Early this afternoon I took a short drive north to have a quick hike in this area where fossils that are millions of years old have been found by professionals in this field. It was a bit windy and I needed one more layer under my jacket to have been warmer so I stayed about half an hour. There are more photos of this coming. Check out that tunnel, I have no idea if it is natural or man-made but it was a nice shortcut.
Tunnel
Tunnel
Snow on the Spring Mountains range
More snow
Looking northeast
The Fossil beds
The snow-capped mountains in the background look gorgeous, especially with such bright blue skies. And what an interesting tunnel.
Very interesting place, waiting for more pics.
Thank you so much! 👍🏻
What sort of stone is that tunnel? It doesn’t–to me, but what do I know? It doesn’t have the appearance of a solid stone.
It’s not solid rock but more like very very hard mud! Very strange stuff, Rebecca. This was the place that some dinosaurs came to die.
I like the tunnel pics
Thanks, Derrick. It was a wee bit scary walking through that short tunnel considering it could collapse at any time.
I like the tunnel, I’m always a little wary of entering as I’ve come across abandoned mines.
Thanks, I was fascinated by it when I saw it from a good way off. It’s very short but still has the danger of a roof collapse, not good to be hiking alone. 🤪
Wasn’t it a bit muddy there from yesterday’s rain?
It was very dry actually, just a very few puddles left. Apparently, this ground can really soak up the water.
Good that the tunnel is not very long.
I agree, Anneli. If it were long I would not have entered it for fear of a roof collapse! My sister called from Florida while I was there, I showed her that little tunnel. Just slightly creepy to pass through.