Medical Update: My first week of radiation and chemotherapy went smoothly enough, although some side effects began to emerge over the week-end. Low grade fever and chills, plus of course the "big D", hit me on Saturday morning but had passed by afternoon. Other than the expected fatigue, the rest of the week-end went by with no issues. Now I'm ready for the second week.
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Most people who visit Dinosaur National Monument don't even realize that a large section of the park is in Colorado. In fact, this part of Colorado gets relatively little visitation, despite its awesome beauty. This adventure starts in the tiny town called Dinosaur and follows a scenic road into the wilderness. After nearly forty miles, and a brief foray back into Utah, the road ends at a place called Harper's Corner.
After turning around and driving back into Colorado, we took a rough dirt road down a steep slope and into a large canyon. This thirteen mile trail ends at a place called Echo Park, named by John Wesley Powell's expedition down the Green River in 1869. It was once designated as a dam site that would have flooded the entire canyon, but the Sierra Club and other conservation groups successfully lobbied against it.
Along the way, we passed the Rial Chew Ranch. After settling here in 1900, the Chew family sold to the Park Service in 1965, but continued living here until 1970.
Near road's end, we found petroglyphs left by even earlier residents. Also nearby is Whispering Cave, a nice place to cool off on a hot day. At the end of the road, we were greeted by a family of bighorn sheep. Apparently very curious about infrequent visitors, the sheep casually approached us and posed for close-ups.
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