arcade games (free!!). The kids didn’t really want to go to bed.