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Rocks and Dinos March 27, 2011

There are many benefits of family coming to visit. At the top of my list is finally getting to spend time with them, but in a close second is having a good reason to visit many area attractions!

Going to the zoo is always good in my book! You even get to feed some cute lorikeets!

Next I took them to the Red Rocks Amphitheater. I had never been there, and was completely blown away by the amazing depth and range of colors in the rocks. It is truly a natural wonder.

I really want to go to a concert here. The acoustics are supposed to be phenomenal, and being surrounded by the rocks would be such a unique setting.

Right across the street is another geological wonder: Dinosaur Ridge.  In one fascinating outcrop there is layer upon layer of ancient history being told. From inland seas to mangrove swamps and a dinosaur highway that stretches from New Mexico to Wyoming. Very cool stuff to be seen!

The remains of an inland sea. Can’t you just hear the water lapping at the ancient shores? With rocks like these, it doesn’t take much to imagine!

Why yes, that is an ornithomimus footprint behind us.  Good old dinosaur highway… overlooking a modern highway. We have come full circle!