Geology Roadtrip: Part 1

i am currently about halfway through my 2 week geology roadtrip. it has been a week full of fun, hiking, amazing sights, lots of learning, fun pictures, and a ton of traveling. this first post will have to be pretty short because i dont have that much time to use this computer, but i figured a short update now will mean less to write later. plus, i can always edit this to add more pics and details.

for my school's geology class, we actually get to go out and see what we're learning about instead of just being stuck in a classroom. we are traveling all over the southwest to look at evidences of Noah's flood and other massive floods and stuff like that. we're also looking at earthquake and volcano things, but those are more secondary.
so far, we've gone to Colorado National Monument, a dinosaur museum, fischer tower overlook, rabbit valley (where we got to see some petrified dinosaur bones), Arches National Park (where we saw a bunch of awesome arches and got to hike in fiery furnace), Canyonlands National Park (where we stopped at upheaval dome, green river overlook, and grand viewpoint), Natural Bridges National Park (where we saw ruins and petroglyphs, one of which looked like a dinosaur), and two indian museums.

Colorado National Monument

me standing next to a t-rex leg

i loved the dinosaur museum. super. fun.

there's a really old native american staircase in there.

double arch. it was my favorite.

i think this is green river overlook. either that or grand viewpoint.

Tatiana throwing caution to the wind and entering the terrifying unknown of an ancient anasazi indian ruin. it was mostly just a circular hole in the ground with lots of dead spiders on the thatched ceiling, but it was still pretty cool :)

me having an arizona tea party in arizona

Danilo at Natural Bridges National Park, pointing to a petroglyph of a long-neck dinosaur. It's way easier to see in person. it doesnt photograph that well.

it's been an amazing trip so far. i can't believe i get the privilege of going to see all of these places and learn all of these things. hopefully next week will be good too. we're supposed to go to the grand canyon, bryce national park and zion national park, but we've been hearing a lot about snow. so hopefully we'll be able to go, but even if we cant it's still been a fantastic trip.