Day 7 Thursday August 23rd - Vernal, UT to Hot Sulphur Springs, CO.

This morning, we headed out to Dinosaur National Park which is about 15 miles from Vernal, UT. It was a very small, but cool exhibition. You park at the visitor center and take a shuttle about a mile up to an indoor exhibit. It is about the length of a football field and just full of dinosaur bones. I asked the park ranger how many bones were in the wall. He said that 1500 remain after over 5000 were excavated. They were not discovering anything new and decided to preserve the remaining bones for us tourist. We then headed to Steamboat Springs for a late lunch. The drive up to this point was beautiful, in the mid 70’s. While having lunch, we heard thunder. It looked OK outside, so we shopped a bit in downtown Steamboat Springs. We decided to head out and drive the last 65 miles to Hot Sulphur Springs. We went ahead and put on our wet gear…it was a good thing that we did. In about 5 miles as we went over Rabbit Ears pass (9426 feet/ 2873 m), it went from 80 degrees to 48 with rain, sleet and hail for about 20 miles. Probably one of the most miserable rides I have ever been on. However, it was worse for my friend Brook. She discovered what she thought was waterproof pants, were not. She was soaked and frozen when we arrived in Hot Sulpher Springs. But note where we are staying, there are 23 natural hot sulphur baths and Rod, Brook and I soaked until we were noodles. Drove 245 miles today for a total of 2132 miles.