The next part of the trail took us between the red 'mud' mounds. We wanted to stop and take a picture of us, but the trail was too narrow to use the tripod! We took a picture looking back as we finished that portion of the trail.
A little further on, we rested on the trunk of a juniper tree. The junipers had strange shaped trunks and most trunks were flat at some point!
Next was the yellow sandstone portion of the trail. This was marked with rocks on the big boulder we had to walk down!
Bob went down first. We both thought the rock outcropping to the right looked like the back of a stegosaurus.
Finally we were back in the wash near the streaked sandstone boulders. The colors are beautiful.
Even though spring officially started toward the end of March, wildflowers are just starting to bloom in the upper desert.
The flowers that were blooming alone, no clumps, just single plants.
Even the cacti were beginning to bud. The cacti here are not the same species as those in the lower desert. The temperatures in the high desert reach sub-zero in the winter and the cacti that grow are specialized. They seem to be thicker and we have noticed that the animals don't eat them.
The lichens growing on the rocks also have bright colors.
Tuesday we plan to go toward Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. We will leave the dinosaurs behind.We just hope the campgrounds are open this early in the season.
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