Ed

[Today's Photos] Coffee. I miss coffee. Oh, I'm going to be missing coffee for the next week and a half.

We stayed in the St. George area today, getting an overview presentation in the morning, then to Snow Canyon for some light hiking and exploring, then to a Dinosaur Tracks museum. The photo at left is of some sandstone formations called Moki Marbles. They're deposits in the sandstone: as the water flows through the sandstone, it stops and accretes into little (inch or so) round formations. These are then exposed by erosion. We were walking all through these in Snow Canyon.

The Dinosaur Tracks museum was a bit raw, but geologically fascinating. A fellow named Shelton Johnson was having fun with a backhoe in his property, slicing up rocks, picking them up, and moving them. One accidentally flipped upside down, and he noticed some unusual signs on it. He called up his son, a geologist in the town university, and his son identified them as dinosaur tracks. Well, they've found a lot more and there are people busy studying them. Many rare tracks, such as signs of a Somethingsaurus dashing down to the lakebed, sqatting down to eat his fish dinner, getting back up and popping off back home.

This afternoon we had a presentation on the history of St George and of Utah in general: from the Mormon perspective. Yeesh. Ask me about it some time.

Tomorrow it's off to Zion. As always, net access is iffy. If you don't hear from us, stay tuned.