That is a new sub-division pictured above, in the middle of farm land, a water canal is the light blue area. We did not need to drive to the orchards last Friday, but we did and bought half a bushel of peaches. They are large, sweet and juicy! We also discovered a number of wineries in that area. And there is a Farmers Market every Thursday afternoon which is located on Main Street, in the downtown area of Grand Junction. When we visited the market we noticed that practically every farmer was selling peaches, as well as other fruit and vegetables. The Grand Valley has a lot to be proud of with its very productive farms, thanks to a water supply provided by the Colorado and Gunnison Rivers.
While strolling around the Farmers Market we notice a variety of sculptures located in the downtown section of Grand Junction, part of their Art on Every Corner project. I thought the dinosaur on a bike was a cute idea for the town. Besides peaches, Grand Junction is the location of some dinosaur bones. Earlier in this posting I mentioned Riggs Hill. In 1900 Elmer Riggs (Assistant Curator of Paleontology at the Field Museum in Chicago) and his party came to a hill overlooking Grand Junction and found huge fossilized bones of the dinosaur Brachiosaurus. While climbing Riggs Hill we saw the replica of the backbone of a dinosaur. I can imagine the excitement a paleontologist would feel finding bones of that size.
In 1937 another scientist found partial skeletons of other dinosaurs 42 feet above Riggs' quarry. Unfortunately, due to lack of funds, the bones were not removed and souvenir hunters took them.
We are leaving this area today, fortunately our refrigerator is full of peaches!
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