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TheOtherHank
I have a few more pictures of my rafting trip down the Green River through the Dinosaur National Monument, a bit upstream of where lashonharangue took his Green River pictures that inspired me to go find my photos.

An on the water photo. You can see the various water craft we were able to use. The big raft carries gear (there were four of these in our party). We also had a few inflatable kayaks and a stand-up paddle board. Not visible is the paddle raft where the clients paddle the boat under the direction of a guide.
You might also note that the water looks like chocolate milk. At put-in we were a few miles downstream of a dam, so the water is clear and cold. A couple days into the trip there was a storm somewhere that caused a flash flood into the river downstream of the dam and all the silt clouded up the water.

I like this shot becuase it shoes more fun geology. I like the upturned layers of rock.

There are few spots where you can hike to places where pictographs haven’t been destroyed.

More interesting geology.

This is where we camped on the last night of the trip. The tree was in the living room.

That sandy spot seemed like an excellent spot to spend the night.

A bit of the golden hour.

More geology and boats on the way to take-out on Day 5.
Mary G
Looks like so much fun. Thanks for digging these beauties out to share.
J R in WV
As an amateur geologist, who worked with very professional geologists, the easily accessible rock layers of the West are fabulous! Here in the East geology is mostly covered with green fuzz, which while pretty, really interferes with the far more interesting and important geology under the green fuzz!
ETA. ;-)
Thanks for the great photos!
Laura Too
Wonderful, thanks! I have always wanted to do a raft trip like this. Maybe after Covid lock downs are over I’ll get my chance.
eclare
What a great trip!
MelissaM
That looks like a fun trip! What kind of critters did you see or encounter? Your shots are remarkably free of any. (I hope you didn’t meet the deranged bunnyman the earlier inhabitants saw!)
beth
thanks for sharing your photos of this beautiful place! we spent a bit of time dinosaur national park on our way back to the midwest after being fortunate to experience the eclipse in the tetons. i’d been to the park as a child and wanted to see it again as an adult since we were in the neighborhood.
it did not disappoint. i’d love to raft the river to see all the things you can’t get otherwise, but regrettably i am very afraid of rapids. i appreciate being able to experience it via photos/video.
FridayNext
Obligatory music interlude.
TheOtherHank
@MelissaM: We saw a fair number of birds, but as for mammals, they’re harder to spot. The bigger ones tend to blend in with the background. We did, though, walk by a bunch of big horn sheep on one of our side hikes. They didn’t make the cut when I was selecting pictures.
Yesterday someone asked about the fishing. I just remembered that one of the hikes we did was up along a creek. It was full of trout and a few of the people on the trip stopped and fished while the rest of us did the hike.
StringOnAStick
We saw a good number of Peregrine falcon pairs when we floated this river. There were a couple of serious birders along so I’m sure of the species ID; such wonderful creatures to watch.
BigJimSlade
Great stuff – thanks for posting!