Flaming Gorge Reservior, Utah-Dinosaur National Monument, Dinosaur, CO-Colorado National Monument, Fruita, CO-Grand Junction, CO 286 miles

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To get up early in the morning already feel unbearably hot,, 8:55 departure, continue along 191 south highway going south. After one hour driving, we reached Dinosaur National Monument. This placed was discovered in year 1909, which is the largest dinosaur site in North America. Dinosaurs once roamed here. Their fantastic remains are still visible embedded in the rocks. Today, the mountains, desert and untamed rivers flowing in deep canyons, support an array of life. Petroglyphs hint at earlier cultures. Later, homesteaders and outlaws found refuge here

we left the Dinosaur National Monument at noon, going south along Highway No. 64, approaches the town of Dinosaur. 14:30 Go to 70 Highway, in the small town of less than seven miles from the Colorado National Monument, we had lunch at McDonald's, after few days driving, lunch, the phone is only able to receive the signal here. The afternoon sun burning to let people feel dizzy, people have slowed down.

Under the scorching sun after a short break, we came to the Colorado National Monument (Colorado National protected areas), here is one of the most famous American landscape, known as the pocket of the Grand Canyon, and covers an area of ​​32 square miles, six or seven protected areas colored sandstone canyon where they stand, these canyons are the forces of nature by wind, water, and glacial formed slowly over millions of years.

Colorado National Monument has two entrances, we enter Fruita entrance, See a stretch of mountain canyons are gorgeous and the rock of the mountain is not smooth, but very layered layers. Rugged mountain road in the park, S-shaped curve road.

There is a famous place call Independence Monument, Geographic magazine will take the landscape here as the representative works of the Colorado Canyon. Old days, before the Independence Monument and the next rock could have been with a rock wall, due to the long-term erosion, loss of both sides of the rock, the rest of this independent rock.

After two hour hard working and study, Rachel joined Junior Park Ranger program and she has the badge.

Driving along the main road, and saw the rain clouds approaching from afar, bursts of lightning in the sky. We live in Grand Junction for a night, a nice town with many hotels and shopping places.

Dillon, MT – Periodic Spring, Bridger National Forest, Lincoln, Wyoming - Fossil Butte National Monument- National Forest Flaming Gorge Reservior, Utah

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Glacier National Park- Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Dillon, MT 434 miles.

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cross blackfeet indian reservation

    9:30 left campground, drove along the park's only main road --- Going-to-the-Sun Road,  down on the road, we saw an unknown Creek, the river is cyan, extremely clean. Washed down from the upper reaches of the river is very rapid, playing numerous white splashes on the stones in the river. This blue river, white spray viewing and wooden stairs, ride together, as in the painting.

Line to the Avalanche Creek (almost one-third of the entire Going-to-the-Sun Road,) closed to traffic, all vehicles where park ranger  explained that last night rock collapsed, so the road until late in the afternoon some time to restore access. This can be hard for us, but why the park has only one road.

Alternatively, we went for boating in Mcdonald lake, not far from the visitor center (Apgar Visitor Center) . Crystal clear blue of the lake, the two sides isolated and rugged mountains and canyons throughout, the magnificent icebergs, shade trees, blue / gray / green fusion together, dream like really seems to be not real. We also see the campground last night. 

Afternoon driving on Highway roads suffered a big traffic jam, simply we changed route to drive through the Indian Reservation,  this protected area called black feet india reservation. Into the protected area is a gravel road, only enough for two vehicles, two-way traffic, unpaved, drove up on the dusty. After entering the protected area, see open terrain, cattle and horses are on the backyard hillside. Indian men occasionally drove over, really.

18:40 to reach 15 Highway and 90 Highway junction point here  is the American continental dividing line .

We stayed at Dillon, MT to have laundry, food. 

Wilbur, WA – Fish creek Glacier National Park, MT 322 miles

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Glacier National Park was created in 1910, Montana's most fascinating attractions,beautiful landscapes. Park, spectacular glaciers 

Park entrance of Glacier National Park, a wide street, shops on both sides of the hotel. Reach the park to see that people can be called the most crowd park so far. 

Tonight we camped at fish creek camping Point, our spot is just by the Lake Mcdonald.  We went swimming in the lake after dinner, the water was chilly.