Fruita, Colorado

Fruita, home of Mike the Headless Chicken and dinosaurs.  First stop of the day was the Dinosaur Journey Museum that had dinosaur bones and robotic dinosaurs. The robots were a little creepy, not gonna lie. One of them spit water as it swung its head around.

This guy spit water.

Earthquake simulator!

Um, can you say awkward? We thought this was kid-friendly then turned the corner to find this scene.

Real dinosaur bones!

On a suggestion from the woman manning the ticket counter, we drove into downtown Fruita to try an amazing turkey pesto panini at a little coffee shop. What was right in front of the coffee shop? The statue of Mike the Headless Chicken!

Mike the Headless Chicken and Sarah the Headless Traveler.

Grrrrreta the T-Rex! Apparently during the holiday season she gets a Santa hat on her head and the Grinch in her mouth.

Really what we came to Fruita for was some Mike the Headless Chicken swag. We stopped in a gift emporium and the woman there sold us a sweatshirt but told us to check at the Parks and Recreation Department down the street for more stuff. Jackpot! Cookbooks, hats, t-shirts, postcards, shot glasses; you name it, they had it. Needless to say they will now need to restock.

We had a relatively uneventful ride to Denver, very impressive as it had just snowed 8-12 inches in the area we needed to drive through and the road was actually closed for a large portion of the day. We're giving a shout out to Colorado for getting their roads cleared fast and effectively.

Once in Denver we had dinner with Halley's cousin, aunt and uncle before finally getting to see Rachel!