Our final stop for this long road trip sees us visiting Fossil Butte National Monument in southwestern Wyoming. We arrived early with very little in the way of expectations. Nick has checklist addiction and this was one of the few National Monuments he has not visited, which is what prompted us to drive all this way. I share this addiction, but not to the extent he suffers from it. Either way, from the quick reading I had done prior to the trip, it seemed like an interesting place to visit.
We arrived just as the visitor's center was opening for the day and took our time wandering around looking at several of the fossil specimen that have been recovered over the decades from the rich layers of the butte just a mile or two from here. We also took time to watch the educational video the park service provides to familiarize visitors with the location. It's interesting. We had originally planned to do a hike through the quarry, but with the rangers mentioning that the real treasures are here in the visitor's center and with Nick's knee hurting him a bit from the hiking we've already done on this trip, we decided to forgo the hike. After a final walk through the museum area, we head back to the car, point the car towards Reno, and begin our long drive.
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