Today was my final full day here in Utah and I took a bit longer this morning to decide what to do. With a few searches on Google, I discovered that BYU had a Paleontology Museum that show cased many of the finds that James Jensen, aka “Dinosaur Jim”. Jim was a professor of paleontology at BYU and lead many expeditions to further our understanding of prehistoric Earth. Check out this YouTube video to learn more.
The museum is small, but you can get much closer to the displays than in a regular museum. There is also a windowed section where you can watch students from BYU preparing fossils from previous digs. Here is a small sample of what your can see. Some are casts and others are actual fossils.
By this time, it was a little past 10:30 AM and I decided to channel my inner hobbit and go in search of 2nd breakfast. I ended up at a place called Guru, were I had strawberry crapes with bacon and potatoes.
After finishing 2nd breakfast, I took a short walk around the Provo City Town Hall to catch a few pokemon and to settle breakfast.
I still wanted to see more nature, but I wasn’t up to a major hike. I had tried early that morning to hike up what is called the “Y – Trail”, but I only made it up 0.3 mile before I decided it was too steep for my liking. I don’t care if a family with children had already gone past me without issues and I saw others with dogs walking back down after completing the trail. Sometimes you need to know your limits. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Back to the walk I ended up taking. Using google I found a nice trail that paralleled the Provo River as it made it’s way down to Lake Utah. It was a very wide trail, very popular with other hikers. There was a father and his 2 children, a few runners, and few bikers. I think you can see from the pictures how lovely the trail is.
A strange thing was happening along the trail. It looked like the ground was covered with snow or cotton. The truth was that one of the trees was shedding it’s seeds. I hope you can see the “flakes” in this slow motion video.
After a nice walk one gets thirsty.
I sampled 1 rum and 4 whiskeys. All of them were good, but I only risked bringing one home with me in my checked bags.
I headed back to my hotel and debated if I wanted to go for another walk or just relax. I chose to relax. The weather is wonderful but the sun is still hot and burns. Looking back I should have shortened this trip by one day.
Tomorrow I’m going to explore the Salt Lake City airport before heading back home.
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