Imagine going back in time to a place 50+ million years ago where there was
a large lake teeming with life. Now the lake is gone and its sediments
are layers of rock. It took us two and a half days to drive to Fossil Butte
National Monument in southwest Wyoming near Kemmerer. The next morning we
went to Ulrich's pay quarry to split rock and discovered a dozen fossil fish
which we brought home. Exciting fun!
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Fossil hunters
Fossil fish
Kemmerer was the home of J.C. Penny. Penny's first store is
still there. From here we headed north to Grand Teton National Park and the
most beautiful scenery of the trip.
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