Dinosaur National Monument - Day 1

We reached Dinosaur National Monument around 4pm after riding all day from Cody, WY. Total miles for the day: 420.

Normally, we pack cooking equipment when camping. However, since we didn’t have room for cooking equipment this trip, we had to pick food up while on the road. We stopped for food at the Dinosaur Brew Haus in Vernal, UT for some BBQ. I definitely recommend stopping by if in the area.

From Vernal, we headed to the temporary visitor center outside of Jenson, UT (roughly 10 miles from Vernal) to pick up information and proceed to the Green River Campgrounds where we set up our tent for the night.

Once the tent was propped and we changed out of our riding gear, we opted to hike the Sound of Silence trail (3 mile hike). Absolutely loved it. The landscape changes constantly on the hike and not to long after beginning the hike, the sound goes silent for the rest of the hike. Nothing stirs, just your own footsteps and breathing. The following are pictures of the campgrounds (first two pictures) and the rest are all photos from the hike itself:

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It is recommended that this hike be done in the early morning or late afternoon. We were lucky enough to do it in the evening when the lighting and the weather was perfect. After finishing the hike we headed back to the campsite, rested, and then set out for the astronomy show where three telescopes were setup for viewing the night sky (started around 9:30pm). The night was clear and we were able to view many stars. Even saw a couple comets burn up in the atmosphere.

Pretty amazing day.

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