{"id":8253,"date":"2023-09-25T22:59:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T14:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=8253"},"modified":"2024-04-26T00:31:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T16:31:25","slug":"20230925dinosaur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925dinosaur\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 7 of Autumn 2023 Trip to Mountain States, Dinosaur National Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The seventh day of my autumn 2023 trip to the mountain states. I drove from Saratoga, WY to Grand Junction, CO for the day, checking out Dinosaur National Monument along the way.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8659_RawExp.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8659_RawExp.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n\tvar secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', {\n\t\tfixedWidth:100,height:71,gap:10,\n\t\tfocus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n\t\tcover:true,isNavigation:true,\n\t\tbreakpoints 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My plan today was to make the 300-mile drive towards Grand Junction, CO. Google predicted the drive would only take 5 hours, so if I headed straight towards Grand Junction, I would arrive in the afternoon, too late to do anything meaningful for the remainder of the day, but too early to call it a day. As a result, I thought of visiting some attractions along the way. <\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/Route.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/Route.jpg\"  alt=\"Route Options\" \/><\/a>\n<p>As shown in the picture above, I essentially had two options reaching Grand Junction from Saratoga. The eastern route (red) largely followed Colorado River, with some beautiful canyon views along the way. I could check out Hanging Lake, a popular hiking trail outside the town of Glenwood Springs. Alternatively, the western route (blue, shown with some detour) pass the doorsteps of Dinosaur National Monument, a protected piece of land with interesting history of dinosaur fossil discovery, plus some scenic canyons. I figured Dinosaur National Monument was located very out of the way, and this would be my only chance in a long time to visit it; on the other hand, I would probably hit I70 in the future to explore more of Colorado&#8217;s mountains. As a result, I decided to check out Dinosaur National Monument today.<\/p>\n<p>After giving my car a proper wash (to clean off the bugs), I left the town of Saratoga at 8:45am. All of the day&#8217;s driving would be on country roads (no interstates), with lack of traffic it shouldn&#8217;t be too stressful.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_090928C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_090928C9.jpg\" width=\"98%\" alt=\"Mountain Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountain Road<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Some nice foliage heading up Battle Pass.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_094745C8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_094745C8.jpg\" width=\"98%\" alt=\"Road with Foliage\" \/><\/a><\/br>Road with Foliage<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Foliage continued for some distance past Battle Pass.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_095117C8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_095117C8.jpg\" alt=\"Battle Mountain along Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Battle Mountain along Road<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">This part of Wyoming seemed to witness a lot of &#8220;battles&#8221;. Anyway, I don&#8217;t think this one is related to &#8220;Battle Pass&#8221; earlier.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_095810.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_095810.jpg\" alt=\"Country Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Country Road<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_123200C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_123200C9.jpg\" width=\"98%\" alt=\"Country Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Country Road<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The red mesas of Dinosaur National Monument popped into view.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/20230925_090928C9.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/20230925_094745C8.jpg\" alt=\"Road with Foliage\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/20230925_095117C8.jpg\" alt=\"Battle Mountain along Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/20230925_095810.jpg\" alt=\"Country Road\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/20230925_123200C9.jpg\" alt=\"Country Road\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_090928C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_090928C9.jpg\" alt=\"Mountain Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountain Road<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Some nice foliage heading up Battle Pass.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_094745C8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_094745C8.jpg\" alt=\"Road with Foliage\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Road with Foliage<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Foliage continued for some distance past Battle Pass.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_095117C8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_095117C8.jpg\" alt=\"Battle Mountain along Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Battle Mountain along Road<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">This part of Wyoming seemed to witness a lot of &#8220;battles&#8221;. Anyway, I don&#8217;t think this one is related to &#8220;Battle Pass&#8221; earlier.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_095810.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_095810.jpg\" alt=\"Country Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Country Road<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_123200C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_123200C9.jpg\" alt=\"Country Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Country Road<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The red mesas of Dinosaur National Monument popped into view.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Leaving Encampment, WY, I headed west and climbed over the Continental Divide, which was located at a place called &#8220;Battle&#8221; on the map. The place was named for an 1841 conflict between Henry Fraeb and native Americans. &#8220;Battle&#8221; was a town formed for copper mining operations, just like the nearby &#8220;Encampment&#8221;, and saw its peak days at the turn of the twentieth century. But probably due to its high elevation (and thus inaccessibility), it only had a peak population of 250. Now, a log house at the Continental Divide overlook was probably the only sign that the town ever existed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8558.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8558.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8559.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8559.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8560.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8560.jpg\" alt=\"Valley to the West\" \/><\/a><\/br>Valley to the West<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8557.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8557.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Old Mining Log\" \/><\/a><\/br>Old Mining Log<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Speaking to the area&#8217;s copper mining history.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8556C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8556C11.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Distant Snowy Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Snowy Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Which I hiked the previous day.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-3\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8558.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8559.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8560.jpg\" alt=\"Valley to the West\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8557.jpg\" alt=\"Old Mining Log\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8556C11.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Snowy Mountains\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-3, #splide-thumb-3 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Battle Pass, WY.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8558.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8558.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8559.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8559.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8560.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8560.jpg\" alt=\"Valley to the West\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Valley to the West<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8557.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8557.jpg\" alt=\"Old Mining Log\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Old Mining Log<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Speaking to the area&#8217;s copper mining history.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8556C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8556C11.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Snowy Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Snowy Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Which I hiked the previous day.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Leaving Continental Divide, I continued onwards. After entering Colorado and heading south along CO-13, I literally had bugs raining onto my windshield. Since I had my car washed in Wyoming, I thought the only possible explanation was that the Wyoming bugs supported their local business, while the Colorado bugs didn&#8217;t care. <del>It certainly had nothing to do with the fact that the fields along CO-13 were relatively flat and supported more agriculture.<\/del><\/p>\n<p>After grabbing lunch in Craig, CO, which was the largest town along this drive (in that it had a McDonald&#8217;s). I continued west. After 1.5 hours of not-very-exciting sceneries along US40, I approached the Utah border, and was welcomed by the sights of majestic mesas from Dinosaur National Monument. They sure cheered me up after more than 4 hours of driving.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_124942.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_124942.jpg\" alt=\"Mesa\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mesa<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_154145.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_154145.jpg\" alt=\"Mesa\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mesa<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_153847.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_153847.jpg\" alt=\"Mesa\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mesa<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_153503.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_153503.jpg\" alt=\"Hills in Dinosaur National Monument\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hills in Dinosaur National Monument<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_153441.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_153441.jpg\" alt=\"Hills in Dinosaur National Monument\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hills in Dinosaur National Monument<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-2\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/20230925_124942.jpg\" alt=\"Mesa\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/20230925_154145.jpg\" alt=\"Mesa\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/20230925_153847.jpg\" alt=\"Mesa\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/20230925_153503.jpg\" alt=\"Hills in Dinosaur National Monument\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/20230925_153441.jpg\" alt=\"Hills in Dinosaur National Monument\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-2, #splide-thumb-2 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_124942.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_124942.jpg\" alt=\"Mesa\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mesa<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_154145.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_154145.jpg\" alt=\"Mesa\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mesa<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_153847.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_153847.jpg\" alt=\"Mesa\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mesa<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_153503.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_153503.jpg\" alt=\"Hills in Dinosaur National Monument\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hills in Dinosaur National Monument<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_153441.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_153441.jpg\" alt=\"Hills in Dinosaur National Monument\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hills in Dinosaur National Monument<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Dinosaur_National_Monument\">Dinosaur National Monument<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A quick introduction of the monument. Early 20th century, Paleontologist Earl Douglass working for the Carnegie Museum discovered dinosaur fossils here (on the Utah side). Further discovery revealed a high concentration of fossils on a giant wall, referred to as &#8220;Dinosaur Quarry&#8221;. Later the monument was expanded into Colorado, including the confluence of Yampa and Green River where enchanting layers of canyons formed a spectacular sight. Since the &#8220;Dinosaur Quarry&#8221; only had limited opening hours, I checked out the Utah side first.<\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Utah_Side\">Utah Side<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>After entering the monument, a small parking lot overlooked Green River where it made a turn. In the background, some hills (p1 below) with steep cliffs and outstanding rock towers were shaped like a medieval castle, that formed the defining backdrop of the Utah part of the national monument. In my opinion they were &#8220;Split Mountain&#8221;, as Green River split the mountain in half. However, on the maps I found &#8220;Split Mountain West&#8221; and &#8220;Split Mountain East&#8221;, separated by a canyon, that were further to the north. So, I had no club about their names in the end.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8632.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8632.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Hills with Migratory Birds\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Hills with Migratory Birds<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8628.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8628.jpg\" alt=\"Green River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Green River<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8626.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8626.jpg\" alt=\"Turn of Green River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Turn of Green River<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8630.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8630.jpg\" alt=\"Green River Downstream\" \/><\/a><\/br>Green River Downstream<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-4\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8632.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Hills with Migratory Birds\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8628.jpg\" alt=\"Green River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8626.jpg\" alt=\"Turn of Green River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8630.jpg\" alt=\"Green River Downstream\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-4, #splide-thumb-4 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8632.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8632.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Hills with Migratory Birds\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Hills with Migratory Birds<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8628.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8628.jpg\" alt=\"Green River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Green River<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8626.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8626.jpg\" alt=\"Turn of Green River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Turn of Green River<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8630.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8630.jpg\" alt=\"Green River Downstream\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Green River Downstream<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>As for the dinosaur fossils, it&#8217;s a hot day so I didn&#8217;t bother taking the fossil discovery trail; instead, I drove directly to the quarry. <span style=\"font-size: small;\">(During certain months visitors had to take the NPS shuttle.)<\/span><br \/>\nFrom its parking lot, one could easily appreciate how the fossil hunters stroke gold here (p1 below). Normally, geological layers were stacked vertically on top of each other. Seismic activities tilted the layers, to about 60 degrees here at Dinosaurs National Monument, allowing paleontologists easy access to different geologic times. To the right of the photo (p1) were younger geological layers, to the left older ones. And once paleontologists found some fossils, it&#8217;s relatively easy excavation for them to find the rest among similar geological layers. In particular, the paleontologists looked for Morrison Formation which was known to contain dinosaur fossils.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8564.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8564.jpg\" alt=\"Tilted Geological Layers\" \/><\/a><\/br>Tilted Geological Layers<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8563.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8563.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Hills\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Hills<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8566.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8566.jpg\" alt=\"Green River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Green River<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8562.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8562.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hills<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8565.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8565.jpg\" alt=\"Hills in Vivid Colors\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hills in Vivid Colors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-5\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8564.jpg\" alt=\"Tilted Geological Layers\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8563.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Hills\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8566.jpg\" alt=\"Green River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8562.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8565.jpg\" alt=\"Hills in Vivid Colors\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-5, #splide-thumb-5 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8564.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8564.jpg\" alt=\"Tilted Geological Layers\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Tilted Geological Layers<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8563.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8563.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Hills\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Hills<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8566.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8566.jpg\" alt=\"Green River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Green River<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8562.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8562.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hills<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8565.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8565.jpg\" alt=\"Hills in Vivid Colors\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hills in Vivid Colors<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>I happened to catch the 2pm ranger program going through the fossils on the wall. Some key takeaways are:<br \/>\n1. The place was likely to be the bend of a river, resulting in a high density of fossil deposits.<br \/>\n2. The original fossil quarry was much larger (picture below). Excavations removed most of the fossils (and earth) and had them displayed in museums around the world. The exhibit hall today was only a fraction of its size (but still basketball-court sized).<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_143605C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_143605C9.jpg\" alt=\"Scale of Dinosaur Quarry\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Scale of Dinosaur Quarry<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As for the fossils, they were heavily stacked so it&#8217;s proper archeology work. The ranger mentioned the most common dinosaurs here were camarasaurus and allosaurus, the former was long and tall and vegetarian, the latter was predatory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_144143.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_144143.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Wall of Dinosaur Fossil\" \/><\/a><\/br>Wall of Dinosaur Fossil<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8567.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8567.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/a><\/br>Dinosaur Fossils<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8569.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8569.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Spine Fossil\" \/><\/a><\/br>Dinosaur Spine Fossil<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8571C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8571C11.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Skull Fossil\" \/><\/a><\/br>Dinosaur Skull Fossil<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8572.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8572.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Limb Fossil\" \/><\/a><\/br>Dinosaur Limb Fossil<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8573.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8573.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/a><\/br>Dinosaur Fossils<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8576.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8576.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/a><\/br>Dinosaur Fossils<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8578.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8578.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/a><\/br>Dinosaur Fossils<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8580.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8580.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/a><\/br>Dinosaur Fossils<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8582.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8582.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/a><\/br>Dinosaur Fossils<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8583.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8583.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/a><\/br>Dinosaur Fossils<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8584.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8584.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/a><\/br>Dinosaur Fossils<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8585.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8585.jpg\" alt=\"Skull of Allosaurus\" \/><\/a><\/br>Skull of Allosaurus<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8586.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8586.jpg\" alt=\"Skelton of Allosaurus\" \/><\/a><\/br>Skelton of Allosaurus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-6\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/20230925_144143.jpg\" alt=\"Wall of Dinosaur Fossil\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8567.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8569.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Spine Fossil\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8571C11.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Skull Fossil\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8572.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Limb Fossil\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8573.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8576.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8578.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8580.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8582.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8583.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8584.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8585.jpg\" alt=\"Skull of Allosaurus\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8586.jpg\" alt=\"Skelton of Allosaurus\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-6, #splide-thumb-6 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the dinosaur fossils.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_144143.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_144143.jpg\" alt=\"Wall of Dinosaur Fossil\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Wall of Dinosaur Fossil<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8567.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8567.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Dinosaur Fossils<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8569.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8569.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Spine Fossil\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Dinosaur Spine Fossil<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8571C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8571C11.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Skull Fossil\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Dinosaur Skull Fossil<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8572.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8572.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Limb Fossil\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Dinosaur Limb Fossil<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8573.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8573.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Dinosaur Fossils<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8576.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8576.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Dinosaur Fossils<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8578.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8578.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Dinosaur Fossils<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8580.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8580.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Dinosaur Fossils<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8582.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8582.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Dinosaur Fossils<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8583.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8583.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Dinosaur Fossils<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8584.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8584.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Fossils\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Dinosaur Fossils<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8585.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8585.jpg\" alt=\"Skull of Allosaurus\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Skull of Allosaurus<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8586.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8586.jpg\" alt=\"Skelton of Allosaurus\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Skelton of Allosaurus<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>After spending almost an hour admiring the abundance of fossils in awe, I checked out the remainder of the monument on the Utah side. Mostly, it&#8217;s &#8220;Split Mountain Overlook&#8221; where Green River cut its way through some imposing cliffs on its way south, where one could marvel at the shapes and colors of the rock formations.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8595_DSC_8605-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8595_DSC_8605-11.jpg\" alt=\"Green River and Split Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Green River and Split Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8588.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8588.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Valley of Moenkopi Rock Formation\" \/><\/a><\/br>Valley of Moenkopi Rock Formation<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The charming red colors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8589.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8589.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Foot of Split Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Foot of Split Mountain<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Lovely ribbons of colors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8590.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8590.jpg\" alt=\"Split Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Split Mountain<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Like a buttress for medical churches.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8591.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8591.jpg\" alt=\"Split Mountain\" \/><\/a><\/br>Split Mountain<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8592.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8592.jpg\" alt=\"Green River Downstream\" \/><\/a><\/br>Green River Downstream<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8607.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8607.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hills<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8608.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8608.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains in Background\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains in Background<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8606.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8606.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains in Background\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains in Background<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8611.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8611.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Boulders among Field\" \/><\/a><\/br>Boulders among Field<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken later from &#8220;Sound of Silence Trailhead&#8221;.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-7\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8588.jpg\" alt=\"Valley of Moenkopi Rock Formation\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8589.jpg\" alt=\"Foot of Split Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8590.jpg\" alt=\"Split Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8591.jpg\" alt=\"Split Mountain\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8592.jpg\" alt=\"Green River Downstream\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8607.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8608.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains in Background\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8606.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains in Background\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8611.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders among Field\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-7, #splide-thumb-7 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8588.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8588.jpg\" alt=\"Valley of Moenkopi Rock Formation\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Valley of Moenkopi Rock Formation<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The charming red colors.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8589.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8589.jpg\" alt=\"Foot of Split Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Foot of Split Mountain<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Lovely ribbons of colors.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8590.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8590.jpg\" alt=\"Split Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Split Mountain<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Like a buttress for medical churches.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8591.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8591.jpg\" alt=\"Split Mountain\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Split Mountain<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8592.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8592.jpg\" alt=\"Green River Downstream\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Green River Downstream<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8607.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8607.jpg\" alt=\"Hills\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hills<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8608.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8608.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains in Background\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains in Background<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8606.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8606.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains in Background\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains in Background<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8611.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8611.jpg\" alt=\"Boulders among Field\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Boulders among Field<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken later from &#8220;Sound of Silence Trailhead&#8221;.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8612_DSC_8623-12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8612_DSC_8623-12.jpg\" alt=\"Hills from Sound of Silence Trailhead\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hills from Sound of Silence Trailhead<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8625.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8625.jpg\" alt=\"Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs\" \/><\/a><\/br>Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I felt these petroglyphs looked much like depiction of aliens?<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8624.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8624.jpg\" width=\"50%\" alt=\"Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs\" \/><\/a><\/br>Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_151158.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_151158.jpg\" width=\"96.8%\" alt=\"Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs\" \/><\/a><\/br>Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-8\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8625.jpg\" alt=\"Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8624.jpg\" alt=\"Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/20230925_151158.jpg\" alt=\"Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-8, #splide-thumb-8 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8625.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8625.jpg\" alt=\"Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I felt these petroglyphs looked much like depiction of aliens?<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8624.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8624.jpg\" alt=\"Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_151158.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_151158.jpg\" alt=\"Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Swelter Shelter Petroglyphs<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Colorado_Side\">Colorado Side<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The highlight of Dinosaur National Monument should be Harper&#8217;s Corner, overlooking the sinuous Green River on three sides. To the east, a labyrinth of canyons along Yampa River extended as far as the eye can see, a spectacular sight hardly rivaled.<br \/>\nAs a downside, Harper&#8217;s Corner Trailhead was located 31 miles from US40, so it&#8217;s quite a long drive to get to. During my visit there was roadwork going on near the entrance, adding a few minutes of further delay.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_160942C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_160942C9.jpg\" alt=\"Plug Hat Butte\" \/><\/a><\/br>Plug Hat Butte<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken along the road.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8634.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8634.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/a><\/br>Fields<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken from Island Park Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8636.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8636.jpg\" alt=\"Hillside in Vivid Colors\" \/><\/a><\/br>Hillside in Vivid Colors<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken from Island Park Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-9\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/20230925_160942C9.jpg\" alt=\"Plug Hat Butte\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8634.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8636.jpg\" alt=\"Hillside in Vivid Colors\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-9, #splide-thumb-9 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_160942C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_160942C9.jpg\" alt=\"Plug Hat Butte\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Plug Hat Butte<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken along the road.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8634.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8634.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Fields<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken from Island Park Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8636.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8636.jpg\" alt=\"Hillside in Vivid Colors\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Hillside in Vivid Colors<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken from Island Park Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Along the way, there were a few overlooks. In my opinion, apart from &#8220;Iron Springs Bench Overlook&#8221; and &#8220;Echo Park Overlook&#8221;, the views were hardly exciting. From these two overlooks, the views were similar to what one would get along the trail to Harper&#8217;s Corner, so I would consider that as a preview of what&#8217;s to come next. <span style=\"font-size: small;\">In particular, for Echo Park Overlook, I thought views from the parking lot were good enough. The short trail didn&#8217;t make them better.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8641.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8641.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Landscape\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon Landscape<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken from Iron Springs Bench Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8637.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8637.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyons along Yampa River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken from Iron Springs Bench Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8640.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8640.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyons along Yampa River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken from Iron Springs Bench Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8651.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8651.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyons along Yampa River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken from Echo Park Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8649.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8649.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Distant Canyons along Yampa River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken from Echo Park Overlook.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8646.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8646.jpg\" width=\"96.7%\" alt=\"Echo Park\" \/><\/a><\/br>Echo Park<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Next to where Green River made a U-turn across Steamboat Rock. The spot could be accessed by a dirt road.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-10\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8641.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Landscape\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8637.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8640.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8651.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8649.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8646.jpg\" alt=\"Echo Park\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-10, #splide-thumb-10 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8641.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8641.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Landscape\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon Landscape<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken from Iron Springs Bench Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8637.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8637.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyons along Yampa River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken from Iron Springs Bench Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8640.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8640.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyons along Yampa River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken from Iron Springs Bench Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8651.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8651.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyons along Yampa River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken from Echo Park Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8649.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8649.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Canyons along Yampa River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Taken from Echo Park Overlook.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8646.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8646.jpg\" alt=\"Echo Park\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Echo Park<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">Next to where Green River made a U-turn across Steamboat Rock. The spot could be accessed by a dirt road.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In the end, I started hiking towards Harper&#8217;s Corner at 5:15pm. The trail was a 3.7km out-and-back with 100m of elevation gain. The trail was well-maintained, but apart from its end, didn&#8217;t offer many views.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_182103.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_182103.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><\/br>Trail<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8652.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8652.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Landscape\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon Landscape<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8690.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8690.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The final stretch of Echo Park Road.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8691.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8691.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Turn of Green River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Turn of Green River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An iconic U-turn around Steamboat Rock.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-11\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/20230925_182103.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8652.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Landscape\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8690.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8691.jpg\" alt=\"Turn of Green River\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-11, #splide-thumb-11 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_182103.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_182103.jpg\" alt=\"Trail\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Trail<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8652.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8652.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Landscape\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon Landscape<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8690.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8690.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The final stretch of Echo Park Road.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8691.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8691.jpg\" alt=\"Turn of Green River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Turn of Green River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">An iconic U-turn around Steamboat Rock.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In just over 20 minutes I reached Harper&#8217;s Corner. The entire trail had been following a ridge which the Green River curved around, and Harper&#8217;s Corner was the end of that ridge (p1 below) directly overlooking Green River. For those afraid of heights, handrails were installed at the end of the trail. In my opinion, the exposure after the handrails was minimal, and since the handrails weren&#8217;t that hard to duck through, I went beyond them to check out the views.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8689.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8689.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Harper's Corner\" \/><\/a><\/br>Harper&#8217;s Corner<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A narrow ridge extending into a bend of Green River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_174341.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_174341.jpg\" width=\"84%\" alt=\"Harper's Corner\" \/><\/a><\/br>Harper&#8217;s Corner<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Requiring a leap of faith to continue, which I didn\u2019t.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_174317C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_174317C9.jpg\" width=\"67%\" alt=\"Geological Survey Marker\" \/><\/a><\/br>Geological Survey Marker<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8663.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8663.jpg\" alt=\"Green River Downstream\" \/><\/a><\/br>Green River Downstream<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8682.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8682.jpg\" alt=\"Green River Downstream\" \/><\/a><\/br>Green River Downstream<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8685.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8685.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Green River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Green River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Some beaches along the way.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-12\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8689.jpg\" alt=\"Harper's Corner\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/20230925_174341.jpg\" alt=\"Harper's Corner\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/20230925_174317C9.jpg\" alt=\"Geological Survey Marker\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8663.jpg\" alt=\"Green River Downstream\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8682.jpg\" alt=\"Green River Downstream\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8685.jpg\" alt=\"Green River\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-12, #splide-thumb-12 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Harper&#8217;s Corner.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8689.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8689.jpg\" alt=\"Harper's Corner\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Harper&#8217;s Corner<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">A narrow ridge extending into a bend of Green River.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_174341.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_174341.jpg\" alt=\"Harper's Corner\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Harper&#8217;s Corner<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Requiring a leap of faith to continue, which I didn\u2019t.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/20230925_174317C9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/20230925_174317C9.jpg\" alt=\"Geological Survey Marker\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Geological Survey Marker<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8663.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8663.jpg\" alt=\"Green River Downstream\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Green River Downstream<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8682.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8682.jpg\" alt=\"Green River Downstream\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Green River Downstream<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8685.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8685.jpg\" alt=\"Green River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Green River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Some beaches along the way.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a typical canyon scene downstream towards the west (slideshow above). But beyond what&#8217;s visible, the sound of torrents resonated in the canyon walls, and reached me as a shocking reminder of the forces carried by the waters. Upstream towards the east, the views were exciting. Behind Steamboat Rock was the confluence of Green River and Yampa River. On the green river part, a long and winding canyon wall wore different colors across its geological layers (p4 below), it&#8217;s like the small hill on the opposite side of Green River was the stage set for a performance. On the Yampa River part (p5 below), it&#8217;s a labyrinth of canyons with no end in sight. While I awed its intricacy, it meanwhile invoked my imagination, as what heroism it would take to travel those waters, and to possibly conquer the minotaur that they harbored.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-13\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8666.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8666.jpg\" width=\"89%\" alt=\"Steamboat Rock\" \/><\/a><\/br>Steamboat Rock<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The elongated wall\/ridge in the foreground, behind which Yampa River joined Green River, made a U-turn at the right of this photo, and then continued flowing to the lower-left.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8664_RawExp.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8664_RawExp.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8683_RawExp.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8683_RawExp.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8661.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8661.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Wall along Green River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon Wall along Green River<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8660.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8660.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyons along Yampa River<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-13\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8666.jpg\" alt=\"Steamboat Rock\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8664_RawExp.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8683_RawExp.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8661.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Wall along Green River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8660.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-13, #splide-thumb-13 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos from Harper&#8217;s Corner.<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8666.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8666.jpg\" alt=\"Steamboat Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Steamboat Rock<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The elongated wall\/ridge in the foreground, behind which Yampa River joined Green River, made a U-turn at the right of this photo, and then continued flowing to the lower-left.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8664_RawExp.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8664_RawExp.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8683_RawExp.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8683_RawExp.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8661.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8661.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon Wall along Green River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon Wall along Green River<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8660.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8660.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyons along Yampa River<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8671_DSC_8681-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8671_DSC_8681-11.jpg\" alt=\"View from Harper's Corner\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View from Harper&#8217;s Corner<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Unfortunately, I visited Harper&#8217;s Corner relatively late in the day, so parts of the canyon closest to me were covered in shades. Despite my best post-processing they still compromised the photo quality.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video that I took at Harper&#8217;s Corner, overlooking Green River.<br \/>\n<video controls width=\"100%\" poster=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/Harpers_Point_Thumb.jpg\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/Harpers_Point_2160p30_H265_8Mbps.mp4\"><source src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/Harpers_Point_2160p30_H264_9Mbps.mp4\"><\/video><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">14 seconds, 2160p30fps, 8Mbps\/15MB for H265, 9Mbps\/16MB for H264.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I spent about 20 minutes at Harper&#8217;s Corner, before heading back.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, I made a final stop in Dinosaur National Monument, Canyon Overlook. Unfortunately, I was hoping to catch the sunset (spoiler, I didn&#8217;t), so from the campground, I headed west. The actual overlook, to the northeast of the campground, featured views of Sand Canyon, created by Yampa Fault.<br \/>\nNonetheless, I caught some great views of the twilight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-14\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8693.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8693.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Valley to the West\" \/><\/a><\/br>Valley to the West<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Echo Park Road descended from the plateau down to Green River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8695.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8695.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Vivas Cake Hill\" \/><\/a><\/br>Vivas Cake Hill<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Its red slopes sure looked like a cake.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8697C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8697C11.jpg\" width=\"92.5%\" alt=\"Green River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Green River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Where it made the famous U-turn around Steamboat Rock.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8700.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8700.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyons along Yampa River<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8703.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8703.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyons along Yampa River<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8698.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8698.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyons along Yampa River<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8704.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8704.jpg\" alt=\"Yampa Plateau\" \/><\/a><\/br>Yampa Plateau<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8705.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8705.jpg\" alt=\"Roundtop Mountain against Twilight Glow\" \/><\/a><\/br>Roundtop Mountain against Twilight Glow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-14\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8693.jpg\" alt=\"Valley to the West\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8695.jpg\" alt=\"Vivas Cake Hill\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8697C11.jpg\" alt=\"Green River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8700.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8703.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8698.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8704.jpg\" alt=\"Yampa Plateau\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_8705.jpg\" alt=\"Roundtop Mountain against Twilight Glow\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-14, #splide-thumb-14 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8693.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8693.jpg\" alt=\"Valley to the West\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Valley to the West<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Echo Park Road descended from the plateau down to Green River.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8695.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8695.jpg\" alt=\"Vivas Cake Hill\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Vivas Cake Hill<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Its red slopes sure looked like a cake.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8697C11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8697C11.jpg\" alt=\"Green River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Green River<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Where it made the famous U-turn around Steamboat Rock.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8700.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8700.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyons along Yampa River<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8703.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8703.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyons along Yampa River<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8698.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8698.jpg\" alt=\"Canyons along Yampa River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyons along Yampa River<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8704.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8704.jpg\" alt=\"Yampa Plateau\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Yampa Plateau<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/DSC_8705.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2023\/09\/25\/thumbnails\/DSC_8705.jpg\" alt=\"Roundtop Mountain against Twilight Glow\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Roundtop Mountain against Twilight Glow<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In the end, it&#8217;s 7:15pm by the time I started driving towards Grand Junction, CO. Along CO-139, I passed Douglas Pass which should offer good views during the day. But since I made the drive at night, it&#8217;s like 2 days ago in Wyoming where I had to constantly look out for animals along the road.<br \/>\nIn the end, it took me over about 2.4 hours to reach my overnight Airbnb in Fruita, at the doorstep of Colorado National Monument which I would tour the next day.<br \/>\nEND<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The seventh day of my autumn 2023 trip to the mountain states. I drove from Saratoga, WY to Grand Junction, CO for the day, checking out Dinosaur National Monument along the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[621,2],"tags":[628],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8253"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8253"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8760,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8253\/revisions\/8760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}