Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

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We stopped at the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument on the way home from seeing the Great Sand Dunes.  In addition to many insect and other plant fossils, the monument also has redwood stumps.

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Oh my oh my what a stump!

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The trio.

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Bands holding together the 35 million year old stumps.

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The BIG stump.

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A little stump in the ground.

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The only trio in the USA.

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These three trunks are one tree.

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Walking on the tree trunk trail.

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Another view of the Big Stump.
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The top of a stump still buried.


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A stump barely out of the ground.