Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado

Setting on the border between Colorado and Utah, is this big quarry of dinosaur fossils. It was really hot there.

Fort Laramie, Wyoming

I visited this Army outpost and saw the monument to the Pony Express, the barracks and officer's homes.

Mount Rushmore, South Dakota

My very first Junior Ranger badge was earned at Mount Rushmore. I had to memorize the names of the presidents whose faces are carved in the mountain.



Another requirement was to hug a tree.