9/20/21 - On the move heading east today traveling about 360 mils to Rawlins Wy. Along the way we did stop at a pretty cool NP and National Monument. 

First up was the Golden Spike NP where on May 9, 1869 the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific eastward and westward railroad tracks met. The NP actually has two working replica steam engines that are operated daily. Pretty cool to watch.

 Next up was Fossil Butte National Monument. This particular Monument is especially well represented and worth a visit; just off Rte 84 in Wy. This area was an lake bed 400 million years ago and fossils are in sheets of mud essentially sawed out of the prehistoric lake bed.

Crocodilian about 6 feet long

On the way to Fossil Butte we crested a mountain range to a spectacular view of the Bear Lake Valley, Utah. aqua colored lake water. Water color varies throughout the year based on the level of calcium in the mountain runoff as well as the skies are clear, cloudy or windy weather.