Sixth Hike - Boulder Creek

Boulder Creek, Hike #40 under the Central Mountain section, is in Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.  I went with my parents and friend, Wes Stone, during Labor Day weekend 2009 (September 4, 2009).  My mom was about to kill me since I made everyone do the 3.2 mile loop around the park.  I must say that it was a pretty boring National Monument though the fossilized tree stumps were pretty cool.

Though you really can't see it in the photo, there is part of a saw that is stuck in the stump since people used to try and steal part of the fossils.  There were alot more stumps, but because of weathering and vandalizism, most have been covered by dirt by the Park Service to preserve them. 

Wes thought that Big Stump was a funny name and had to point it out.  Big Dork :)

Luckily Mom didn't kill me since I brought along a boy that she could flirt with.  She might kill me now that I wrote this on a blog.  Overall it was a great day and was able to get my National Parks passport stamped.

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