On The Road With Dan

August 10-13th 2008

On Sunday the 10th we made it into Yellowstone National Park. We spent two nights there camping out of the car (hobo style). It was great....we did both of the loops in the park, hitting every attraction along the route. We got so many pictures and lots of video to come soon. We saw many different kinds of animals....coyote, buffalo, bear, elk, etc. Almost caught a trout at the camp, but it got away! Words can not express what we saw! EVERY person should experience it least once in their life.
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We left the park on Tues. the 12th. We made our way through the Grand Teton Mountains. WOW!
From there we continued to Salt Lake City in Utah. Spent the night there to recoup from the road trip. I didn't really care for it there that much...i guess you have to be a Mormon to get the most of it.

The next day....today Wed. the 13th we made our way to U-Dig Fossils to dig up some fossils. This was a long trip through the desert. I think we met one car over 125 miles. Complete nothingness. Once we got to our final turn, a dirt road, the sign said we still has 20 miles to go! Seemed like forever. We finally made it and signed up for a 2 hour dig. It was so hot in the desert you can't imagine. I have never sweat so much in my life., but we got some really nice trilobite fossils estimated to be around 5oo million years old.
The owner was really nice and knew alot. I want to go back someday and spend more time. If your ever in the Delta, Utah area it's worth the trip and $28 dollars.
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From there we made our way to a small western type town of Ely, Nevada. The main road was once again completely nothing for about 150 miles. You can easily reach speeds of up to 90-95 mph without any problems from the police since it's all straight and desolate.
Next up.....Area 51 and the Lil Ale e Inn in Rachel, Nv.