Comments on: Dinosaur, CO

By: RapidEye

RapidEye — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:00:59 +0000

@Mig – to bake Yojimbo’s noodle, point him at Grand Junction streets – my folks live on E 1/2 street (thats not east one half, but rather the street halfway between E and F) =-) Mig is right – its pretty common over on the Western Slope. Go to Mormon towns in Utah and you’ll be amazed at how they lay down a street naming grid – it would do a scientist/engineer proud! =-)

You are correct about the Grand Mesa – I miss living out there and go visit my folks at least once every year during ski season! =-)
I learned to ski on Powderhorn a few decades ago and brought my daughter here when she was 6 to teach her how to ski. Its not the biggest mountain, but you don’t have crowds and the price is always fair.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:01:14 +0000

Whoah, there’s a flashback.

I grew up in the comparatively bigger, but still tiny, town of Meeker, ~75 mi. to the east of there.

I don’t remember that much about elementary school, but I do remember enjoying field trips to Dinosaur Nat’l Monument. Don’t recall much of anything about the town itself. I think it’s pretty unremarkable in all but name.

By: Petrolonfire

Petrolonfire — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:13:02 +0000

@ 9. BJN Says:

There’s not much to recommend Dinosaur except that it has a fairly well stocked liquor store

Hey, what more do you need?

By: Asimov fan

Asimov fan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:10:30 +0000

But if your living in Dinosaur are you livng in the past & doomed to extinction?

By: essentialsaltes

essentialsaltes — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:48:20 +0000

A couple photos of some dinosaurs of the genus Artificia taken in the general area of Dinosaur, as well as a couple of the petroglyphs in the National Monument: http://www.flickr.com/photos/essentialsaltes/3564936048/in/set-72157618792756034/

By: Brian Mingus

Brian Mingus — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:50:00 +0000

There’s this wonderful island of sanity in Colorado known as Boulder. Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water. Just sayin’.

By: Crux Australis

Crux Australis — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:59:18 +0000

I wonder if Jesus rode his raptor down the streets?

By: ccpetersen

ccpetersen — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:15:11 +0000

Yes, those streets are “rendered in real time” as we say in the fulldome production business.

By: Oroboros

Oroboros — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:03:21 +0000

I've recently learned about a Jurrasic jigsaw puzzle at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry near Price, UT. I hope to pay a visit some day soon. It apparently has a very large collection of fossils that are inexplicably mixed up but still in good condition. Wikipedia provides some additional information about the mystery of the fossils too. There's another dinosaur museum in Western Colorado near I-70 called Dinosaur Journey Museum. I was there some years ago, and my recollection now is what the kids would describe as "meh". Nothing special. I've seen a few (non-dinosaur) fossils on BLM lands while camping in the wild horse area near South Shale Ridge area. I can second the recommendation for the excellent night sky viewing in the area.

By: Gilles

Gilles — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:45:39 +0000

“But given that it’s in Colorado, I wonder if any of those streets are older than 6000 years?”

No, the streets are only a few seconds old, our brain builds them as and when we look at them.