Spring Break 2002

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona


Petrified stump, turned into agate

Meteor Crater, Arizona



John and I at Meteor Crater on a windy day

Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona



What it looked like when we arrived......

And what we saw when we woke up!

John and I on the South Rim


The storm rising out of the Grand Canyon as seen from the Painted Desert

A Painted Desert Outcrop
College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum
Price, Utah
Utahraptor, Chasmosaurus & Gastonia (left) Camptosaurus(right)

Allosaurus

Smilodon with John
North American Museum of Ancient Life

Brachiosaurus and I

Tyrannosaurus rex's never seem to like each other

John in shear amazement in the size of the trilobites (left) and about to be pounced on by a very hungry Utahraptor (right)!

Supersaurus!

Delicate Arch
Arches National Park, Moab, Utah

Delicate Arch with the La Sal Mountains in background


John taking a picture of Delicate Arch (above), John and I at the Arch (below)



The Paradox Formation (300 Million Years old) contains the salmon-colored Entrada Sandstone, in which most of the arches form, and the tan-colored Navajo Sandstone.

Newspaper Rock, Canyonlands National Monument, Utah


4 Corners

John in New Mexico

Sitting in 4 states: New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado!