1141 September 22, 2024 Rainbow Park

I took a nice walk through the town of Vernal or Dinosaurland.  The theme here is or course…dinosaurs!

We packed the Jeep for an overnight adventure and headed to Buckskin Hills. We found Island Park Road which was initially paved.  The sky was true blue with small smudges of puffy white clouds.  It was a perfect day!

The road became gravel and the scenery improved. 

Saltlover.

We saw some petroglyphs left behind by the Fremont People.

The view of the Green River from the Island Park Overlook.

We took the road to its end.  We were hoping for a pretty little isolated campsite right along the river but the road ended abruptly and we were forced to turn around.

We took Ruple Tree Road up to the top of the hill but there was no good place to stay.

We went back down the hill to Rainbow Park Campground.  There were just 3 sites and it was $3.00 to stay with our senior pass! I was happy because I thought this was such a sweet campsite!  We spent the afternoon walking and exploring and reading and just being.  It was nice to listen to the sounds of the river current.  Later in the day we could hear peepers.  We watched magpies and yellow canaries darting in and out of the vegetation along the water’s edge.  It was peaceful and soothing.  Tim took a walk and saw a deer drinking from the river.  He came back to get me but by the time we got there, the deer had moved on. 

We enjoyed our dinner and our fire.  We were by ourselves until later in the evening when a single guy came and put up his tent. 

Boxelder bug – nymph.

Golden hour.

Another wonderful outing!