Vacation 2009 - West to California

I tried using a blog last summer to plan our vacation, but it didn't work like just doing a web page. The blog gets confusing and clunky. I'll just put everything on this web page this time like I used to do.

Vacation 2009 - West to California and Loop Back

California

Linda's

Yucca Valley

Lancaster, CA

(north of LA) - Avenue G plays the "William Tell Overture"

San Diego Zoo

2920 Zoo Drive in Balboa Park, just north of downtown San Diego
From Interstate 8 (Imperial County and Arizona), take State Route 163 south to the Park Blvd./I-5 South exit. Exit at Park Blvd. Turn left on Park Blvd. and head north; Zoo entrance is off Park Blvd at Zoo Place. From State Route 94, proceed into downtown San Diego to 12th Avenue. Turn right on 12th Avenue (which turns into Park Blvd.) and proceed north. Zoo entrance is off Park Blvd at Zoo Place.

every day 9 a.m.–9 p.m.
$35 X 2 + $26
$60 X 2 + $43 - both parks

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San Diego Zoo Wild Animal Park

15500 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, California 92027-7017
Directions from the NORTH (southbound): From Interstate 5 (Orange County, Los Angeles), take the State Route 78 East exit at Oceanside, proceed east to Interstate 15 South, exit at Via Rancho Parkway (Exit 27) and follow the signs to the Park. From Interstate 15 (Riverside), exit at Via Rancho Parkway (Exit 27) and follow the signs east to the Park.

Directions from the SOUTH (northbound): From State Route 163 (downtown San Diego, Mission Valley) proceed to Interstate 15 North to the Via Rancho Parkway exit (Exit 27). Go east and follow signs to the Park. From Interstate 5 or 805 (Mexico), proceed to State Route 163, then to Interstate 15 North, and then exit at Via Rancho Parkway (Exit 27). Follow signs east.

Directions from the EAST (westbound): From Interstate 8 (Imperial County, Arizona) take Interstate 15 North to the Via Rancho Parkway exit (Exit 27). Follow the signs east to the Park.

every day 9 a.m.–8 p.m.
$35 X 2 + $26
$60 X 2 + $43 - both parks
parking - $9

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La Brea Tar Pits

Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits
5801 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Open 9:30 am to 5:00 pm Daily
Adults: $7.00
Children 5-12 years old: $2.00
$6.00 with Page Museum validation (Page Museum parking lot only)
If you choose street parking over the museum lot, please read all parking signs carefully, as restrictions apply. Most importantly, DO NOT PARK ALONG WILSHIRE BOULEVARD between the hours of 7-9am and 4-7pm (Monday - Friday) or your car will be ticketed and towed. This applies even if you are parked at a meter.

Venice Beach

San Francisco

Fisherman's Wharf

Chinatown

Cable cars

Avenue of the Giants

31 miles
camping

map to print

interactive map

Farmers markets: Garberville: Fri at the Town Square 11AM - 3PM, Miranda: Tues 2PM - 6PM

One Log House Espresso & Gifts
705 US Hwy 101
Garberville, CA
7 Days a Week, 8am to 7pm

SHRINE DRIVE-THRU TREE & REDWOOD GIFT SHOP
Myers Flat

ETERNAL TREE HOUSE GIFT SHOP & CAFE
Redcrest

GRANDFATHER TREE BURL & GIFT SHOP
8 miles south of Garberville (just south of Richardson Grove State Park)
World famous redwood stretches 245 ft. tall with one of the largest trunks on the Redwood Highway measuring 24 ft. in diameter. Our convenient location features a gift shop, snack bar, clean restrooms, and a delightful garden area for picnicking and relaxing around this awesome tree.

Drive Thru Tree Park

67402 Drive Thru Tree Road
P.O. Box 10
Leggett, CA
south of Avenue of the Giants
At the juntion of Highways 1 and 101, turn left onto Drive Thru Tree Road. The entrance to the Tree is all the way through Leggett past the Cal-Trans yard, grocery store/post office, gas station, restaurants, and minimart.

Humboldt Redwoods State Park

Hidden Springs and Burlington Campgrounds offer easy river access across the Avenue of the Giants. Albee Creek Campground has wading opportunities in Albee and Bull Creeks. California Federation of Women's Clubs Grove, Garden Club Grove, and Williams Grove are located along the Avenue and offer day use areas and convenient river access for swimming

Crescent City

Aunt Toad and family, lighthouse, sea lions

Oregon

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)

1945 SE Water Ave.
Portland, OR 97214-3354
Regular Hours (through June 12, 2009) - Tuesday—Sunday 9:30 a.m.—5:30 p.m.
$11 Adults - $9 Youth - Parking - $2
OMNIMAX Dome Theater - $8.50 - $6.50 Youth
Kendall Planetarium - $5.75
Laser Light Shows - $7.50 (evening) - $5.75 (matinees)
Submarine Tours (USS Blueback) - $5.75
Motion Simulator - $4.75
Museum Combo - $21 (adult) - $17 Youth (3-13) - Includes museum admission, one OMNIMAX movie, and your choice of planetarium show or submarine tour.
Chemistry Lab - The first of its kind to offer a comprehensive program of wet chemistry activities to the museum public.
Vernier Technology Lab - Learn hands-on about robots, computers, communications as well as security and household technologies.
Physics Lab - Discover the hair-raising effects of static electricity and learn about the sounds of science.
Laser & Holography Lab - Explore laser light show effects, investigate the refraction properties of water, and learn how holograms are created.
Watershed Lab - Create your own river, watch salmon develop from eggs to smolts, explore the microscopic world that supports us all, and discover more about the region we call the Pacific Northwest.
Paleo Lab - Staff and volunteers excavate real dinosaur and ancient Oregon fossils from plaster casts in a setting open to the public.
Life Science Lab - Visit our live spiders, insects, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and explore at our Young Biologists Table.

Portland Children's Museum

4015 SW Canyon Road
Portland, Oregon 97221 Open Every Day! 9am-5pm
Ages 1-54: $8 - parking: $2 per car

Oregon Zoo

Open seven days a week, every day - 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Grounds open till 7 p.m.
adults: $10.50 - child: $7.50 - parking: $2 - train: $3.50

Zoo map (PDF)

Enchanted Forest

8462 Enchanted Way SE
Turner, OR
Sat & Sun: 10:00am-7:00pm, Mon-Fri: 10:00am-6:00pm - sutff opens at 10:30
Rides: Mondor's Challange (shoot from ride) - $3.20, Log Ride - $3.20, Bobsleds - $2.40, Haunted House - $2.40, Bumper Cars - $2.40, Pan for Gold - $1

Wildlife Safari

1790 Safari Road
Winston, OR
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Adult - $18, Child - $12
Cheetah breeding program, one of only two AZA Accredited facilities with hands-on elephant experiences in the country, up-close and personal lion viewings and over 600 animals to see in our drive-thru, bears, lions
Safari Village Cafe' open 10am-5pm
Village Show will be held in the Dome at 12:30pm - No show on Monday or Wednesday
Cheetah Keeper Talk 1:30pm in the Cheetah Spot
Tortoise Walk at 2:00pm everyday, and a
Maned Wolf Keeper Talk at 4:00pm everyday
Camel Rides $10 each person/Sunday thru Saturday/10am-5pm
Saturdays only! Feast of Kings 11:30am
Elephant Car Wash - $20
Train Rides: $2.00 per person - Monday - Sunday from 10:00 am - 4:30 pm.

Otter Rock, Oregon - Devil's Punchbowl

1st St., Otter Rock, OR
US 101/North Coast Hwy to Otter Rock, which is halfway between Depoe Bay and Newport. Look for signs for Otter Rock and Devil's Punch Bowl State Park. Once in Otter Rock, drive to 1st St., then follow east to the end.
Always open - best at High Tide.

Newport, Oregon - Yaquina Bay Sea Monster

Depoe Bay, Oregon - World's Smallest Harbor

US Hwy 101, Depoe Bay, OR
Just south of Depoe Bay State Park to the east of US Hwy 101.
Whale Watching Capital of the World

Portland, Oregon - Chocolate Waterfall

1924 NE 181ST Ave, Portland, OR
The Candy Basket. West edge of town. I-84 exit 13, then one block south on 181st Ave. On the corner of 181st Ave. and San Rafael St

Bend, Oregon - Lava River Cave - Lava Tube

US Hwy 97, Bend, OR
Lava River Caves State Park, Hwy 97, 12 miles south of Bend. 1 mile south of Lava Lands Visitor Center.
Day pass, lantern rental.
Summer daily 9-4:45, Sep 19 - Oct 15 W-Su 9-4:45. (Call to verify)

Bend, Oregon - Arnold Ice Caves

US 97 about four miles south of the downtown intersection of US 20. Turn east onto China Hat Rd/NF-18. From this point the roads are unimproved. Drive for 12 miles, then turn south onto NF-1820 to the caves.

Whale Watching Brochure (PDF)

Washington

Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Seattle Center

home of the Space Needle, Pacific Science Center, the Experience Music Project and a host of theatrical and cultural experiences.

Space Needle

400 Broad St.
Seattle, WA 98109
Located near the Monorail and Seattle Center House at 5th Avenue North & Broad Street.
Mon - Thurs: 9:30am - 11pm, Fri - Sat: 9am - 11:30pm, Sun: 9am - 11pm
Adult (ages 14-64): $16.00
Youth (ages 4-13): $9.00

Pacific Science Center

200 2nd Ave. N.
Seattle, WA
located on the south side of the Seattle Center campus on Denny Way and Second Ave N. Ticketing entrances are located on the north side facing Seattle Center and on the south side facing Denny Way.
From Interstate 5, either northbound or southbound, Take exit 167 (Mercer Street) toward Seattle Center, At the end of the ramp, turn right at Fairview Ave N, Turn left at Valley St, Move into the middle lane and Valley St becomes Broad St, Continue on Broad St, Turn right at Denny Way, Turn right at 2nd Ave N, Pacific Science Center is on your right. The walkway to the entrance is just north of the Science Center buildings.

Open Daily 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
$14 X 2 + $9

Animal Grossology, 8 robotic dinosaurs, robotic insects, animal exhibits, body works

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Seattle Center Monorail

9:00am to 11:00pm seven days a week.

departures every 10 minutes from two stations: Seattle Center station, across from the Space Needle & Westlake Center Mall station, at Fifth and Pine Street. Each trip takes two minutes to travel the 1 mile route.
Round-trip fares are $4.00 for adults, $1.50 for youth ages 5-12

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The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

The Burke Museum is on the University of Washington campus at the corner of 17th Avenue NE and NE 45th Street.
From I-5, exit east onto NE 45th Street. Travel east on NE 45th Street to 17th Avenue NE. Turn right onto 17th. The museum will be immediately on your right.
From Highway 520, exit north onto Montlake Boulevard NE. Turn left onto NE Pacific Street. Turn right and head north on 15th Avenue NE. Turn right and head east on NE 45th St. Take your next right on 17th Avenue NE. The museum will be immediately on your right.

Open daily, 10 am – 5 pm
$9.50 general, $7.50 seniors, $6 students and youth
Tell the gatehouse traffic guide as you enter the UW campus that you are coming to the Burke Museum and they will direct you to the appropriate lot. The $12 parking fee is prorated, so you'll be issued a partial refund upon exiting if your visit is under 4 hours. Cash, check, and Visa/Mastercards are accepted. Parking before noon on Saturday is $6 and is prorated for visits under 1 hour. Parking is free after noon on Saturday and all day Sunday.

Printable map and directions (PDF file)

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Pike Place Market

1531 Western Ave.
Seattle, WA

gum wall

Go Seattle Card

Snohomish

Antique Station at Victoria Village
1108 1st Street, Snohomish ................360-568-4913
Sixty dealers specializing in antique furniture, dishes, books, tools, kitchen and western memorabilia.

Serpentarium

22715-B State Route 2
Monroe, WA
Located on Highway 2, at 22715-B SR2, 98272, 1 mile east of the city of Monroe. The Washington Serpentarium is one of the most comprehensive collections of reptiles on the West coast. can hold snakes.
Open 365 days a year from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Admission is $6.00 per Adult and $5 per Child.

Lime Kiln Point State Park

36-acre day-use park on the west side of San Juan Island, one of the best places in the world to view Orca whales from a land-based facility. tune your radio to 89.1 FM and listen to their calls. lighthouse
Located on San Juan Island, accessible by ferry from Anacortes. Take I-5 to Highway 20, follow the signs to the ferry landing. Take the ferry to Friday Harbor, San Juan Island. From Friday Harbor, take Spring St, past the Friday Harbor Airport. Spring St. turns into San Juan Valley Road. Drive approximately one mile and turn left onto Douglas Road (which changes to Bailer Hill Road and then Westside Road).
Standard campsite, $19, Primitive campsite and water trail camping, $12, check-out time is 1 p.m.

Orca Network website

Montana

Museum of the Rockies Montana State University

600 W Kagy Blvd
Bozeman, Montana

Adults $10, Children 5-18 $7
Museum, Planetarium, and Store: Mon-Sat 9am-5pm; Sun 12:30-5pm
Living History Farm
Lewis & Clark Challenge Course

The World Museum of Mining

155 Museum Way, P.O. Box 33,
Butte, Montana

9:00am – 6:00pm
Underground Mine Tours - Daily - 10:30, 12:30 & 3:00
Museum - $7X2+$2
Underground Tour - $10X2+$3
Museum & Underground - $15X2+$5
has 1890's mining town

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

located directly off I-90 midway between Yellowstone NP and Glacier NP in Deer Lodge, Montana 1/2 mile from exit 184. We can also be accessed from exit 187. After 2 mile drive through Deer Lodge find Grant-Kohrs Ranch located at the north end of town.

open daily 9:00 - 4:30 - no admission fee

Wagon tours - hourly Thursday through Monday $5.00 per person -- Among the original buildings on the site are the historic ranch house, the bunkhouse, the blacksmith shop, horse barns, and cattle sheds. chuck wagon talk, cowboy talk, blacksmith talk

Junior Rancher Booklet (for badge)

Deer Lodge, Montana

1106 Main StreetDeer Lodge, Montana 59722

home to more museums and historical collections than any other town in the Northwest
Old Montana Prison - Open 9am to 6pm
Law Enforcement Museum
Frontier Museum - Open 9am to 5pm
Desert John's Saloon Museum
Powell County Museum - cowboys and the Old West - Open 12 noon to 5pm
Montana Auto Museum - over 120 vintage vehicles - Open 9am to 6pm
Yesterday's Playthings - Montana's foremost doll and toy museum - Open 9am to 5pm
Cottonwood City - Snowshoe Creek School and the Blood Cabin - Open 9am to 5pm

open 7 days a week - Adults - $9.00 - Children under 10 - FREE

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Utah

George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park

1544 E. Park Blvd
Ogden, UT 84401
(801) 393-3466

East end of Ogden River Parkway, near mouth of Ogden Canyon; from Interstate 15, take exit 344, drive approx. 5 miles east on 12th st., following signs to Dinosaur Park; half mile west of junction of Valley Drive and Park Blvd.
Monday – Saturday -- Gate: 10am – 7pm, Grounds: 10am – 8pm
Sunday -- Gate: 12pm – 5pm, Grounds: 12pm – 6pm
CAFE HOURS -- Open Daily - Monday - Saturday 11am - 5pm - Sunday 12n - 5pm
Adults (18+) - $7.00
Children (2-12) - $5.00
No smoking allowed in the park.
museum, outdoor life-size dinosaurs, gem and gold mining, lab

Ogden Union Station

OPEN MON - SAT, 10:00AM-5:00PM
$5 Adults, $3 Children
railroad, firearms, and car museums

Utah Museum of Natural History

1390 E. Presidents Circle
Salt Lake City, UT

If you are traveling North on I-15, continue to the I-80 East junction. From I-80 take the "1300 East" exit. Go north on 1300 East to 200 South, and turn right (East). Proceed East for one block to University Street. Turn right onto University Street, then immediately turn left into Presidents Circle. The Museum is the first building on the south side of Presidents Circle, on the west edge of the University of Utah campus. If you are traveling South on I-15, exit 600 South "City Center". Continue on 600 South to 700 East. Turn left onto 700 East and travel four city blocks. Turn right onto 200 South and continue up the hill to University Street.

Mon - Sat 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Sun Noon - 5 p.m., First Mon of Month 9:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Can obtain a free parking permit at the front desk of the Museum but parking is limited.
$7X2+$3.50

Educational Resources

umnh map

The Living Planet Aquarium

725 East 10600 South
Sandy, UT 84094

Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sunday through Thursday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
$8 for adults
$6 children (3 to 17)

Great Salt Desert

Kennecott Copper Bingham Canyon Mine
Bingham Canyon Copper Mine

12800 South State Route 111
Bingham Canyon, UT

between Tooele, UT and Herriman, UT

Stratovolcano to Huge Hole in the Ground cache

8 a.m. to dusk - seven days a week, arrive one hour before dusk to allow time to visit.
$5 for automobiles
cub scout Kennecott Bingham Canyon Mine Tour Patch (pdf)

Thanksgiving Point
Museum of Ancient Life, Farm Country, Water Tower Plaza, Electric Park

3003 N. Thanksgiving Way
Lehi, UT 84043
801.768.2300
888.672.6040

Thanksgiving Point Gardens
3900 N. Garden Drive
Lehi, UT 84043

Museum of Ancient Life
Monday – Saturday, 10 am-8 pm
Exhibit Only Admission:$10/Adult, $8/Child (3-12), $8/Senior (65+)
Exhibit and Movie:$15/Adult, $12/Child (3-12)

Farm Country
Spring - Summer Hours (April - October): 10 am - 8 pm, Closed Sundays
Admission: $3.50/adult, $3.50/child (3-12)

Emporium (in Water Tower Plaza) Monday – Friday 10 am-8 pm, Saturday 10 am-9 pm
Harvest Restaurant (in Water Tower Plaza) Monday – Friday 11 am-9 pm, Saturday 11 am-10 pm
Deli & Bakery (in Water Tower Plaza) Ice Cream Shop Monday – Saturday 11 am-9 pm

Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum

496 East Main Street
Vernal, UT 84078-2605
(435) 789-3799
Adults: $6 / Children: $3
Memorial Day through Labor Day 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily
large dinosaur skeleton, fossils, Dinosaur Garden
State Park has Junior Ranger program

Dry Fork Petroglyphs

Vernal

College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum

155 East Main Street
Price, Utah
(435) 613-5060 or 800-817-9949

Open 9 am to 6 pm, Seven Days a Week!
$5.00/adults, $2.00/children 2-12
more actual dinosaur bone on display than any other museum in Utah, archaeological exhibits, children's discovery area, an alligator, a soft shelled turtle and two monitor lizards, feeding time for the public to see at 4 pm every Friday afternoon.
There are blue visitor information signs that lead you directly to the museum and information center. Southbound on US Highway 6 and 191, take Exit 240 turn East onto 100 North. Continue East until you see the life-sized bronze Utahraptor statue on your right-hand side. From State Highway 10, as you enter the city of Price, the highway becomes Carbon Avenue. Continue north on Carbon Avenue until you reach 100 North. Turn east on 100 North and continue on approximately 1 1/2 blocks until you see the life-sized bronze Utahraptor statue on your right-hand side. Northbound US Highway 6 and 191 take exit 243. Continue West on Main Street to 155 East Main.
parking is FREE.

Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry

Open daily - 10 am - 5 pm
$5 per person aged 16 and over; under 16 is free
Approximately 30 miles south of Price, UT, with the final 12 miles being well-maintained, mostly graveled, county road.
The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry National Natural Landmark is 26 miles southeast of Cleveland, in central Utah's Emery County. Follow the signs from Utah Route 10 south of Price, on SR 55, a gravel road; 20 right-hand curves and 18 left-hand curves later you pass through an open gate, over a cattle guard, one more left-hand curve and a brown building, the Visitor Center, is suddenly visible.
Cleveland, Utah: 26 miles northwest. Castle Dale, Utah: 30 miles southwest. Duchesne, Utah: 106 miles northeast. Price, Utah: 40 miles north. Green River, Utah: 120 miles southeast. Provo, Utah:122 miles northwest

Highway 191

Copper Ridge Dinosaur Tracks Earthcache (Mill Canyon/Copper Ridge)

Indian Petroglyphs virtual cache - near Moab

The Moab Fault: Arches National Park Earthcache

Newspaper Rock State Park

Canyonlands National Park

$10 entrance fee
petroglyphs, rock formations, camping

The Dinosaur Museum

754 South 200 West
Blanding, Utah

Open from April 15 to October 15
Monday through Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
$2 for adults, $1 for children
Skeletons, fossilized skin, eggs, footprints, state-of-the-art graphics, and beautifully realistic sculptures

Butler Wash Ruins

Anasazi cliff dwellings - 1/2 mile hike to overlook - no admission fees, open year round - 14 miles southwest of Blanding, Utah on Highway 95. This is an easy stop on the way to Natural Bridges National Monument. Mule Canyon Ruins is 6 miles west.
Butler Wash Ruins Earthcache

Mule Canyon Ruins

open Anasazi habitation site consisting of both above-ground and below-ground dwellings
6 miles west of Butler Wash Ruins
Mule Canyon is accessed from highway 95. Look for the graded county road (SJ 263) on the north side of the highway, approximately 19 miles west of the intersection of routes 95 and 191. Go up the county road about 1/4 mile and park.Walk up the canyon to your left. Because of the orientation of this canyon, one finds slickrock walls mixed with ponderosa pines.
Mule Canyon virtual cache

Utah State Parks Geocaching

Northeast Utah's Dinosaurland Travel Guide (pdf)

Colorado

Denver Museum of Nature and Science

2001 Colorado Boulevard
Denver, Colorado 80205
The Museum is located in City Park, approximately three miles east of downtown Denver, at the intersection of Montview and Colorado Boulevards.

9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The Museum is open seven days a week year-round
$11 X 2 + 6 (museum) $21 X 2 + $14 (museum, IMAX, and planetarium)

dinosaurs, paleontology lab, mummies, space, IMAX, planetarium, and more

Dinosaur Ridge

16831 W. Alameda Pkwy
Morrison, CO 80465

Dinosaur tracks, hike along road, fossils in road cut

Dinosaur Ridge Earthcache

Georgetown Loop Railroad

Georgetown, CO

Roundtrip train fare - $22.50 X 2 + $16.50 - train fare and Lebanon Silver Mine Tour - $29.50 X 2 + $22
Silver Plume departures: 9:45 AM, 11:15 AM, 12:45 PM, 2:15 PM, 3:45 PM
Georgetown departures: 10:25 AM, 11:55 AM, 1:25 PM, 2:55 PM
The train rides are daily and approximately one hour and fifteen minutes. With the optional mine tour, it is two and one half hours.

railroad

Parking - Silver Plume Depot

When traveling on Interstate 70, east or westbound, take Exit #226. Parking is free and is located just west of the Silver Plume Depot along the service road.

train station map

Parking - Devil’s Gate Station, Georgetown

When traveling on Interstate 70, east or westbound, take Exit #228. Turn right at the Visitor’s Center and follow the signs to Loop Drive from Argentine Street or Sixth Street to the Devil’s Gate parking area. Parking is free and limited to passenger vehicles only.

Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center

201 S. Fairview St.
Woodland Park, Colorado
Mon – Sat:   9am - 6pm
Sun: 10am - 5pm
Adults:                $11.50
Children 5 – 12:   $7.50
map map

Dinosaur Depot Museum

330 Royal Gorge Blvd #A
Canon City, CO

Cross Orchards

Grand Junction, CO

Museum of Western Colorado: Dinosaur Journey

550 Jurassic Court
Fruita, CO 81521
(970) 858-7282

Monday - Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm
Sunday, Noon to 4 pm
$7 for adults, $4 for children

Rocky Mountain National Park

Four Corners

Four Corners Monument cache

Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
2401 Chautauqua Avenue Norman, OK

Day	Time	Event	Time Length	Miles	Cost
Day 1 Thursday July 30	5:00pm-11:00pm	Drive from Greenland, AR to Shamrock, TX	6 hours	400
		stay in Shamrock, TX
Day 2 Friday July 31	10-1:30	Drive from Shamrock, TX to Groom, TX	1 hour	51
		Groom, TX
	2-3	Drive from Groom, TX to Amarillo, TX	1 hour	43
		Big Texan Steak Ranch
	5	Cadillac Ranch
	5:30-7	Drive from Amarillo, TX to Tucumcari, NM	1.5 hours	113
		Mesaland's Community College's Dinosaur Museum 222 East Laughlin Street, Tucumcari, New Mexico 88401 (575) 461-3466 TUES - SAT 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Closed Sunday and Monday)			$6 X 2+$3.50
		Drive from Tucumcari, NM to Albuquerque, NM	2.5 hours	177
		stay in Albuquerque, NM
Day 3 Saturday Aug 1	9-12	New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM Open 9am - 5pm every day			$7 X 2 + $4 - Museum or Dynatheatre or Planetarium
	1-3:30	Drive from Albuquerque, NM to Petrified Forest National Park, AZ	3.5 hours	214
		Petrified Forest National Park
	7-8:30	Drive from Petrified Forest National Park to Winslow, AZ	1.5 hours	67
Day 4 Sunday Aug 2	6-8:30	Drive from Winslow, AZ to Grand Canyon	2.5 hours	140
	8:30-11:30	Grand Canyon
	11:30-1:30	Drive from Grand Canyon to Seligman, AZ	2 hours	100
	1:30-3:00	Seligman - Birth place of Route 66
	3:00-5:30	Drive from Seligman, AZ to Hoover Dam	2.5 hours	144
	5:30-6:00	Hoover Dam
	6:00-7:00	Drive from Hoover Dam to Las Vegas	1 hour	34
	7:00-12:00	Las Vegas Strip and Monorail and MGM Grand Hotel Lion Habitat
Day 5 Monday Aug 3	9:30-1:30	Drive from Las Vegas to Yucca Valley, CA	4 hours	230
		Linda's
Day 6 Tuesday Aug 4	9:00-11:30	Drive from Yucca Valley to San Diego	2.5 hours	153
	11:30-4:00	San Diego Zoo San Diego Nature Park
	6:00-8:00	Drive from San Diego to Los Angeles	2 hours	120
Day 7 Wednesday Aug 5		Visit Venice Beach, La Brea Tar Pits
		Drive from Los Angeles to San Francisco, CA	6 hours	382
Day 8 Thursday Aug 6		Visit Fisherman's Wharf, ride cable cars, Chinatown
		Drive from San Francisco, CA to Humboldt Redwoods State Park	4 hours	220
		camp
Day 9 Friday Aug 7		Drive from Humboldt Redwoods State Park, CA to Crescent City, CA	2.5 hours	138
		Visit Aunt Toad, lighthouse
Day 10 Saturday Aug 8	10:00-1:00	Drive from Crescent City, CA to Roseburg, OR	3 hours	150
	2:30-3:30	Drive from Roseburg, OR to to Eugene, OR	1 hour	74
	4:30-6:30	Drive from Eugene, OR to Portland, OR	2 hours	112
		Drive from Portland, OR to Seattle, WA	3 hours	176
		Seattle - Seattle Center (Space Needle and ), Pike Place Market, gum wall, troll
		Bozeman - Visit Museum
		Drive from Bozeman, MT to Yellowstone National Park, WY (post office)	2.5 hours	133
		Visit Yellowstone	3.5 hours	164
		Drive from Yellowstone NP, WY to Thermopolis, WY
		Visit Museum
		Drive from Thermopolis, WY to Pocatello, ID	8.5 hours	424
		Visit Museum
		Drive from Pocatello, ID to Ogden, UT	2 hours	130
		Drive from Odgen, UT to Salt Lake City, UT
		Drive from Salt Lake City, UT to Bonneville Salt Flats State Park	2.5 hours	132
		Drive from Salt Lake City, UT to Lehi, UT
		Drive from Lehi, UT to Price, UT	2 hours	90
		Drive from Price, UT to Vernal, UT	2.5 hours	112
		Drive from Vernal, UT to Dinosaur, CO	1 hour	34
		Drive from Dinosaur, CO to Georgetown, CO	5 hours	260
		Visit Georgetown Loop Railroad
		Drive from Georgetown, CO to Morrison, CO	.5 hour	37
		Visit Dinosaur Ridge
		Drive from Morrison, CO to Denver, CO	.5 hour	24
		Visit Denver Museum of Nature and Science
		Drive from Denver CO to Littleton, CO	.5 hour	18
		Drive from Littleton, CO to Woodland Park, CO	1.5 hours	91
		Drive from Woodland Park, CO to Canon City, CO	2 hours	94
		Drive from Canon City, CO to Grand Junction, CO	5 hours	246
		Drive from Grand Junction, CO to Fruita, CO	.5 hour	21
		Drive from Fruita, CO to Copper Ridge in Utah	1.5 hour	93
		Drive from Copper Ridge to Moab, UT	.5 hour	24
		Drive from Moab, UT to Newspaper State Park, UT	1 hour	46
		Drive from Newspaper SP, UT to Blanding, UT	1.5 hours	48
		Drive from Blanding, UT to Mesa Verde, CO	2 hours	92
		Drive from Mesa Verde, CO to Four Corners	1 hour	47
		Drive from Four Corners to Gallup, NM
		Drive from Gallup, NM to Greenland, AR

August 15, 2009	sunrise	sunset
Flagstaff, AZ	5:46am	7:15pm
Los Angeles, CA	6:15am	7:40pm