Fossil Butte National Monument

Saturday, July 18, 2020 - Fort Bridger, WY

After breakfast, we packed up a picnic lunch and headed for Fossil Butte National Monument.  It was about an hour drive.  It was a nice ride.

Once we arrived I needed a picture of the sign.  There was a place to prop up the phone, so I was able to get in the picture also.  Van looks short as he is standing in a hole.  :)

We still had a couple of miles to go before getting to the visitor center.  The park is beautiful.

After checking out all of the fossils at the visitor center we headed to the nature center to eat our picnic lunch.

The view was awesome!

After lunch we drove up the scenic drive and made a stop at the top of the mountain.

The view was beautiful!

But the wind was very strong!

With the bush in the back ground it really looks like Ami's hair is spiked.  :)

Even I got into the action, but you can't tell how strong the wind is from this picture.  :)

Mike and the kids were just down the hill a little ways when Mike took the picture of me.

After taking the scenic drive, we headed back to the Nature Trail, which I thought they said was 1 mile.  But Mike and I think it might have been more.  :)  Before going on the trail Ami looked at the sign with all of the different flowers we would see along the way, so we took pictures of all the ones we saw.  I would line the camera up and Ami would click the picture.

The boys kept falling behind because "they were tired".  Yet Ami was able to keep up with us.

Mike took a picture of Ami and I waiting in the shade for Alex and Avander to catch up.

Once we were at the mid-point, we sat down on the benches waiting for the boys.  When me, Mike and Ami headed out and got around the corner Mike yelled "Look there's a mountain lion over there".  It took the boys about 45 seconds to catch up.  :)  When I asked if they saw the mountain lion they both said "Yes!".  LOL!  From there they stayed up with us or ahead of us.

It was a great hike.  We had a good time.

After dinner we played some more Frisbee golf.  :)

It was another wonderful day!