We drove to Colorado National Monument, outside Grand Junction, CO. We drove thru on the Rim Rock Drive and saw some beautiful hoodoos and mesas in the canyons. We got to the campground and found a spot looking down on the town of Fruita (froot-a). The next day we went to the Visitor's Center at Colorado National Monument and stumbled upon a ranger program on the geology of the area. One of the rocks he had in his collection caught my eye. I found a rock with similar patterns on a bike ride years ago in North Carolina (I think). I just thought it was a cool rock. It turns out to be a fossilized palm tree relative about 300 million years old!! And to think, some people laughed at me for storing a box of rock! (You know who you are).  

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